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Kansas City | Missouri Political News Service - Part 9

Entries Tagged as 'Kansas City'

“Missouri Viewpoints” Interview with PeaceWorks Kansas City’s Henry Stoever

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

(Grandview) – A plan by the federal government to move a major manufacturing plant is the subject of this week’s “Missouri Viewpoints”. Nuclear weapons, in addition to being the center of national and international controversy, have a large economic impact on the Kansas City area. The Honeywell Kansas City Plant manufactures most of the parts […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Videos

Quote of the Day: Cleaver on The Clintons

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Cleaver is a sad case! What irony. You have the white woman for the black man candidate and the black man for the white woman candidate. How much are the Clintons contributing to the church “building fund” Reverend? From the McClatchy Newspapers: “Other Democrats worry that the former president’s rhetoric will tarnish his reputation. On […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Kansas City · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

Video: Rep. Mike Talboy (D-Kansas City) Interviewed on “Missouri Viewpoints”

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments

(Grandview) – Health care, short-term lending and personal privacy are among the topics in this week’s featured interview. State Representative Mike Talboy, a Democrat from Kansas City, describes his vision for health care during the interview, saying “…the state’s role in health care should be providing and making sure we have access [to medical care] […]

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Tags: Kansas City · MO Legislature · Videos

K.C Star Censoring Stories?

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments

From  Telling the Truth Kansas City It’s not that the Falling Star needs any outside encouragement to support Cauthen from any pretend leaders, North or South….it is already on the bandwagon: -Dave Helling put in a Sunshine request for the e-mails with LT’s porn and they were given to him on Tuesday, 12/18, but his […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Kay Barnes · Media Bias

Missouri 6: Graves Vs. Barnes- A Royal Rumble in Kansas City

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

 By Stuart Rothenberg Graves hasn’t had a tough race since, winning with more than 60 percent of the vote each time. His 2004 opponent, Charlie Broomfield, was hyped for a time by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as a challenger with deep pockets and the potential to upset Graves. But that race never developed. Missouri’s […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Kansas City · Kay Barnes · Rep. Sam Graves

Quote of the Day: Clay Chastain & Light rail

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

The Bell’s Mad Hatter: (Liberty High School) “Clay Chastain has his faults. He has finally gotten the citizens to agree that they want light rail. He now needs to be flexible and let the city do their work to make light rail a reality. His new lawsuit will only slow things down and decrease the […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Picture/Quote of the Day

“Don Reimal White Elephant Arena”

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Submitted by MMinnoe After reading John Pennell’s column yesterdays paper about “Who pays for names on public buildings” The answer is the Tax payers. The point being that local politicos put there names on public building for free, when large companies would pay $Millions for the same opportunity. Why do we give away this free […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Kay Barnes

KCMO Morning Show Podcast: Jeff Roe vs Phil Levota

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Political consultant Jeff Roe and K.C. Attorney Phil Levota discuss the Michigan and South Carolina primaries. Click here to listen

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jeff Roe · Kansas City

“Inside” the Funk Administration

January 7th, 2008 · No Comments

These people are a bloggers dream come true. And we have three more years to go! Ms Squitiro waxing on about her political skills, while sending out a letter talking about her husband’s prostate exam is priceless. From PLOG: By Eric Barton File this one in the too-much-information category. The Christmas letter from Mark Funkhouser […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Mayor Mark Funkhouser

Kay Barnes’ Plan B?

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Just in case the Congress thing doesn’t work out, is Kay gearing up for plan B? Another example of liberals rewarding failure. Anyone remembering the Sprint Center debacle? From Park University’s Center for National Engagement blog: Park University’s Hauptmann School for Public Affairs (HSPA), in partnership with the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), is proud to […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Kansas City · Kay Barnes