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Egotastic: Claudia Romani And Daisy Jae Wear Disconcertingly Tiny Thongs Together
Vanity Fair: How Rudi Gernreich, Fashion’s Utopian Prophet (And Inventor of the Thong), Saw the Future
Closer to home, here are the stories we're checking:
Downtown 'Affordable' New Hotness
Cordish Cos. plans affordable housing project at Midland building - Kansas City Business Journal
The Cordish Cos., the Baltimore-based developer behind the One Light and Two Light towers in downtown Kansas City, unveiled plans for a $25 million redevelopment that will include 117 apartments in the former Midland office building.
Kansas Sunshine Sadness???
Kansas Solar Users Still Waiting For Evergy To Live Up To Rate Deal
Solar panel users in Kansas continue to pay higher electricity bills as they wait for utility company Evergy to keep a promise made during this year's legislative session to remove a recently added fee. Evergy says it will follow through on the promise by the end of May.
Show-Me Gimme Impasse
Missouri governor pushes for vote on GM tax break bill
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson pushed Tuesday for an up-or-down vote on a package of new business tax breaks and scholarships as a group of fellow Republicans blocked all work in the state Senate because of opposition to parts of the bill.
More Deets On Good Life In The Loop
New rooftop bar opens at Crossroads Hotel
Just in time for summer, a new rooftop bar with beautiful views of Downtown Kansas City is open atop Crossroads Hotel.
KCMO Hip-Hop Redux Invention
Break Free KC drops beat on cultural stereotypes, aims to rebrand hip hop
Hip hop culture in Kansas City is misunderstood, James "Sug Easy" Singleton said, explaining his mission to help local artists break free of stereotypes and live their passion with authenticity.
B-List & Paul Rudd Local Party Planning
KC Forecast Update For Now
Temperatures stretching towards the 80s, a few storms possible
An isolated strong storm is possible Tuesday and Wednesday
And this is the OPEN THREAD for the afternoon . . .
“Affordable housing project downtown?” There goes the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteBet the tourists will be flocking to that rooftop bar.
ReplyDeleteBet they won’t because any bar in the Crossroads is sure to be full of homosexuals. Tourists go on vacation to get away from faggotry and queers.
ReplyDeleteThe suckers that bought into the solar panel scam are creating a lot of green for KCPL. Any green proposal is a scam from the very beginning.
ReplyDeleteNot only affordable housing, we also "deserve" to eat out every day, own luxury brand items, take resort vacations, and so on.
ReplyDeleteLiving large "inside the loop" in dynamic vibrant downtown KCMO.
ReplyDeleteA'int got nothin' like this in Cow Pie Nebraska!
All this luxury and THE streetcar too!
Hahahahaha!!
Ooooh, aaah, a total of $3000 spent on one wall of IKEA cabinets in the "efficient" kitchen adjacent minimal shelves below the flat screen, and another $500 in IKEA couture for "tidy" storage in the bathroom. These white vinyl laminate DIY doors on laminated boxes are the ultimate in LUXURY!
ReplyDeleteThe best quality of life is in south kansas city, the tiny homes for the Vets, the rest of us cant live in that affordable foot print due to city ordanance, but I am all for homeless veterans not begging for money on my way to work, now if the shitty city can get the true not veteran douchebags off the corner begging for money, after all its a ordinace that isnt enforced, go 5 over the speed limit and the motorcycle satin cops will write you a ticket, to pay for that village.
ReplyDeleteShit's affordable on the east side.
ReplyDeleteAlso there should be no discussion about affordability by people who are jacking up the tax rate since it disproportionately affects low income