May

23

Curbing Billboards

May 23, 2007 | 3 Comments

CABB, Citizens Against Billboard Blight, is a group working to reform the city’s overly permissive billboard rules. The result of these rules is plainly visible across the street from City Hall, where a giant billboard went up last year and the city was powerless to stop it. CABB will a public meeting on […]

May

20

Cracking down on float trip partying

May 20, 2007 | 3 Comments

Beers bongs are just for Party Cove anymore.  The Post-Dispatch reports a surprising statistic - land-locked Missouri leads the nation in maritime drug arrests.  Much of that is due to reputation that Ozark rivers have earned as a floating Mardi Gras for fratboys and rednecks from throughout the Midwest and Mid-South.
Officials admit that they situation […]

May

18

Weekend

May 18, 2007 | 1 Comment

Scarritt Renaissance Homes Tour
Check out many of the beautifully restored homes in this historic neighborhood in Old Northeast KC.
Kansas City Literary Festival
This is a new and hopefully annual event that looks to be starting off quite big.  The main action is Saturday on the Plaza, but some events are taking place Friday and Sunday.  There […]

May

17

Will the real rail please stand up?

May 17, 2007 | 4 Comments

Lots of folks are talking about light rail, but few are actually looking at the details and all of our options. The city and the KCATA are supposed to do an in-depth study, but those results are at least a year away, maybe two. Over at the Kansas City Post, Mark Forsythe has […]

May

17

Roundup

May 17, 2007 | 2 Comments

The Star analyzes campaign contibutions from the recent city elections.  Notable biggies include the carpenters and firefighters unions, the Burns and McDonell engineering firm, the Helzberg family of Johnson County, and the Nutter family.
The Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t completely forsaken Kansas City.  They have hired HOK Architecture’s KC-based sports division to design their new arena.
A new […]

May

15

Kay 4 Congress online

May 15, 2007 | 17 Comments

Kay Barnes’ campaign site is up at kay4congress.com.  Someone please tell NorthStar to get a new web template.  You also need to update Kay’s logo, it’s the same on she used back on 1999 and 2003.  Oh, and how about info on where she stands on the issues, if it isn’t too much trouble.

May

15

UMB art commune

May 15, 2007 | 1 Comment

Banker J. Mariner Kemper has emptied out the 13-story Ozark Building at 906 Grand and is offering it up to arts groups — an hip, innovative way for stodgy old money to display philanthropy and stave off criticism about property rot. The “pARTnership place at UMB” (no “at sign”?) has snagged the Metropolitan Arts Council, […]

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