Monthly Archives: January 2010

Cleaver on health care reform

Firedog Lake has video of Congressman Cleaver discussing the health care reform bill and the fact that it’s been so compromised that it might have to fail and come back for a new vote to get enough progressive support for … Continue reading

Posted in MO 5th District, Politics | 3 Comments

Great rebuttal to the Pitch’s Hyde Park story

Toellner Tells It has a great analysis and rebuttal to the Pitch’s piece on Armour Boulevard Crime and concentrated Section 8 housing.

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Pitch finally publishes piece on Armour Boulevard crime wave

The Pitch has finally published Peter Rugg’s months of work on the effects of a super concentration of Section 8 housing on Armour Boulevard in the Hyde Park neighborhood, and the result is a big fat “meh”. It’s just a … Continue reading

Posted in Media, Midtown/Plaza | 5 Comments

First batch of Ripple Glass has been recycled into insulation

Yesterday Ripple Glass announced that the first batch of insulation made from Kansas Citians’ recycled beer and wine bottles rolled of the production line at Owens-Corning’s KCK plant.

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KC burger rage goes international

International media has picked up the video of a local woman going crazy at McDonalds at Linwood and Main in Midtown. River city is getting awesome free publicity everywhere from Europe to Australia.  You stay classy, KC!

Posted in Crime, Media | 4 Comments

City Council discusses snow plowing

This morning the City Council’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee took testimony from Public Works and other City staff about snow removal.  The bottom line is that City Council doesn’t provide enough staff or money for city crews to do as … Continue reading

Posted in City Council, Transportation, Weather | Tagged | 2 Comments

Snowgasm open thread, city officials to discuss snow plowing

Post your observations about neighborhood conditions, roads, Katie Hornerisms, etc. If you get snowed in on Thursday, you will have two opportunities to watch city staff and City Councilmembers discuss snow plowing over the past couple of weeks.  9:00 a.m. … Continue reading

Posted in City Council, Weather | Tagged | 4 Comments