Monthly Archives: November 2009

City Council approves Mayor’s removal of City Manager

Posted on Nov 19, 2009 by BlogKC

The City Council just upheld Mayor Funkhouser’s surprise removal of City Manager Wayne Cauthen. Councilmembers Cindy Circo, Beth Gottstein, and Jan Marcason all switched sides after originally voting to keep the Manager back in December 2007. It seems that for … Continue reading →

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Library book sale starts Thursday

Posted on Nov 18, 2009 by BlogKC

The Friends of the Kansas City Public Library will hold their annual Book Lovers Book Sale Thursday-Sunday. More than 10,000 books, videos, and audio books will be on sale for $3.00 or less.  The sale happens at the Central Library … Continue reading →

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Local blogger Jason Preu publishes poetry collection

Posted on Nov 18, 2009 by BlogKC

Local blogger Jason Preu has published swallow, a new poetry collection described as “a collection of thirty-two poems that feature surreal humor and imaginative speculations. Preu won the Kansas City Screenwriters’ Audience Prize award in 2003 for his comedy-horror script … Continue reading →

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Obama campaign manager Davide Plouffe to speak in KC Thursday evening

Posted on Nov 17, 2009 by BlogKC

Rainy Day Books is hosting David Plouffe, manager of Barack Obama’s historic 2008 presidential campaign, Thursday evening at Unity Temple on the Plaza.  He will discussing his new book, The Audacity to Win, which tells the story of the campaign. … Continue reading →

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Dumb criminals

Posted on Nov 12, 2009 by BlogKC

This week brings news of two dumb criminals.  First, in Topeka, an aspiring burglar had to be rescued by firefighters after spending three hours stuck in a ventilation pipe. Closer to home, a would-be john was recently robbed of his … Continue reading →

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KC population revised up to 480,129

Posted on Nov 10, 2009 by BlogKC

The City has once again successfully challenged the Census Bureau’s annual population estimate.  We are now 480,120 strong. As recently as last year the official count was 450,000. A 2008 study says that the population could be as high as … Continue reading →

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State of the Line blog is back

Posted on Nov 10, 2009 by BlogKC

One of the more entertaining local blogs of late is back and no longer anonymous… stateoftheline.wordpress.com

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