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31

31st Street Closed

January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments

With no advance warning the city has closed West 31st Street between Main and Broadway.  There is no official notice or press release from the Capital Improvements Management Office, but it looks like the project is scheduled to last until November of this year.
In the mean time, head south to Linwood Boulevard to get around [...]

Jan

31

Presidential visit will snarl traffic

January 31, 2008 | 9 Comments

Watch out for road closures in the city and the Northland tomorrow. The Star reports that President Bush will be making appearances on the Plaza and in Crown Center in the morning.  Then he will be passing through Downtown around lunch time, en route to Parkville for a Sam Graves fundraiser.

Jan

30

Nadia Pflaum in Salon

January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

Congrats to Pitch writer Nadia Pflaum for getting a story published in Salon about Senator Barack Obama’s visit to his mother’s hometown in Kansas.

Jan

30

Broadway Cafe in the New York Times

January 30, 2008 | 9 Comments

Today the Broadway Cafe in Westport appears on the front page of the New York Times. The topic is trouble at Starbucks, and Broadway Cafe’s encounter with a Starbucks next door is the prime example.

NY Times: Overhaul, make it a venti.
BlogKC: Westport Starbucks closing.

Flickr photo by sparrowsfall

Jan

29

Yet another light rail petition

January 29, 2008 | Comments Off

Prime Buzz reports that yet another light rail petition is on its way! People are impatient with city leaders who are still dicking around drawing the same imaginary lines on the map over and over. That was obvious with the Clay Chastain petition, and it’s only become more obvious as time has gone on. [...]

Jan

28

Project Sebelius

January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments

Democrats are working hard to boost the national profile of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, as heard in a recent NPR report. Not only does she appear in Vogue magazine this month, tonight she’ll give the Democratic response to the State of the Union speech.
Sebelius is generating a lot of buzz about vice-presidential nominations, but how [...]

Jan

25

Presidential Candidates in KC

January 25, 2008 | 6 Comments

Update: Barack Obama’s town hall meeting has been scheduled for 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday at Municipal Auditorium. Here are the details.
Democratic presidential candidates are turning their attention to Missouri ahead of the February 5th primary. John Edwards and Hillary Clinton were in St. Louis last week. Next up is KC.
Bill Clinton will be [...]

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