I have information from two reliable sources that there is a hidden surprise embedded in KC’s plan to raise the cost of parking meters to a dollar an hour.
After the paragraph in the ordinance authorizing the rate increase, there is another paragraph that makes a vague reference to extending enforcement. It goes into no detail, and this paragraph has been ignored by the media and not openly discussed by the city.
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Congratulations, Kansas City! By a very narrow margin you have chosen to put the rights of big business (casinos, sports complex, Cordish) over small-time family owned KC businesses by passing Proposition 3.
To commemorate this event I have prepared the following list of long-time small family owned businesses that I believe will be the first to fail or at least scale back operation because a bunch of goody-two-shoes felt that it was their business to stick their noses in other people’s business. And as these businesses suffer, …

I am voting NO on Proposition 3 and I urge you to do the same. Read on to find out why…

Longest Walk 2 is a 30th-anniversary commemorative walk from San Francisco to Washington, DC to raise awareness of environmental and human rights issues. There are two groups currently underway on this walk, one walking a southern route and the other walking a northern route. The band taking the northern route will each the Kansas City area on May 1 and I’m planning the route for their 3-day trek across the metro…

This past weekend I volunteered with the Kansas City Host Committee and answered questions for dozens of out-of-state visitors at the Crown Center hotels. Find out what the out-of-towners had to say about our city…

For the past few months I have watched from my office window as the American Flag atop the Jackson County Courthouse has rapidly deteriorated with no action being taken to fix the situation…