Dec

14

You Can’t Manhandle the Charter!

December 14, 2007 | 4 Comments

“You Can’t Manhandle the Charter” was Carol Coe’s cry yesterday, as one of the members of the public who gave Mayor Funkhouser a very public and very personal rebuke for everything from Francis Semler to Wayne Cauthen to Mammygate.  One has to give the mayor props for how he sat there quietly and took his [...]

Dec

13

Grandview Triangle “finished”

December 13, 2007 | 13 Comments

Local and state officials will doing a lot of backslapping with the announcement of the completion of the giant Grandview Triangle reconstruction. It should ease congestion for suburbanites, at least for a few years. History shows us that new road capacity will soon generate more traffic until the congestion returns at a higher level.
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Dec

12

Westport Starbucks closing

December 12, 2007 | 9 Comments

Starbucks caused quite a stir nine years ago when it opened its first KC store next door to the popular Broadway Cafe, which defied national trends and thrived alongside its corporate neighbor. Today the Star reports that Broadway Cafe is left standing and Starbucks is closing the Westport location. The new drive-thru Starbucks [...]

Dec

12

The Other Downtown

December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Today’s topic on the Walt Bodine Show is Downtown KCK and a group booster group called the Downtown Shareholders. 10:00 a.m. on KCUR 89.3 FM or www.kcur.org.

Dec

12

Meet Boss Tom

December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Here’s your chance to meet one of the most notorious figures in Kansas City history, “Boss Tom” Pendergast. On Thursday, local historian Bill Worley will portray Pendergast before a studio audience in the taping of pilot for a new KCPT program.
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Dec

11

No Ikea for us

December 11, 2007 | 5 Comments

The Star’s Joyce Smith reports that Ikea says KC is not on their radar for future expansion.
We do not have plans currently for a store in the Kansas City area,” said Joseph Roth, spokesman for IKEA. “The next Midwestern store that is opening is in the Cincinnati area, this spring 2008.

Dec

11

Free Mustache Rides

December 11, 2007 | 4 Comments

The Pitch is cashing in on the Paul Morrison sex scandal in Kansas with some CafePress items for sale…

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