Monthly Archives: July 2010

Boring election stuff you should care about

There is an election Tuesday, and The Star has explains two small things on the KCMO ballot that will help improve neighborhood livability.  One raises the fee on automobile tires in order to fight the scourge of illegally dumped tires.  … Continue reading

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TED alternatives

If you missed this morning’s mad scramble for the limited supply of TEDxKC tickets, there are a few other options available.  Other TEDx events are coming up September 30th in Tulsa, October 15th in Chicago, and October 16th in Omaha.  … Continue reading

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TEDxKC tickets now available

Update: TEDxKC is sold out.  VML really needs to choose a bigger venue.  Giving the Social Media Clubs early access to tickets also reduced access for everyone else. TEDxKC returns for a second year on August 12th at the Nelson-Atkins … Continue reading

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JoCo is a prince, but not the king

It pains us to link to Yael Abouhalkah, but this week he has some data that refudieates the myth of Johnson County as the local economic king. JoCo has lost the most lobs of any metro county in the Great … Continue reading

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City Hall gets into social media

The City’s communications department has finally jumped onto the social media bandwagon recently. Check out their Facebook page and follow @kcmo on Twitter.

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H&R Block going buh-bye?

It looks like we could be on the verge of losing another local corporate icon with news that Liberty Tax Service may make a play for H&R Block. Although this surely isn’t a surprise since Richard Breeden took over the … Continue reading

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Journalism FAIL

KMBC-TV 9′s Lara Moritz just referred to last week’s NAACP convention “in St. Louis” – even though it happened right here in Kansas City.  Maybe Lara should be forgiven since her station recently moved from a building mere feet from … Continue reading

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