Feb

7

Missouri election map

February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment

The Show Me Progress blog has an analysis of the election results in Missouri. Comparing overall votes for both parties, the result was 58-42 in favor of the Democrats.

Feb

7

Wingnuts in our backyard

February 7, 2008 | 9 Comments

“To elect Barack Obama to the highest office in the land would be nothing less than spitting on the graves of the victims of 9/11”

That’s a quote from a newspaper editorial from Ottawa, Kansas, which is 60 miles southwest of KC. It is making the rounds of the blogosphere this morning. Wonkette has the [...]

Feb

6

Duel of the duelling piano bars

February 6, 2008 | 5 Comments

Tomorrow night KC gets its second dueling piano bar when Howl at the Moon opens in the Power & Light District. Springfield-based Ernie Biggs opened in Westport last year. Judging by the lines out the door on the weekends, Ernie Biggs seems to be quite popular.
It will be interesting to see if there is enough [...]

Feb

5

Missouri *this* close, but still a landslide for Dems

February 5, 2008 | 4 Comments

Coming down to the wire on both sides, Missouri narrowly went to Barack Obama and John McCain. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton won almost all counties, but Obama’s wins in Kansas City, St. Louis, and Columbia put him over the edge. On the Republican side it was almost a three-way tie with the [...]

Feb

5

KC vs STL, Police edition

February 5, 2008 | 4 Comments

Yesterday it was redevelopment, and today local control of police departments is another issue where Kansas City and St. Louis ought to be BFF. Both are governed by a board appointed by the governor, not the mayor.  Virtually everyone who ran for mayor and council in KC last year agreed we needed local control, but [...]

Feb

5

New sidewalk recycling bins

February 5, 2008 | 3 Comments

You might have noticed these new bins showing up on sidewalks in areas with a lot of foot traffic. The city calls them “Pedestrian Recycling PartnerBins.” I’m not sure about the pedestrian recycling part of it, since they seem a little small to hold actual pedestrians. But they do give you a [...]

Feb

4

Richard Tolbert played the media?

February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment

Bottom Line Communications asserts that Richard Tolbert played the media in his recent campaign to “save” Bannister Mall from redevelopment into a soccer stadium and business/retail complex.  John Landsberg argues that Tolbert used the phony campaign simply get himself some free press. He goes on to argue that the petition to recall Mayor Funkhouser is [...]

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