10 Comments so far

1. stacey on March 29, 2007 10:34 am

   I am beyond disgusted with this council. I spent 4 hours last night measuring sidewalks and taking pictures because of their egos and insanity.

   I wish I could take comfort in the fact that my group is not the only one they are screwing over, but that’s a cold comfort at best. It is reprehensible for a lame duck council to become loose cannons and ram as much crap through as they can before they leave.

   I do not want to see this community or area destroyed with this project. The numbers justifying this appear to be rather shaky and while the facts don’t matter to this council, they should.

2. John on March 29, 2007 2:30 pm

   hey blogkc, let’s liven this place up a bit and make it our main KC political blog. The buzz blog is pretty boring, attracting mainly a few geeks who obsess over national politics - it’s like watching a start trek convention for the politically-challenged.

   c’mon…….whaddaya say?

3. Larry T on March 29, 2007 3:20 pm

   Well at least John Fairfield will make his mark for his 4 year term in city hall to stop panhandlers. Lets give John a big hand.

4. Craig Morea on March 29, 2007 4:17 pm

   The vote was set for today, but it has been put off yet again. Today, the reason was that Chuck Eddy is in the hospital. (Dave Helling reported on primebuzz that he was hospitalized last Thursday with a heart condition.)

   However, the issue was discussed in the business session this afternoon. Most of that consisted of city staff attempting to mislead the council. I was told that there would be no public testimony in the business session. Guess what, someone decided that there would be, and the handful of supports who exist for this huge project were clearly notified in advance.

   That kind of treatment is typical.

5. stacey on March 29, 2007 5:27 pm

   Do you really think Fairfield stopped panhandlers? He only forced them into different areas. And only the ones who obey the law anyway. The others will continue doing what they do.

   I’m glad that the vote was put off again and I wish that more people would have been notified that they could speak. As usual, only a few ’special’ people were notified, so that the illusion of fairness could be maintained. “See some people got to testify. If the detractors cared they would have been here.”

6. teresa on March 29, 2007 8:32 pm

   What were you measuring sidewalks for, Stacey and what district do you live in? You sound like you know and understand exactly what we’re going through with Red Bridge. Fortunately, we will soon have a new council and mayor. Hopefully, they will be more responseive than what we’ve had for the last 8 years, but maybe we should get together. If we could form a coalition across the City, we’d have a lot more clout.

7. stacey on March 29, 2007 8:57 pm

   I am from the Kansas City Street Artist Association and I was measuring sidewalks to prove that their new ordinance was BS.

   You can find my email on http://www.kcstreetart.com We should get together to see how we can help each other.

8. Larry T on March 31, 2007 3:17 pm

   Need to call Brooks Monday -Wed,. or e-mail him. Keep the phones ringing

9. Craig Morea on March 31, 2007 4:22 pm

   Brooks doesn’t read his email, and in my experience, his aide screens it.

   Calling the others on the list above would also be appreciated.

   To email the whole council, please go to http://www.redbridgeroad.org/no_ram_through.php

10. teresa on March 31, 2007 9:59 pm

    Brooks doesn’t do email, so you’ll have to call.