April 17, 2013
I just read your “Not drinkin’ the airport Kool-Aid” and I was so bowled over by it that I just had to get up and send you an email.
In just five paragraphs you nailed Russ Johnson and his cronies at City Hall. We already have a great, recently upgraded airport. Why in the world would we want to build a new one when there are so many other desperately needed things that $2 billion would buy? It doesn’t make sense unless you’re one of the cronies.
These people have absolute contempt for the taxpayers. They are hell-bent to do what they want, and if we don’t like it, they will try to make us like it by drowning us in PR propaganda. Thanks to you and KMBC’s Michael Mahoney, it’s going to be
April 10, 2013
I would just like to express my gratitude to Northeast News, especially to Michael Bushnell; he was extremely helpful when I was at a loss as to where to go next with a problem I was having with the city (related to my sewer).
Michael listened to my story, and I could tell he was truly concerned about what I was telling him. Michael then gave me a few contact people who he
February 27, 2013
Thank you for all your informative articles. I find it interesting that you wrote about Grauman’s Theater the same time I am reading a book about Joan Crawford (“Not the Girl Next Door” by Charlotte Chandler). In your article, you stated that stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks partnered with the theater in its beginning. So, here is a tidbit for you and others.
Joan Crawford, according to the book I am reading, had ties with Northeast. Joan was born in San Antonio, Texas, on March 23, 1908, with a given name of Lucille Fay LeSueur. At a young
February 27, 2013
There is, in my opinion, a simple solution to the “flashing yellow lights” problem.
They create confusion for both the driver and the one wishing to cross the street. The driver has to see the person and assume he or she actually is going to cross. The person has to see that the car is going to stop before entering the street. Is he going to stop? Is he or she going to cross?!
A much better way to address this issue is to eliminate all the guess work involved. My suggestion is to re-activate the buttons so when pushed
February 20, 2013
I found the language and attitude of the (Buzz) article “Let the Vilification Begin” extremely disturbing. It is true that the Northeast as well as other parts of KC have problems with homelessness, meth addiction and addiction in general. However, the phrase, ”We could bus them to your doorstep at 110th and North Oak and see how you like ‘em,” reminds me of the rhetoric that hate groups use to talk about people they find undesirable and want to dispose of.
This article that should be labeled as an
January 30, 2013
For several months this winter both a neighbor and I had periodically spotted a big white dog wandering around different parts of the Northeast. Then last week, at the corner of Gladstone and Hardesty, I saw him playing in the street with a brown puppy. I stopped and talked to a neighbor, who said they had been there for three days. At that point, I decided to call Animal Control, but another neighbor stopped by in her car, saying she had just seen another white dog up the street, killed by a
January 9, 2013
The Old Northeast and Independence Avenue have received media attention recently. While not all positive, the attention has been on issues that affect everyone, not just about drugs and prostitution. I have some questions for the news media and the citizens.
The Old Northeast has an Hispanic population three times the size of the west side, but we receive no money from the city for Hispanic culture events while the west side does, especially from the tourism fund.
Why does
January 2, 2013
I am concerned about the plans for a CID (Community Improvement District) on Independence Avenue.
In my mind, it is hard to not compare the goals of a CID (security, cleanliness, maintenance, streetscape, and marketing and economic development) to the goals of J.C. Nichols’s Country Club District and other planned developments which are to “insulate the [upper class] from urban squalor.”
My problem with the CID, with its street ambassadors, is that it essentially serves the people with privilege,
November 28, 2012
Dear Editor:
I always read Bunny the Newshound’s posts in your newspaper. The recent article about the Ripple Glass bin was interesting. Early on, when Ripple first placed it, I used the bin at your location only a couple of times. Each time I noticed it had been used for a trash bin almost as much as for glass. Soon, I found the doors were locked and one had to “feed” the bottles in through glands one at a time. So, I found bins elsewhere in
September 19, 2012
I want to lob kudos at the organizers for last Saturday’s NE Chamber event,Taste and Tour of Northeast. Bruce and I loved every minute that we were in attendance, from the trolley tour with Michael Bushnell’s expert comments on the area’s history, to watching the specialty swing dance couples’ moves on the dance floor. The event had many and myriad excellent foods for the guests, and there was a varied assortment of items in the Silent Auction, too. From the view of a long-time resident (we have lived here over 22 years now), this event