KC Week in Review .

THIS WEEK: Friday November 4th, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am)

ZOO TAX ELECTION: Just ahead of Tuesday’s zoo tax vote we hold zoo officials accountable as they plead their case for raising your taxes to pay for a better attraction.

Randy Wisthoff
KC Zoo, Director

Carol Hallquist
Friends of the Zoo

PLUS THE REST OF THE WEEK’S NEWS….with reporters Dave Helling of the Kansas City Star and Chris Hernandez of NBC Action News.

ELIMINATING THE KCMO SCHOOL BOARD: It’s something a number of watchers of the beleaguered district have wanted for years. Is it finally about to happen?

POLICING RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS: Why Kansas City, MO spent spent two months doing 24-hour camera surveillance and hiring private investigators to find out that one of its municipal judges was not living within the city limits.

SHAKING UP JOHNSON COUNTY POLITICS: On Monday, the Johnson County Charter review committee will decide whether to let candidates run on party labels like they do for most political offices around the country. A recent public hearing on the matter brought out more than two hundred citizens.

NO INCOME TAX: Aggressive efforts are underway in both Kansas and Missouri to eliminate the state income tax. What would such a move mean? And how would Kansas and Missouri replace that money?

THE CASE THAT KEEPS CONFOUNDING: We try to put straight the myths and misconceptions in what is an exploding national media event, the search for missing Kansas City infant Lisa Irwin

BISHOP FINN INDICTED: What next in the Kansas City Catholic Diocese case that’s drawing worldwide attention?

7TH BEST DOWNTOWN: Bet you didn’t think you’d ever hear Kansas City ranked as one of America’s best downtowns. Well Forbes Magazine has just included KC in its listing of America’s TOP 10 downtowns.

NATIONAL ATTENTION ON KAUFFMAN CENTER: If you missed it, an encore broadcast of the PBS Newshour showcase piece this week on the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. FULL VIDEO

DO WOMEN FACE A GREATER SOCIAL PENALTY FOR BEING FAT? A fast shrinking Claire McCaskill speaking out about the double standard women face in public life

THE RODNEY DANGERFIELD OF KANSAS CITY SPORTS: Sporting KC make the playoffs and end their regular season with massive jumps in everything from attendance to merchandise sales. So why is Sporting KC still struggling to get respect from Kansas City media?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Chris Hernandez
NBC ACTION NEWS

Dana Wright
KCTV5

Mary Sanchez
Kansas City Star

Larry Seward
NBC ACTION NEWS

THIS WEEK: Friday, October 14th 2011 @ 7:30 pm
Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am

This week, Mayor’s James and Reardon offer a newsmaker dissection of the top local stories.

NEWSMAKER GUESTS:
Mayor Sly James
Kansas City, MO

Mayor Joe Reardon
Unified Govt. Wyandotte/KCK

PLUS…Ever wonder what’s happening with a number of hot button development projects around our metro? Why do some never seem to get off the ground? We head from north to south to take a look at what’s going on with the Business Journal’s Krista Klaus and Dave Helling of the Kansas City Star.

We take you first to Wyandotte County where the Hollywood Casino is preparing to open. Then we head south to the site of the old Mission Mall to ask whatever happened to those plans to build a state-of-the-art aquarium there?

Then it’s off to the site of another demolished mall. This time in Kansas City, MO. We reveal the latest plans for Bannister Mall. Is it about to become the latest battleground in the business border war between Kansas and Missouri? And then we move north to Crown Center where most of the retail development’s landmark restaurants are shutting their doors for good.