And the author thinks Clay Chastain was crazy? At least he got his bill passed legally.
Great article. let's wait on this project until downtown does not smell like a backed-up toilet.
This entire article is a joke. These two quotes are the most offensive to me. An apology should be given to the family and friends of Anastasia for this.
I would be ok if Davy Rothbart never returned to this city. It is not your heart that is an idiot, it is you. And trust me, you have been made a fool.
"It's strange for me when we're doing a Found thing in Kansas City," Rothbart says. "You walk around Westport and can't help but think of it as Byron's old stomping grounds. His absence from Kansas City is really noticeable to me."
"He goes on: "And I think that is what the family and friends of the victim think — they believe that justice was served. But I feel like they don't really know Byron."
Great article. Having no job and being lonely and having to use public transportaion in KC -- that is depressing.
Great insight Matt... how's L.A. treating you??
Is that Craig Ferguson shes dancing with ??
Just say you have a huge inheritance coming and you'll have more "Friends" then you could ever imagine possible.
"chose" ....god hates auto correct....
Does anyone else find it utterly humorous that Shirley's god choose her to be born on Halloween? Lol!
Wow. This genius would rather lose his family to hang out with hateful lunatics. So sad.
To bakedman:
Yea, you're correct. My logic was somewhat flawed.
to FriedmanIsDead:
your premise has a couple of major assumptions that you don't point out and may not even have considered:
1) it assumes that if everyone made had more income that no other prices but "designer" beef/pork would rise, basically zero inflation.
2) that even if people had more income, they'd only want to spend it on "designer" beef / pork and not "designer" jeans, drugs or something else.
Do I need guilt free meat? Are most of the cows Catholic? I'm confused.
why don't you just admit you're gay and come out of the closet....you'll get a whole group of guys behind you then!
Yes, locally raised meats are generally more expensive than their artificially low-priced Tyson or Farmland equivalents found at our grocery stores, but I don’t recall ever having to pay $8/lb for cheap/roaster cuts of beef or $15 for a whole chicken…neither of which I’d be able to afford with regularity. A few years ago we made the conscious decision to source as much of our meat from local producers/butchers as possible, and while we don’t adhere to it perfectly enough to get all Jesus-y about it, we’ve learned a lot about sustainability and cooking, and continue to make new friends in our local food community.
Unless you are burdened with far too much expendable income and can shift seamlessly into all of your meat purchases being local and sustainable in the same quantities and cuts as before, it does take a conscious effort and a nominal amount of work to make it happen. We eat less meat to make up for the difference in cost (usually the equivalent of megamart prices when there isn’t a sale…a far cry from the class warfare-mongering sums thrown about), we utilize cheaper cuts that require more creativity, planning and longer cooking times, and we have built a relationship with a local butcher instead of relying on the closest grocery store OR assuming the only place to get good meat is Whole Paycheck. More beans, more vegetables, staying out of the grocery store aisles where the expensive and zero-nutrition crack cocaine foods are found…..
I don’t think less of anyone who doesn’t have the same priorities when it comes to making those kinds of changes...I'm sure there are some Dorito eating marathon runners who are way healthier than my sedentary ass, but it’s not close to as daunting or expensive as people try to make it sound, and it’s a fun learning curve that helps you appreciate what goes on your plate a lot more. If you want to give it a try, Kansas City has some farmers and merchants that make it one hell of a great town for it.
Do I really care about what the steer that I am eating now ate for breakfast a week ago? No. About as much as I care about the potato, carrots, peas, beans and tomatoes that were tragically abused and mis-handled when they were ripped from the ground. If it tastes good and is not objectionable on nutritional content, I don't give a crap. It could be produced on Mars by aliens, and if it isn't good (taste or nutritionally), just don't eat it. End of story. FREE MARKET CAPITALISM does not require an in depth knowledge of such a ubiquitous commodity that is necessary for human life. If it's good, it will be apparent in sales quite rapidly. All else is designer food for the ultra rich.
If you want more folks to eat locally produced boutique food that has inherently higher costs associated with by virtue of scale, people need more income. Until average incomes come up enough that people have more disposable cash to invest in these type of businesses, then it's going to be limited in scale and variety.
I love going to eating locally grown stuff, but I can't pay $12-15 for a whole chicken or $8/lb for a roast. That's just not an expense we can afford regularly. It's a luxury.
This movement needs to also address the economic realities of the market they are trying to appeal to. Unless of course everyone wants to keep fighting over the same group of yuppies for their extra scratch.
The comments that people don't care about consumers because they are part of big companies is offbase. There is room for large and small producers of food products. Not all consumers can afford 'designer' beef or pork from small producers. If your intention is to get your small producers producing and selling as cheap as large operations can, then consider my remarks misplaced but affordable food is the name of the game for many in this economy.
I'm working on an app that pop's popcorn.
Re: “Is the downtown streetcar a development engine or a luxury vehicle?”
it's a sinkhole / boondoggle. check out the Wall Street Journals article that reveiws the various streetcar programs around the US and what a true waste of money and lack of return they have had for the Cities foolish enough to waste their money on these.