Tony’s Kansas City

One of the main points of Mayor Funky’s proposal for the 2008-09 budget is a reduction of city staff by 220. He claims this would allow for $11 million to be reallocated on higher priority expenditures, such as street repaving.
Never mind the fact that those kind of promises rarely happen and he’d be lucky to [...]

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Gentrification takes it’s toll on people throughout this nation and interestingly enough . . . It comes into play in case involving one of Kansas City’s most prolific crime-fighting activists.
Millennium Films plans to break ground on its $10 million studio in Ledbetter Heights at the end of March or beginning of April.
The groundbreaking comes [...]

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Firefighter’s Death Could Lead to Murder Charge
Has it already been 20 years since the last time public outcry created a need for a bunch of poor people to be convicted on flimsy evidence in the name of “closure?”
This will be the last time you’ll hear about a missing Latino dude in the local media.
Man Found [...]

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Here’s some of the best stuff in the local blogosphere I’m reading:

Nobody went to he St. Paddy’s Day parade
Happy 1000 posts to RDM!!!
Hipster slide show!!!
NEW BLOG: Blundering Numbskullery!!! A great read.

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Local soccer bloggers are out in full force in order to support the pricey TIF that Mayor Funky flip-flopped on . . . A local blogger has recently posted the full TIF plan for the 3 Trails Development on his blog.
My favorite soccer blog Down the Byline notes that the entire stadium cost will [...]

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A few of you may have a different opinion on this one . . . But I’m just putting this out there . . . The fact that an armed security guard can give chase and get in a potentially deadly altercation with me because I’ve maybe stolen some snack cakes or because he [...]

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Disrespect for the rights of the deceased (and their families) started with Bodies Revealed in this town and now it marks KC business interests as local officials consider moving four homestead cemeteries near Kansas City International Airport to make way for economic development.
Normally, I’m not a very superstitious person but this kind thing is always [...]

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The Kansas House recently gave an early nod to bill to deter late-term abortions . . . And it’s not like I’m a big fan of “late-term abortions” (I even threw away my celebratory pro-abortion t-shirt that read: “Abortion Clinics bring out the kid in you“) . . . Still, it’s hard to see [...]

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Kansas City hasn’t heard this many excuses since the guy was asked to provide proof of residence . . . Still, Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline said attorneys for murder defendant Edwin Hall challenged his handling of the case to divert attention from evidence against their client.
Strangely, having Jesus on his side still isn’t [...]

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. . . Probably for the worse . . . Still, I’m flirting with going back to blogger again because I’m just so accustomed to the old way of doing things.
It could be just a simple lack of posts on this new blog that’s the cause of my low search ranking but it’s [...]

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