Time for change

Last weekend, the Newsdog traveled to Austin, Texas to assist with the Ronald Reagan Great Communicator Debate Series.  While visiting the downtown Austin area, we saw first-hand many of the…

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  • January 29, 2020
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Prosecutorial Malfeasance

Once again, to no surprise of this critically-thinking Newsdog, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker has failed to keep citizens safe.  On Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, Jahron Swift, 29, a…

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  • January 8, 2020
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Dismount

And just like that, thirteen years of community policing goes out the window. Kansas City’s Mounted Patrol Unit has officially been disbanded and the officers in that unit will be…

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  • December 31, 2019
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The 8600

Sometimes the Dog has to shake her little head and just revel in the abject stupidity that is the Jackson County, Missouri Assessment Department. Last week, the county “found” roughly…

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  • December 18, 2019
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Derailing the TIF Train

Last week, the Kansas City Public School District issued a press release condemning the roughly $100 million in incentives offered to corporate giant Waddell and Reed to move their headquarters…

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  • December 11, 2019
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No Free Lunch

There are a couple of old adages that this NewsDog uses that would apply to last week’s passing of an ordinance by the City Council that directs the city manager…