Missouri
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(JOPLIN, Mo.) Congressional candidate Billy Long spoke to the Missouri Southern State University college republicans at their meeting in Joplin Wednesday, focusing much of his attention on why it is important for young people to be engaged. “With all the talk about having younger people involved, very few people under 50 years old were at [...]...
The Fuse Joplin - Wed 9:43 p.m. - 3 clicks 
(JOPLIN, MO.) Freeman Health Systems named Philip Willcoxon the Chief Executive Officer of the Ozark Center today. Willcoxon will be replacing Paula Baker. The Ozark Center, an establishment that serves a population of nearly 13,500, targets mental illness in the area; the center “ provides comprehensive behavioral health services to children, adults, and families.” Paula [...]...
The Fuse Joplin - Wed 7:22 p.m. - 4 clicks
These are not good times for progressives in America. While we are almost always disappointed with the Democratic Party’s inability or unwillingness to deliver the progressive policies they promise us, we are even more discouraged, even depressed, today. This gut feeling of mine is reflected in national polls. According to well-respected Gallup , only19% of American adults approved of the pe...
St. Louis Oracle - Wed 7:09 p.m.
Tuesday night, a crowd of more than 270 Democrats gathered at Rep. Jill Schupp's house in Creve Coeur to listen to and shake hands with Gov. Jay Nixon, Auditor Susan Montee, Treasurer Clint Zweifel, and Attorney General Chris Koster, among other of what the celebrity pages would call "luminaries". Attendees showed their dedication to winning state legislative seats for the Dems this fall by... ...
Show Me Progress - Wed 5:48 p.m. - 4 clicks
In Vanity Fair, describing an event in Independence, Missouri on May 1, 2010 where Sarah Palin (r - half term governor) was the featured speaker: Sarah Palin the Sound and the Fury ....The Winning America Back conference was organized by a Missouri political-action committee called Preserving American Liberty (PAL-PAC). The group's Web site states that "Members of Preserving American Liberty... ...
Show Me Progress - Wed 5:05 p.m. - 4 clicks
Ed Martin has been debating Rep. Russ Carnahan--without bothering to inform Carnahan that they are debating each other. Naturally, when Carnahan doesn't show up (to a debate he was never invited to), Ed Martin can roll his eyes and bemoan to the audience his opponent's repeated irresponsible behavior. When I called Carnahan's office to verify that his campaign had not agreed to these debates,... ...
Show Me Progress - Wed 3:40 p.m. - 5 clicks
We noticed this large campaign contribution (via the Missouri Ethics Commission) a few days ago. CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR - TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION C101512 VOTE YES TO STOP DOUBLE TAXATION [pdf] 8/30/2010 MO Association of Realtors Issues Mobilization PAC Columbia, MO 8/30/2010 $150,000.00 And... ...
Show Me Progress - Wed 10:08 a.m. - 5 clicks
Tony interviews 4th District City Council candidate John Crawford, who says the City already has tools at its disposal for solving the Cosby Hotel preservation dilemma. For once, the comments on a Tony’s Kansas City post are intelligent and prescient The upshot is that the building in an existing TIF district (Baltimore Place) and [...]...
BlogKC - Wed 9:20 a.m. - 6 clicks
A shopper at the downtown Culinaria had some pastry boxes and shopping bags loaded into her shopping cart. As she was rolling the cart out the front door of the store, the cart lurched to a stop. What to do? Flummoxed, the shopper loaded all her purchases into her arms, left the cart at the door, and labored out to her parked car. Apparently, Schnucks has a security system on its carts whi...
STL Rising - Wed 7:46 a.m.
With 5 of the 5 teams supporting highway removal as the ultimate solution for fixing downtown's connectivity problems, efforts to remove the downtown lanes of I-70 separating the city from the riverfront will be shifting from the conceptual to the practical. What would a pragmatist do? ...
STL Rising - Wed 7:46 a.m.
(MT. VERNON, Mo.) Following weeks of what appeared to be a divided Republican party in the seventh congressional district, several former candidates have finally come around to endorse their party’s candidate – Billy Long. Today – Senator Jack Goodman, the guy who came in second behind long, joined the pack of candidates to endorse Billy [...]...
The Fuse Joplin - Tue 8:24 p.m.
Another campaign ad smackdown of Roy Blunt (r-lobbyists) from Robin Carnahan's (D) campaign: Robin Carnahan: I'm Robin Carnahan and I approved this message. Announcer: Congressman Roy Blunt, he got caught trying to insert a secret deal for tobacco giant Philip Morris into a bill just days after company executives gave him over thirty thousand dollars. ["Big Tobacco's Sweetheart." St. Louis......
Show Me Progress - Tue 6:07 p.m. - 4 clicks
If you were really all that, would you be afraid to stand up for what you represent? FiredUp! points out that Roy Blunt not only didn't respond to Robin Carnahan's invitation to debates - he later tried to tell the faithful who tune into the Jamie Allman program that Robin is the one who is afraid to debate! Say what you will about integrity, you can't say Daddy Blunt lacks brass. And of... [...
Show Me Progress - Tue 2:49 p.m. - 8 clicks
Roy Blunt's so-called jobs plan makes it clear that he's going to go to the wall to defend the Bush tax giveaways for his rich friends - even though he hasn't got the chutzpah to do it upfront, but instead tries to use the discredited claim that it will create jobs. As for Robin Carnahan, we all know that she's opted for strategic camouflage, trying to blend into Missouri's Republican woodwork... ...
Show Me Progress - Tue 12:08 p.m. - 3 clicks
From today's Post Dispatch : "An economic boost" Five teams have unveiled their visions for revamping the Arch grounds and riverfront, and it's encouraging to see that all five teams support the eventual removal of Interstate 70 through downtown. This plan has been strongly promoted by the volunteer group City to River and will be the key to reconnecting downtown, the Arch and the Mississipp...
STL Rising - Tue 6:49 a.m. - 3 clicks
...a strange combination of support for a pseudo populist far right wingnut and an inside the beltway Washington friend of lobbyists. Granted, they're both running as republicans, but cognitive dissonance in politics can be an amusing phenomenon. That is until the rest of us suffer the consequences. ...
Show Me Progress - Mon 9:06 a.m. - 3 clicks
Happy Gills Cafe & Hangout in the Columbus Park neighborhood will be featured on tonight’s episode of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives on the Food Network. The episode airs at 9:00 p.m. This is KC’s third showing on a Guy Fieri show this summer. Earlier shows feature KC BBQ and Swagger in Waldo. ...
BlogKC - Mon 9:06 a.m.
All five Arch design teams have stated their support for highway removal as the ultimate best solution for reconnecting downtown to the Arch grounds and riverfront. So where do we go from here? The issue now becomes a challenge to planners and civil engineers. How to frame the question? Is highway removal a "go" or "no-go" proposition? Is the program subject to an "either/or" determination ...
STL Rising - Mon 7:08 a.m.
Steve Benen, in an excellent analysis of the sloganeering that characterized Glenn Beck's Besmirch MLK Rally yesterday, exposes the lack of substance behind the boiling Tea Party paranoia. Benen's post, definitely worth reading in it its entirety, concludes: The folks who gathered in D.C. today were awfully excited about something. The fact that it's not altogether obvious what that might be... ...
Show Me Progress - Sun 9:28 p.m. - 4 clicks
(JOPLIN, Mo.) Peers Against Second-Hand Smoke, an organization on the Missouri Southern State University campus, will be highlighting campus policy Tuesday. The group will be marking a 50 foot perimeter as designated smoke-free. “We want everyone on campus to be aware of the smoke free zones,” said Jared Myers, representing the PASS group. “The chalking effort is [...]...
The Fuse Joplin - Sun 8:29 p.m. - 7 clicks
It's gonna be a long election season on television. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee started running this ad in Missouri: Announcer: Roy Blunt's Washington, a culture of corruption and special interests where Missouri gets left behind. And when our economy collapsed Washington is where Roy Blunt took the lead and voted for the seven hundred billion dollar Wall Street bailout.... ...
Show Me Progress - Sun 6:25 p.m. - 7 clicks
On Friday, a small group of senior citizens visited Roy Blunt's office with some questions about Medicare and Social Security. They found the doors locked, and the staff hid from them. Whenever a staffer found it necessary to leave the office, he would act as if the seniors were ghosts that he could neither see nor hear. But obviously, the staffers did see and hear the intruders, because... [[ ...
Show Me Progress - Sun 9:06 a.m. - 11 clicks
Scott Brown, really? The Public Editor Why I Would Do This By ARTHUR S. BRISBANE Published: August 28, 2010 ....I believe that journalists should leave their political views at the door when they report and edit the news. I'm a registered Democrat who voted for Barack Obama and then Scott Brown, so, as you can see, I have already left my views at the door!... "[A]t the door" is not the... ...
Show Me Progress - Sun 6:43 a.m. - 2 clicks
SharkFu Someone please tell #cnn that history is littered with events attended by thousands of people gathered to celebrate bullshit. #trifling about 4 hours ago via web Heh. ...
Show Me Progress - Sat 6:04 p.m.
Dr. Michael Hoeman (D), a physician, is challenging the republican hold on the 30th Senate District seat in November. Candidate List State of Missouri General Election Tuesday, November 02, 2010 State Senator - District 30 Hoeman, Michael DEM Springfield, MO 65804 Dixon, Bob REP Springfield, MO 65802 Bob Dixon (r) filed his "eight day" campaign finance report with the... ...
Show Me Progress - Sat 5:48 p.m. - 8 clicks
The Star reports that Rick Powell is set to demolish the historic Cosby Hotel building within a week, despite a City offer to stabilize the structure and attempts to buy it by the Historic Kansas City Foundation and local preservationist/developer Adam Jones. Powell’s actions continue to confirm widespread rumors that Powell has always intended to tear [...]...
BlogKC - Sat 5:46 a.m. - 6 clicks
The Fuse Joplin on site at Ozark High School Stadium tonight. Rush for a touchdown by Scott Roderique. PAT completed by Alex Easley. Ozark ties the game up at beginning of the 2nd quarter. Long Maddy Johnson rush puts up six more for the Cardinals. Easley makes the easy kick. Chase Capron attempts a free [...]...
The Fuse Joplin - Fri 5:46 p.m. - 13 clicks
Senator Claire McCaskill, perhaps Congress’ most famous Twitter user, explains why she doesn’t follow other people Twitter. Unlike other Congressional tweeters, she does it all herself without staff help. While she won’t follow you, she does read every @clairecmc mention and every #mo hastag, and she DMs many people in reply to their tweets. ...
BlogKC - Fri 10:25 a.m. - 12 clicks
Architects as community developers As the details begin to emerge in the Arch design competition, and the jury carries out its role, it's becoming clear that this effort to reconnect the city, the Arch, and the river is about more than cool new designs and structures on or about the Arch, it's ultimately about the life of a city, the region, and its people. The jury is asking questions about m...
STL Rising - Fri 8:03 a.m. - 3 clicks
(JOPLIN, Mo.) St. Johns Regional Medical Center will host its ‘Care Fair’ Friday. Miranda Lewis, a spokesman for the hospital, said, “all proceeds from the event will be split between the United Way of Southwest Missouri and the St. John’s Co-worker Sunshine Fund.” She says “The Sunshine Fund offers assistance to St. John’s co-workers who [...]...
The Fuse Joplin - Thu 7:46 p.m. - 8 clicks
Today at the America's Center in downtown St. Louis, the five finalist teams in the Arch design competition will make their case before a jury of national community design leaders. The jury is charged with choosing the winning team design that will lead the remake the Arch grounds and reconnection of downtown St. Louis. Front and center in St. Louis is the Arch. The Arch is both a national m...
STL Rising - Aug 26 - 10 clicks
(JOPLIN, Mo.) United Missouri Bank, located on the Southern end of Maiden Lane was the scene for an armed robbery around noon today. The Joplin Police Department was called to the scene at 11:53 and the suspect was brought into custody “not long after the call came in,” says Lt. Brain Lewis. The man, Cody [...]...
The Fuse Joplin - Aug 25 - 13 clicks
Monday of last week I went to a special meeting of our neighborhood association that was billed as a candidate night, featuring appearances by Democratic Rep. Russ Carnahan and his Republican challenger, Ed Martin. Over 100 neighborhood folks attended. But Carnahan did not. Martin did appear personally, and he spoke first, for 10-15 minutes, without notes. He came off looking reasonable, addr...
St. Louis Oracle - Aug 25 - 13 clicks
(SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) Scott Eckersley, the democratic candidate for the seventh congressional district, announced Tuesday that he would move forward with a 10-county tour. The “Give ‘em Eck” tour will start next Tuesday, nine weeks from election day, and spread until September 17. Eckersley will spend a day in each county, where on each stop, he [...]...
The Fuse Joplin - Aug 24 - 11 clicks
Earlier this month we reported on local colleges and university rankings on the annual US News list. Today we have a different kind of ranking. The Washington Monthly ranking looks at schools’ contributions to the world. Metrics include things like ROTC members, Peace Corps volunteers, research, social mobility of students, community service, etc. At #92, [...]...
BlogKC - Aug 24 - 2 clicks
Nationwide Downtown Highway Removal Projects - Completed or Proposed: I-64 along the Ohio River - Louisville I-84 Aetna Viaduct - Hartford Alaskan Way Viaduct -Seattle Sheridan Expwy - Bronx NY The Skyway and Route 5 - Buffalo Route 34 -New Haven CT Claiborn Expwy - New Orleans Interstate 81 - Syracuse Route 29 - Trenton Gardiner Expwy -Toronto 11th Street Bridges and Southeast Fwy -...
STL Rising - Aug 24
(JOPLIN, Mo.) Firefighters responded to a call Monday morning at the Oxford Partk Appartment comples on 34th Street and Texas Avenue. “It went up fast,” said one witness. The witness also reported to TFJ a significant delay between an initial call and first responders arriving. Apartment buildings C and B were effected. The fire started in [...]...
The Fuse Joplin - Aug 23 - 9 clicks
The building on the left is Valencia Place at 47th and Pennsylvania. It’s better known as the home of the Lockton insurance company and retail tenants like The Gap, McCormick and Schmick’s and Scooter’s Coffee. The building on the right is the proposed Polsinelli Shughart law offices a block east at 47th and Broadway. Valencia [...]...
BlogKC - Aug 23
Back in March, I got a comment from a woman on Facebook that has stuck with me. I actually came across it while going through old screenshots on my iPhone last night. I must have thought her comment to be interesting – and probably exploited it to some friends. I laughed it off personally, and even sent [...]...
The Fuse Joplin - Aug 23
If you've ever driven the surface streets of downtown St. Louis which connect to the central riverfront and Arch grounds, then you know first hand the barriers created by the elevated and depressed lanes of I-70. Streets are confusing; there are few good connections; and, routes are frequently cut off, sending unwitting drivers over bridges they didn't intend to take. With Arch Competition final...
STL Rising - Aug 20
Support is growing for City to River's vision for removing the downtown lanes of I-70 between the riverfront and downtown after the opening of the new I-70 bridge. The challenge of solving logistics is high on the priority list of planning this project. How would you like to see construction of the new boulevard phased? Here are some ideas. Opening of the new I-70 bridge is scheduled for 2014....
STL Rising - Aug 19
This weekend the Ethnic Enrichment Festival returns for another installment of a long-running Kansas City tradition. From Friday evening through Sunday, Swope Park becomes a United Nations of KC with food, music, and dance from dozens of different countries and ethnicities. Don’t miss it! ...
BlogKC - Aug 18 - 2 clicks
Competition comment period open this week. To celebrate the ongoing effort, City to River is hosting a community event tonight at the Schlafly Tap Room Yesterday, five exciting visions were revealed that point toward a bright future for the Arch Grounds and downtown St. Louis. The proposals unveiled make clear that the teams agree with City to River’s supporters that highway removal is the...
STL Rising - Aug 18 - 2 clicks
Saturday night the Minnesota Vikings paid a visit to St. Louis. They played the St. Louis Rams in the first pre-season game of the 2010 season. The Vikings won the game handily, giving rookie Rams QB Sam Bradford a dose of NFL medicine. With the holes in the Rams offensive line, this might be a long season for Bradford and the Rams. But the real question is whether the Rams are long for St...
STL Rising - Aug 16
Illinois is a state filled with rare treasures. The small towns and farms, and beautiful court houses hold many wonderful surprises. Adorning a small conference room in a central Illinois municipal office, is a work of art completed as part of the Public Works of Art Project , also known as the Federal Art Project . It's interesting to note that over 70 years ago, at a time of economic ...
STL Rising - Aug 13
No, we're not talking about Boulevard Ale, it's City to River along with STL Style sponsoring an event at the headquarters of St. Louis' largest locally owned brewer, Schlafly , to celebrate the culmination of the Arch design competition. Join friends and neighbors for a fun evening in a beautiful setting in support of efforts to reconnect the City, the Arch and the River. For more i...
STL Rising - Aug 13
KC Beer Blog reports that One80 is revamping itself as Beer Kitchen, a beer nerd gastro pub that joins McCoy’s Public House, the Foundry, and the Riot Room in an emerging Beer Culture cluster in Westport. It also reinforces the Downtown-Waldo beer nerd corridor with Grinders and Flying Saucer to the north and Waldo Pizza [...]...
BlogKC - Aug 12
US News and World Report has posted their latest college rankings. They only rank the top 610 out of 6,600, so the list represents the top 9% of US colleges. Criteria include student satisfaction, postgraduate success, four-year graduation ranks, student debt and student competitive awards. Missouri and Kansas colleges: Washington University, 76 Westminster College, 113 Rockhurst University, 131 ...
BlogKC - Aug 12
Washington Avenue led the way through the late 90s and early - mid 2000s. Will the riverfront area and Arch grounds be the center of excitement for the next big wave of downtown renewal? Check out the list of downtown stakeholders supporting City to River's proposal to open up the downtown/riverfront area through highway removal and creation of a new Memorial Drive: City to River releases it's ...
STL Rising - Aug 11 - 2 clicks
That's the title of a recent City to River blog entry . The Arch design competition is reaching its final stage. Soon the five finalist design teams will unveil their proposals and St. Louis will face a decision that will redefine her downtown and the region for the next fifty to one hundred years. Much has been written about the planning mistakes of the past. Actions now will lay new founda...
STL Rising - Aug 10
This year’s Missouri primary made national news, not only because of the overwhelming passage of Proposition C, but also because of what it meant (or didn’t mean) for the continuing media narrative of anti-incumbency. Here are a few observations: Proposition C and the Federal Health Care Law There was no way this vote could be spun favorably for the Obama Administration. The ballot measure ...
St. Louis Oracle - Aug 9 - 2 clicks
From the City + Arch + River Design Competition website "Community Connections" page, there is a huge outpouring of support for City to River's vision of removing the highway between the Arch and downtown and replacing it with an at-grade, urban boulevard. Below is a sample of the comments. Click on the highlighted text to read them all and add your own. "I support removing the section of I-7...
STL Rising - Aug 5 - 3 clicks
The growing numbers of scooters on the streets of downtown is a telling sign of downtown's continuing rebirth. Scooters are cool, and their riders make downtown feel more alive. Just the other day, though, I saw a strange sight. A businessman riding a high powered, fast scooter, was racing down Olive. That was cool, but he was also running red light after red light. Hey, keep up that pace, ...
STL Rising - Jul 29
At STL Rising, we trail far behind the trends in new technology. The rest of the world is far ahead of us. In fact, most people reading this site probably own smart phones and flat screen TVs. So, in these times of expanding technology in our daily lives, today we raise the subject of neighborhood watch using low cost digital video surveillance. Common complaints heard on the neighborhood wa...
STL Rising - Jul 28
In an anti-incumbent atmosphere such as today’s, what happens in a classic contest between insider and outsider when the outsider is already the incumbent? That’s the choice in the only contested city-wide contest in the City of St. Louis in next week’s Democratic Primary. Mariano Favazza is the maverick incumbent Circuit Clerk. He unseated former clerk Mavis Thompson in the 1998 primary in an...
St. Louis Oracle - Jul 27
"Freeway" is a word I grew up with. Living in California, people say "freeway". Freeways are supposed to zip you from point A to point B, with little thought of what happens in between. It's not about the journey; it's about the destination. Unfortunately, you don't always zip. You often sit. And in California, most of the time, there are no alternatives for the freeway. So you can s...
STL Rising - Jul 23
The store is well stocked with fresh foods at good prices: The coop supports local farmers from around St. Louis: The store is open to the public with no membership required. They are located on St. Louis Avenue, just a block east of the new Crown Square development and Crown Candy Kitchen. Hours are convenient for a stop on your way home before dinner. It's a neighborhood and comm...
STL Rising - Jul 23
There is an unusual contest in Missouri's 4th senate district in this year's Democratic primary. Its driving issue isn't discussed in either candidate's campaign literature. Four years ago, a spirited primary contest took place in this district between three African Americans from the predominantly black north end and two whites from the predominantly white south end. Abortion was a key issue, wi...
St. Louis Oracle - Jul 19
