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KC Week in Review
July 13, 2013

Dissecting Kansas City's All-Star moment on the national stage. Plus, the Plaza hotel controversy, KU earns NCI designation, still waiting at the Kansas DMV and moving forward with a UMKC downtown arts campus.

THIS WEEK: Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

ALL STAR POST-MORTEM: Dissecting Kansas City’s moment on the national stage. The All-Star highs and lows and the city’s plans for landing the next big event….

KU NATIONAL CANCER CENTER DESIGNATION: The news was leaked two weeks ago. This week it’s made official.

PLAZA HOTEL: Remember the Plaza office tower controversy? Is there about to be another big building tug-of-war this time over plans by Hyatt to construct a 12-story luxury hotel on the Country Club Plaza and they are asking for $11 million in TIF money to make it happen.

UMKC ARTS CAMPUS: The University of Missouri, Kansas City shortlists three sites for a new downtown arts campus that will include the Conservatory of Music and the school’s theater program.

DMV WAITS CONTINUE IN KANSAS: Three months after new computers were installed at county vehicle registration offices in Kansas, why are drivers still waiting upwards of five and six hours to get their tags renewed? Johnson County officials even ask to return to the old system.

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Kevin Kietzman
Sports Radio 810 WHB

Kevin Collison
Kansas City Star

Chris Hernandez
41 Action News

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star



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Ruckus: July 12, 2012

Rating the home team; All-Star game missing link; Blabbermouth quieted; just add Rice. Watch online.

TOPIC 1: RATING THE HOME TEAM
After a year of planning by Kansas Citians, the All-Star game is soon to be history. Community leaders have been hoping the game and attendant activities will enhance Kansas City’s coffers and national image.

TOPIC 2: MISSING LINK
One thing missing for the All-Star game festivities was light rail transportation to the stadium. Recently, Star columnist Steve Kraske observed that there is not now–and likely never has been–a consensus that light rail should be a local priority.

TOPIC 3: BLABBERMOUTH QUIETED
The “Blabbermouth” website has been roundly criticized for printing names, addresses and pictures of Johnson County residents who have recently been arrested. The site owner has also sent letters to those people offering to remove them from his website for a $200-dollar fee. After news accounts of the website, the owner says he is changing formats, no longer asking for money and maintains “Blabbermouth” and similar sites are deterrents to crime.

TOPIC 4: JUST ADD RICE
Conservative columnist William Kristol, who was the first to predict Sarah Palin as the GOP vice-presidential nominee in 2008, now opines that the ticket may contain a woman this year, as well. Kristol is basing his view on public comments from Ann Romney who says a woman (or women) is among those under consideration for Mitt‘s V.P. Kristol thinks that Condoleeza Rice is the female candidate receiving the closest scrutiny.

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KC Week in Review
July 6, 2012

<strong>THE ALL-STAR EDITION:</strong> It's the biggest event to hit Kansas City in decades. After months of planning it's finally arrived. Get ready for tens of thousands of out-of-town visitors and lots of national media coverage as the Major League Baseball All-Star Game descends on Kansas City.

THIS WEEK: Friday, July 6, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

THE ALL-STAR EDITION: It’s the biggest event to hit Kansas City in decades. After months of planning it’s finally arrived. Get ready for tens of thousands of out-of-town visitors and lots of national media coverage as the Major League Baseball All-Star Game descends on Kansas City.
All-Star activities are expected to attract as many as 150,000 people with events starting tonight going through to Tuesday night’s big game. Even if you’re not a baseball fan you’re certainly going to be touched by this big five-day celebration. City leaders say the game will leave an economic impact of about $60 million on the metropolitan area.
With us to explore its significance, the preparations, what’s involved and who’s picking up the tab are some of those officials most closely involved in making this all work.

Toby Cook
KC Royals, V-P Community Affairs & Publicity

Curt Nelson
KC Royals, Hall of Fame Director

Rick Hughes
KC Convention & Visitors Association, CEO

Cindy Circo
Mayor Pro-Tem, KCMO


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KC Week in Review
Friday, June 29

Giving up on Kemper. McCaskill skipping her party's national convention. Missouri Governor Nixon distancing himself from the Supreme Court healthcare ruling. KU Med earns national cancer center designation. Plus, lingering questions over an abused child held captive in a closet.

THIS WEEK: Friday, June 29, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )

PULLING THE PLUG ON KEMPER?: Is Kansas City finally ready to give up on Kemper Arena? Well it seems that the Kansas City, Missouri City Council just might be as it votes this week to terminate AEG’s contract to manage the decades old facility. No longer will the city try to market Kemper as a viable alternative to Sprint Center

MCCASKILL SKIPPING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: Having been a major speaker at the last Democratic National Convention in Denver, Missouri U-S Senator Claire McCaskill says this week she will skip this summer’s party convention in Raleigh, North Carolina.

NIXON DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM OBAMA ON HEALTHCARE: Republicans pounced on news reports this week that Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, a Democrat, is distancing himself from the President’s Healthcare Reform Law, just as the Supreme Court decides that the law is constitutional. Is this a 180 degree turn for Nixon? We take a closer look and examine other local and regional implications of this week’s big healthcare ruling.

KU EARNS NATIONAL CANCER CENTER DESIGNATION: The University of Kansas Medical Center is informed that it it will receive it’s long sought after National Cancer Institute Designation. It opens the door to millions of dollars in federal grants as well as private funds for advanced research in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

KID IN CLOSET CASE BRINGS UP TOUGH QUESTIONS: The disturbing case of a young Kansas City girl police found living in a closet, locked away without food, festering in her own feces and urine makes national headlines this week and brings with it a lot of troubling questions. Why did it take so long for anyone to notice and rescue the girl aged 10 who weighed just 32 pounds?

MAYOR JAMES KICKS OFF REPAIR CAMPAIGN: On Wednesday, Kansas City Mayor Sly James kicks off the campaign to provide a new source of money for the Parks and Recreation Department and approve a half billion dollars to pay for the city’s massive sewer repair project. James and other city leaders are asking voters on August 7 to approve Kansas City Questions 1 and 2. The campaign is called “Reform Repeal, Repair”. What would be repaired? And what exactly are we reforming?

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Scott Parks
NEWSRADIO 98.1 FM KMBZ

Eric Wesson
THE CALL

Chris Hernandez
41 Action News

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star


***A NOTE FROM NICK:
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