The kids get a really bad rap in the KCMO School District. You hardly hear a peep about them unless the TV news is covering their bad test scores or the times when a fight draws police to their campuses. So I was glad to see KMBC Channel 9's cameras, among others, filming as young people ages 15-22 came streaming through the doors of the convention center as early as six this morning to check out the fifth annual Bright Future Employment Fair. Six of the metro's school districts are on spr
City of Kansas CityA dreadful budget outlook has forced the City of Kansas City, Missouri, to cut hundreds of jobs. Someone who works at City Hall provides this account of what happened on Friday.It was ugly. People who have worked there a long time were laid off. The Capital Improvements Management Office lost 18 people.The reports say they were managers and clerical workers, but the people I know about didn't manage anyone or supervise anyone -- they just are in the "administrative officer" ca
