Mar

25

Up to Date or Out of Date?

March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

Today the big news in the Star is that city officials are schwinging at the prospect of a gigantic airplane factory being built at KCI.  But let’s pause for a minute and think about the wisdom of handing out enormous tax breaks to a besieged industry. Oil prices are only going up in the future, [...]

Mar

24

Coyotes “victimize” suburbanites

March 24, 2008 | 11 Comments

“I feel terrible for the people who have been victimized,” Mayor Peggy Dunn said.

Mayor Dunn uttered those words in response to reports of coyotes feeding on dogs and cats in southern Johnson County, KS. It just makes me ask WTF? These people willingly moved into an area on the interface between wild and urban. They [...]

Mar

24

Missouri trade mission to China, sans KC

March 24, 2008 | 3 Comments

Governor Blunt is leading a bi-partisan trade mission to China. The guest list includes Senators Bond and McCaskill, former Governor Bob Holden, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and several St. Louis business leaders. Conspicuously absent from the list - anyone from Kansas City or elsewhere in Missouri. The Governor’s press release says that the trip [...]

Mar

23

McMansion Foreclosures

March 23, 2008 | 8 Comments

Judging by the space alloted on the front page of today’s Star, it would seem that the week’s most pressing issue is that some new rich bought more McMansion than they can afford. While the Star has certainly covered the foreclosure crisis, I don’t think any story has had the prominence as today’s piece on [...]

Mar

21

Light Rail Meetings Next Week

March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

Monday starts a new round of community meetings on the still-developing light rail plan between Vivion Road and the Country Club Plaza. The next phase will allow people in the neighborhoods along the route to provide input on alignments, stations, service levels, etc.  There will be a series of meetings for each local area, so [...]

Mar

19

Blunt wants money to rehab abandoned governor’s mansion

March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

KMBC-TV 9 reports that Governor Matt Blunt wants $3 million from the state to fix up the governor’s mansion in Jefferson City.  It sounds like a steep bill, but deferred repairs can really pile up when a house sits vacant for four years. Too bad the mansion isn’t in Kansas City, where we specialize in [...]

Mar

17

Electric vehicles on sale in KC

March 17, 2008 | 5 Comments

The Examiner has a feature on Jeff Ogle and Highway AA Auto Sales in Grain Valley.  Jeff is the first dealer in Missouri or Kansas to sell the ZENN (Zero Emission, No Noise) automobile.  The all electric car costs less than $100/year to operate, has a range of 30-50 miles, and a top speed of [...]

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