Bunten told the council that Police Chief Ron Miller suggested the idea. The mayor says other cities have reduced crime with similar bans and outlawing the clothing would be good for Topeka. "Anything we can do to lower crime and make it safer for people who work in businesses, I think that's a positive," he told the Council.
As you can see in the photo on the right, these jerks didn't even have the decency to dump it on the side of the road. Come on, buttheads, if you're going to ugly up our city, the least you could do is not block traffic. They could be fined $1,000 and face jail time. The Neighborhood and Community Services Department asks anybody with information about these dumpers to call either 311 or code enforcement Officer Ryan Kasper-Cushman at 816-719-0637, or contact him by e-mail at ryan.cushman@kcmo.org.
Last week, Fat City's Charles Ferruzza had the chance to tour the state-of-the-art kitchens and restaurant concepts inside the Kansas City, Kansas, casino next to the Legends. Today, they're open to the public along with the 2,000 slot machines, 40 game tables and a poker room. Are you going to try your luck at the Hollywood Casino?
Dozens of drivers rallied today near the federal courthouse downtown to draw attention to their case and what they say is an unfair business model. The permit owners lease their cars and permits to the drivers, who act as independent contractors with no benefits or stability. Furthermore, the drivers say, they have to buy their own gas and cover the costs of operating the taxi. The drivers say the fees end up costing most of their income. Mark Goodman, the drivers’ St. Louis-based attorney, told reporters today that the arrangement makes Kansas City’s taxi drivers "subsistence workers."
City ordinance caps the number of permits issued at 500. In order to get down to that number from 547, forfeited and surrendered permits will not be renewed. The suit says the nine cab companies pay the city $164,000 each year to renew the permits, and the drivers then pay the companies $6.4 million in leasing fees.
The drivers’ lawsuit seeks a court order blocking the ordinance from being enforced. If the drivers are successful, the local taxi industry could more closely resemble St. Louis’, which allows independent taxi operators and distinguishes between airport-exclusive taxis and on-call services that pick up customers at other locations.
After the jump, see a table that Goodman says breaks down how much companies earn by leasing their permits.
"Have you got one more in you, Busby?" asks Gary Lezak.
"Let's finish what we started, Lezak," Bryan Busby snarls back.
The two top meteorologists in Kansas City have not yet decided to film the sequel to Twister, but the looniness of the weather coverage the past few days suggests that it's not outside the realm of possibility. And if a storm doesn't come soon (media reports are hopefully predicting snow for Saturday), there might not be anything that can cure the "Weather Fever," which has beset this weather-crazy town.
Lance Gross, 52, has been charged with abandoning a corpse, The Star reports. Gross' brother, Marlin Gross, 49, has been charged with the same crime.
Lance Gross told investigators that he had engaged in rough sex with Perez on January 20, put a dog collar around her neck to choke her and injected her with Valium. He told police that he passed out, and that when he awoke, Perez was dead. Authorities say Gross left Perez's body in his home for three days before enlisting his brother's help in dumping the body.
Perez's sister, Ada Perez, told Fox 4 that Lance Gross and Peggy Perez met about two months ago at the VFW Bar in Kansas City. They started dating, and Perez moved in with Gross a few weeks later.
I haven't seen Metro Sports' documentary on the Kansas City Comets, Blazing Trails: The History of the Kansas City Comets, but I'm looking forward to its debut Thursday night at 7. Can't wait to hear the theme from the Midnight Express (the movie and the pro wrestling tag team).
The Missouri Tigers kept the nation's No. 1 recruit (as rated by Rivals) in-state. Dorial Green-Beckham, a wide receiver from Springfield, announced that he'll be playing football at Mizzou.
Finally some good news for Mizzou on a week that saw this atrocity.
Name: Kris Ketz
Occupation: First News anchor for KMBC Channel 9 and KCWE Channel 29
Hometown: Moline, Illinois
Current neighborhood: Northland
Who or what is your sidekick? Donna Pitman, Diane Cho, Joel Nichols, Johnny Rowlands, Kerri Stowell and company.
What career would you choose in an alternate reality? Thirty-plus years in broadcast journalism, and I still don’t know what else I would do.
Posnanski left KC last year, upgrading from Kansas City Star columnist to Sports Illustrated scribe. Also last year, Joe Po started working on a book about Joe Pa. So it was only fitting that Posnanski would have a few public words about Paterno, to whom he’d likely begun to feel close. But after the events of last year, Posnanski can no longer write a sunny look at a beloved coach in his twilight years. For this souring of narrative, the sportswriter can blame the allegations of child rape on Jerry Sandusky, a longtime assistant coach under Paterno.
In 2002, a graduate assistant reported to Paterno that he’d seen Sandusky raping a boy in the showers of the Penn State locker room. Paterno called his bosses but didn’t call the cops — and didn’t stop associating with Sandusky. When this came to light, in November 2011, the school’s board fired Paterno and Penn State President Graham Spanier.
Posnanski’s obituary for Paterno is short and flowery and gives the coach a pass. "I asked Paterno, at one point in that last month, if he hoped that people would come to see and measure his full life rather than a single, hazy event involving an alleged child molester,” he writes. “ ‘It doesn’t matter what people think of me,’ he said. ‘I’ve lived my life. I just hope the truth comes out. And I hope the victims find peace.’ ”
Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten's plan to curb crime: ban hoodies and baseball hats
Have you seen these dumpers?
Are you going to gamble at the Hollywood Casino?
Kansas fans parody god-awful 'We are Mizzou' video
Without a snowstorm, Kansas City is getting 'Weather Fever'
The countdown is on for the return
of Chocolate Ale
'We are Mizzou' music video may be the worst thing to ever come out of Columbia
Two developers save - and restore - the downtown Cosby Hotel