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KC Week in Review
August 19, 2011

What the city is now doing to curb hordes of teens on the Country Club Plaza. Plus, Brownback's selective budget worries... And, why you won't get to vote on light rail or a contentious Plaza office tower plan after all.

THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 7:30 PM
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11:00 am)

PLAZA: A 9:00 pm curfew and $500 fines – what the city is now doing to curb hordes of teens on the Country Club Plaza.

BROWNBACK: The Kansas Governor is making national news. Why Sam Brownback’s administration is returning $32 million dollars in federal money to help the state enact health care reform.

HIGHWOODS DROPS OFFICE BUILDING PLAN: After pretty much an entire year of controversy and debate that included protests, and petition drives, hundreds of yards signs and an aggressive Facebook campaign the Plaza office controversy is over.

NO TO LIGHT RAIL: Despite collecting more than 3,600 signatures, far more than required by the city’s election rules, a city council committee this week holds up an effort by maverick activist Clay Chastain to put a new light rail initiative on the November ballot.

JOHNSON COUNTY SUN SHUTS DOWN: After more than 50 years, one of the metro’s most prominent suburban newspapers shuts down. The Johnson County Sun lays off all of its staffers and ceases production.

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Kris Ketz
KMBC 9 News

Chris Hernandez
NBC Action News

Eric Wesson
The Call

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star

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Tribute: Jerry Litton

August 3, 2011 marks the 35th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Missouri Congressman Jerry Litton, his wife and their two children, the pilot, and the pilot’s son. Litton...

August 3, 2011 marks the 35th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Missouri Congressman Jerry Litton, his wife and their two children, the pilot, and the pilot’s son. Litton had just won the Democratic primary for the 1976 U.S. Senate race and was considered a rising star who was possibly on track to the White House. The Local Show screens an excerpt from the documentary, Bringing Government to the People: The Jerry Litton Dialogues, featuring footage from Litton’s trailblazing town-hall setting television program, Dialogue with Litton.

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KC WEEK IN REVIEW

Happy Independence Day! KCWIR returns next Friday...

Happy Independence Day!
KCWIR returns next Friday…

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KC Week in Review April 29, 2011

Union Station says NO to Oprah...Canceling the Shakespeare Festival? Plus, the Changing of the Guard in the Mayor's office...Convention hotel back on frontburner...and overturning term limits in Missouri.

THIS WEEK: Friday, April 29th 2011 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11:00 am)

UNION STATION SAYS NO TO OPRAH: Why Union Station this weeks puts your interests above fame and celebrity.

CHANGING OF THE GUARD: Out with the old and in with the new! You may have voted more than a month ago, but it becomes official on Sunday. Mark Funkhouser gives up his title as Mayor and Sly James takes over his new job.

CONVENTION HOTEL: After months on the backburner, building a new 1,000 room convention hotel downtown is front page news. It’s a new plan and there’s a new mayor. Is this a project that’s about to become a reality?

THE PLAZA REFERENDUM: Outraged that the KCMO City Council votes to OK the controversial Plaza office tower plan, opponents start a petition drive in hopes of nixing the project at the ballot box.

SHAKESPEARE FEST: After 18 years, is it the end of the line for the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival?

TERM LIMITS: Missouri lawmakers overturned your vote on Proposition B, the so called puppy mill law. Why are they now wanting to overturn your vote on term limits?

NEWS REVIEWERS
Lynn Horsley, Kansas City Star
DeAnn Smith, Freelance Reporter
Chris Hernandez, NBC Action News
Dave Helling, Kansas City Star

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