Aug

24

Local bloggers at the DNC

August 24, 2008 | 1 Comment

Some of the localish bloggers following the action at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.  Also, don’t forget that Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill will be speaking Monday night between 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., and Kansas Governor (and convention co-chair) Kathleen Sebelius will be on sometime Tuesday night.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Political Fix
Jo Mannies has a [...]

Aug

22

Air show this weekend

August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

If you live anywhere between Vivion Road and the South Plaza you have probably already heard the Thunderbirds on their practice runs. This weekend the air show starts for real and runs all day Satuday and Sunday.  If you are going to the show itself, don’t forget that there is no parking on site.  Shuttles [...]

Aug

21

Geography joins evolutoin as an endangered species in Kansas

August 21, 2008 | 2 Comments

This is what happens when a political party continually attacks science topics like evolution - other subjects like geography begin to slip.  In a bizarre move, the Kansas Republican Party is criticizing the Kansas City, Missouri City Council for taking a week off to attend the Democratic National Convention. WTF? Wrong state, bozos.
It’s fine that [...]

Aug

21

Big changes for big trash

August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

One of the big services cut in the recent city budget cuts was bulky item pickup, the service that collects your old couches, broken appliances, and castoff bowflexes.  You know, the junk that is too big for a trash bag and too useless eBay or Craigslist.
Instead of regular monthly or semi-monthly pickup days, you now [...]

Aug

20

Aerial photos of KC on exhibit

August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In 2002 the KC Design Center commissioned internationally known photographer Alex MacLean to take a large series of aerial photos over the Kansas City region.  The photographs very impressive and range from dramatic urban cityscapes to bucolic rural landscapes.
A new exhibit of MacLean’s work debut’s Thursday at the Mid-America Regional Council, 600 Broadway KCMO.  An [...]

Aug

18

New blog: State of the Line

August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

State of the Line is a new local blog with a pretty funny voice. Check it out at stateoftheline.wordpress.com.

Aug

18

Staley High School: Green or not so Green?

August 18, 2008 | 13 Comments

Today the North Kansas City School District opens Staley High School, it’s fourth.  With a coming LEED certification it is being trumpeted as the greenest school building in the state.  And while that might be true for the buiding itself, how about its larger impact?  You see, the site the school district chose at NE [...]

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