Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. After this and this and this it’s clear they haven’t a clue about showing proper respect for the Flag.
And now they’re at it again. Pearl Harbor Day was a week ago. And when December 8 arrived, everyone else paid attention and raised their flags back to full glory. But not the Jackson County Courthouse. They simply forgot all about it and are reliving Pearl Harbor day after day after day.

From a KCMO press release issued yesterday:
“The City of Kansas City, Mo., Public Works Department is alerting motorists that many streets in the Downtown and Crossroads areas will be temporarily closed at various times from Nov. 19 through Nov. 22. These closures are being made to accommodate the National Catholic Youth Conference.”
Why are these closures and parking restrictions taking place?   So that the 300 school buses that will be used to shuttle attendees between their hotels and the conference will have a place to idle.
So, for four days this weekend, …

When Pizza Bar — the replacement for the failed Vinino in the Power & Light District — was preparing to open, the PR buzz spoke of skilled pizza chefs, top quality ingredients, and true New York Style pizza.
Well, I suppose they probably do sell frozen pizza in New York.    Pizza Bar’s pizza tasted nothing like anything I’ve had in NY, but plenty like what I’ve had from a freezer box or a run-of-the-mill grocery store deli.

The other day I watched an old episode of “Criminal Minds” in which the team flew to Kansas City to investigate a serial killer.  As in Kansas City, KS… which was portrayed as the main city, “across the river” from the Missouri side.
These two fallacies irritated me at the time. Then, today, I was looking to to see what exactly Star Wars In Concert is all about, and under Tour Dates I saw the following:
“Kansas City, KS — Sprint Center”
This annoyed me enough that I typed the phrase “kansas city …

Over the past few weeks I’ve noticed “Judge John Torrence” rising back to the top of search terms that bring people to my blog.   You may remember him as the judge who let that scumbag Curtis Mertensmeyer off with a slap on the wrist earlier this year  for a gruesome hit-and-run homicide.   I thought maybe there has been some new development with that pampered Mission Hills kid and his light sentence, but a Google search turned up nothing.
However, when I searched for the judge’s name alone, the results were quite …

In the past I have noted the Jackson County Courthouse flying a tattered flag for several days, and on another occasion flying the flag upside-down.    Looks like they’re back to their old antics again of completely forgetting proper flag display ettiquete.   And whenever the death of a political figure warrants lowering the flag, the Jackson County Courthouse is always the last place to remember to do so.
This past Friday, the courthouse completely forgot about lowering the flag to half mast for the 9/11 anniversary.  They finally remembered to do so …