Nov

30

City’s infrastructure wish list

November 30, 2008 | 3 Comments

It’s looking likely that one of the Obama administration’s first big programs will be an economic stimulus bill focusing very heavily on intfrastructure investments.  Cities, states, and advocacy groups are compiling massive wish lists with projects ready to should the money be made available.
The Star recently published the city’s wish list, which is very heavy [...]

Nov

26

Time Warner showing CityBall and Border War documentaries

November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Thanks to TV Barn for noticing that on Thanksgiving day Metro Sports will be showing two of Time Warner Cable’s excellent local documentaries.  Both movies will repeat and alternate throughout the day.
CityBall - A year in the life of atheletes in the Interscholastic League, the conference made up of schools in the KCMO School District.  [...]

Nov

25

Big City Parking 101

November 25, 2008 | 4 Comments

Like a patient recovering from a stroke who has to re-learn how to walk and talk, Kansas Citians recovering decades without much of a Downtown now have to re-learn how to live and play in a big city. The mediagasm of the moment involves stories from KCTV-5 and the KC Star about predatory towing companies [...]

Nov

24

Hearne Christopher, the reprise

November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment

Bottom Line Communications reports that outgoing KC Star gossip columnist Hearne Christopher isn’t going to let a layoff stop him.  Hearne plans to continue publishing online, at least three columns a week.  Here’s betting that two of those three columns will be about Lawrence, not Kansas City.

Nov

19

McClatchy Watch

November 19, 2008 | 4 Comments

McClatchy Watch covers the implosion of the McClatchy newspaper company, which owns the KC Star. It has a huge debt load, crashing revenue, and can’t find anyone interested in buying or investing in it. In addition to the well-known troubles and stunning layoffs at the Star, McClatchy newspapers in Miami, Fort Worth, Seattle, [...]

Nov

18

Bicyclists trying to drag MoDOT into the 21st Century

November 18, 2008 | 6 Comments

In any other city this wouldn’t be an issue.  A major new bridge would just include a bicycle and pedestrian path without much fuss. The Missouri Department of Transportation does it everywhere else in the state, but for some reason the KC MoDOT office refuses to deal with a multi-modal future where automobiles are just [...]

Nov

17

The KMBC-TV 9 lawsuit

November 17, 2008 | 3 Comments

You have probably  heard by now that three popular TV journalists are suing KMBC-TV 9 for sex and age discrimination (Biz Journal story). This is a deja vu for Channel 9, since it was sued for the same thing in the 1980s in the n tionally famous case of Christine Craft.
Aaron Barnhardt has a good [...]

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