Subject: Zed Smith

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  March 12, 2009

• Class-action lawyer takes interest in P&L dress code

  J.D. Bell (center) and kin the night they were allegedly denied admittance to Mosaic​Debate about the Power & Light District's controversial dress code is moving from City Hall to the Jackson County courthouse.Standing near the entrance to the KC Live! block, members of an extended African-American family described the discrimination they felt they encountered on a visit to the downtown entertainment district in August. The family is represented by superlawyer Arthur Benson, who says venue

  November 5, 2009

• P&L District invites oversight of dress code

  Power & Light security escorted a man in a white T-shirt out of the district's St. Patrick's Day party earlier this year.​Acknowledging that its dress code was a public-relations debacle, Power & Light District officials announced their intention to form an oversight board.Standing in front of the predominantly African-American workers who enforce the dress code in the district's Kansas City Live! block, Zed Smith, the district's managing partner, invited the NAACP, the Urban League, t

  November 16, 2009