Mar

16

Gone Mild on Kevin Collison

March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Be sure to check out this excellent post at Gone Mild on Kevin Collison, the Star’s development columnist who champions the giving of KCMO tax dollars to big developers, from the comfort of his home in Prairie Village. For more context, read Joe Miller’s December piece on Collison.

Feb

25

Northland Sun stops publishing

February 25, 2010 | Comments Off

Sun newspapers has suspended publication of the Northland Sun Tribune, which covered northern KCMO, Gladstone, Parkville, etc.  For the moment, Sun continues to publish newspapers in Liberty, Smithville, Johnson County, and south KCMO.
Business Journal: NPG Newspapers suspends publication of the Kansas City Northland’s Sun Tribune

Feb

24

Fake Katie Horner on Twitter

February 24, 2010 | 1 Comment

Just discovered this gem… twitter.com/fakekatiehorner

Jan

27

Missouri legislators and columnist to live-tweet State of the Union

January 27, 2010 | Comments Off

Several Kansas Citians are representing the Midwest in a national live-tweeting of tonight’s State of the Union Address.  State Senator Jolie Justus, State Representative Ryan Silvey, blogger Tom Ryan, and KC Star columnist Barb Shelly are all participating.
Follow the hashtag #OPEDSOTU to see tweets all of the politicians and journalists participating in the this national [...]

Jan

14

Great rebuttal to the Pitch’s Hyde Park story

January 14, 2010 | Comments Off

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

Jan

13

Pitch finally publishes piece on Armour Boulevard crime wave

January 13, 2010 | 5 Comments

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 big collection of quotes with a small bit of “journalism” mixed in between, in a failed [...]

Jan

7

KC burger rage goes international

January 7, 2010 | 4 Comments

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!

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