Apr

18

Go to Earth Day, but buy a carbon offset

April 18, 2008 | 11 Comments

Today is Earth Day, and there are celebrations all over the metro area. The big regional event is not in a central location, but out in the far western suburbs. They have no bus service and difficult bicycle/pedestrian access, so you might want to buy some carbon offsets to mitigate the impact of driving there.  [...]

Apr

17

Update on KC Climate Protection Plan

April 17, 2008 | 3 Comments

Show Me Progress has an update on the progress of KCMO’s climate protection plan.  They also have audio of Dennis Murphy, the city’s Chief Environmental Officer, explaining the program at recent conference in St. Louis.
The city is actually doing a pretty decent job with things like alternative fuels, green roofs, etc.  Unfortunately there is little [...]

Apr

9

Election results

April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

All of the big KCMO questions passed: Renewal of the bus tax, the smoking ban, and fees for payday loan sharks. In some other races, newcomer Airick Leanord West won a seat on the KCMO School Board and Carson Ross became Blue Springs’ first African-American mayor.  School levy increases passed in Hickman Mills and Raytown.  [...]

Mar

12

Dog Park Public Meetings

March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Next week the city’s new dog park task force will have the first of three public meetings.  Stop by and provide your feedback on a new master plan for dog parks in city parks. Visit the link above for more information.

Mar

7

Area politician wants the Big B for state beer

March 7, 2008 | 3 Comments

…Budweiser.
The Star reports that Independence Rep. Curt Dougherty is pushing…Budweiser–Budweiser!–for Missouri’s state beer. Not sure if there’s more to this report or not–it’s pretty short and credits no author–but… Not to discredit the, um, stature of the “King of Beers,” but we do have a local brewery. This just boggles the mind. [...]

Feb

12

Google gets up close and personal with river city

February 12, 2008 | 8 Comments

Google has just added KC to it’s Street View feature.  After driving around the city with cameras, they now provide close up views for many parts of the local Google Map. The coverage includes most of the central city, KCK, NE Johnson County, a bit of Independence, and oddly all of the Northland outside the [...]

Feb

11

Scientology Protest in KC

February 11, 2008 | 3 Comments

Local media didn’t cover a recent protest against the “Church” of Scientology at their local outpost at 39th and Main, but JustCara was there.  Also, Kudos to JocoCara for venturing east of Metcalf and north of College
Next time the protesters should have posher environs.  The Scientologists recently purchased the old KC Star annex [...]

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