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  • January 17, 2018
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A Governor’s Timeline

The news has been hot lately in regard to the admission of Missouri Governor Eric Greitens affair, allegedly with a former hairdresser in St. Louis. While a denial is a…

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  • January 10, 2018
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Political Circuses 101

Following the local political scene these days requires not only patience but also a good sense of humor because in three counties in the metro there seems to be a…

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  • January 3, 2018
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149

As the first days of 2018 dawn, Kansas City grapples with a 2017 homicide rate that came dangerously close to breaking the 1993 record of 153. During the past 12…

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  • December 27, 2017
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A year of Change

As 2017 draws to a close, this critically thinking News-dog would like to take a moment to pause and reflect on the events of the past year and lay the…

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  • December 20, 2017
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Public Trust

Let’s just get one thing straight right out of the gate: this News-pooch doesn’t think there’s a bigger cheerleader for the city of Kansas City than Mayor Sly James. He…

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  • December 13, 2017
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Frontrunner?

The Star’s Steve Kraske last week penned a piece that ranked the candidates for the upcoming Mayoral election in tiers, ranking Councilwoman Justus out of the clear blue sky as…

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  • December 6, 2017
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The Public Trough

$42 million in taxpayer money. That’s the city’s ante in the newly revived downtown convention hotel project, being pushed by developer Mike Burke at the behest of Mayor Sly James…

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  • November 29, 2017
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Trashed

This clean thinking Newsdog is incensed with the state of trash removal in this Cowtown after witnessing an event last week at Independence and Montgall, where trash fell from a…

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  • November 22, 2017
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Turf

Last week citizens in this Cowtown were treated to yet another grandstanding opportunity by a Mayoral hopeful in an attempt to buy votes in Kansas City’s latest political football, the…

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  • November 15, 2017
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The direction of history

  Last Friday night, this long-in-the-tooth newsdog had the honor and privilege of witnessing the future of history in this Cowtown. We were invited to present a brief history on…