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30

MO Economic Development Director – Fox guarding the hen house?

January 30, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Post-Dispatch’s political blog notes that Governor Jay Nixon’s appointee to lead the Department of Economic Development is a lawyer who specializes in getting companies tax breaks.  A person who has made a career out of obtaining tax breaks for big businesses will now be in charge of handing out those tax breaks.  It’s kinda [...]

Jan

29

Crime, Crime, Everywhere Crime

January 29, 2009 | Comments Off

If you haven’t yet checked out the Star’s Murder Factory series, you should.  It’s a very good analysis of the 64130 ZIP code on the city’s East-Central Side, which accounts for more Missouri murder inmates than any other part of the state (even St. Louis).  Although, it’s all pretty much common sense… Concentrated poverty, single-parent [...]

Jan

28

Fox 4’s new web site

January 28, 2009 | 3 Comments

WDAF-TV Fox 4 has launched a new and much-improved web site.  The new layout dumps most of the extraneous crap that had squeezed the actual news down into tiny blocks. The new site puts more stories on the front and makes them more readable.  Video quality has been boosted, along with the size of videos.
Fox [...]

Jan

28

Painting Missouri exhibit/lecture at Central Library

January 28, 2009 | Comments Off

The central branch of the KC Public Library is currently hosting an exhibit called Painting Missouri, the Counties en Plein Air. Lanscape painter Billyo O’Donnell has painted every one of the states 115 counties, and together with author Karen Glines has produced a book of the same name.
The pair will give an illustrated lecture at [...]

Jan

27

State of the State Address

January 27, 2009 | Comments Off

Update: The Governor’s web site will have live video.
Tonight at 7:00 p.m. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon will give his first State of the State address to the General Assembly in Jefferson City.  The economic crisis and looming state budget will surely feature prominently in the speech.  Lt. Governor Pete Kinder will give the Republican response.
Locally, [...]

Jan

22

City diverting bus money?

January 22, 2009 | 11 Comments

Let’s Go KC and KC Light Rail have news about proposed transit cuts in the city budget.  In addition to a drop in transit tax revenue due to the recession, the bus system might also be hurt by two city-made problems.  First, $9 million of the transit tax is being diverted to subsidize TIF projects. [...]

Jan

21

First Red Light Camera starts on Thursday

January 21, 2009 | 3 Comments

On Thursday the city will start operating its first ever red light camera.  The automated system will take photographs of cars running red lights, and after being reviewed by a police officer, the owner of the offending vehicle will receive a ticket in the mail. Red light cameras have been shown to dramatically reduce deadly [...]

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