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TKC Communiqué - Midweek Look

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TKC Communiqué - Midweek Look
By Tony • Issue #42 • View online
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It’s been too damn long since we’ve “spoken” with each other and today we hope to share a great deal going on in Kansas City and around the world along with a few items that even the most dedicated news readers might have missed.
Let’s get started …

Kansas City News First . . .
Local Control Takeover By Way Of Defunding Police?!?
Mayor Q Denies Kansas City Police Defund Crisis: Still No Budget!!!
A police budget manager testified Wednesday that the department would run out of money at the end of the year, or in January at best, if the city’s plan to put $42-million in a separate community services account went into effect.“ Mayor Quinton Lucas said that claim is “totally incorrect.”
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Free Money Solves Crisis?!?!
Jackson County Exec Frank White Wants $6 MILLION More For Emergency Rental Aid
“We have had great success with this program. Our partners have worked tirelessly to ensure that our shared commitment of keeping families in their homes with running water and the lights on is accomplished, but the pandemic is not over and we know many are still in need of help,” said Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr.
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Group receives 10-day extension in efforts to recall KCMO Councilman Eric Bunch
Efforts by a Kansas City, Missouri, group to recall District 4 Councilman Eric Bunch, have fallen short so far.
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Sick Small Biz Dude Also Forced To Endure Mainstream Media Sketchy Health Juxtaposition
Kansas City Star Gleefully Reports Hospitalization Of COVID Mask Critic
“The COVID plague and partisan politics have inspired quite a few Kansas City denizens and leaders in national media to debase themselves and celebrate the sickness and sometimes death of their fellow Americans because of a divisive and mostly pointless culture war. ”
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The Dotte Debates Devastating Police Legacy
Allegations of police cover-up rock first Wyandotte County mayoral debate
The final 10 minutes of an hour-long Unified Government mayoral debate had a very different feel as Mayor David Alvey accused challenger Tyrone Garner of covering up police corruption and Garner demanded an apology.
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Rock Chalk Working Protocols Amid Plague
KU Health System Is Third Local Hospital Network Requiring COVID-19 Vaccinations For All Workers
The vaccine requirement applies to all employees, affiliated staff and contractors, students and volunteers.
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Screen Cap On Tragic Local Story …
Sunflower State Life Lessons
Kansas Gov. Kelly announces workgroup to protect students, teachers from COVID-19
To help protect Kansas students, teachers, and staff from the threat of the Delta variant of COVID-19, Governor Laura Kelly on Wednesday announced the Safer Classrooms Workgroup.
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Exposing The Scientific Debate
Kansas City Health Experts Question Claims In Northland Parents' Lawsuit Over Mask Mandates
The lawsuit’s claims butt up against recommendations from local doctors and health experts, who endorse masking as a critical defense against the delta variant now surging across the region.
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Burrito Bad Deeds And Important Testimony …
We leave this link to our KICK-ASS subscribers if only because the blog comments have been kinda cruel and unhelpful in helping to share the impact of an American cultural shift …
Young woman speaks out after Lenexa Chipotle fires assistant manager for removing her hijab
It happened in July and now the young woman is speaking out. FOX4 spoke with her Tuesday about how she felt violated and the teen hopes speaking out will keep it from happening to someone else.
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Show-Me Objections …
Missouri AG asks judge to block Kevin Strickland hearing | News | kctv5.com
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed emergency motions asking a judge to cancel an evidentiary hearing to exonerate a man who has been imprisoned for four decades for a
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Missouri Moment Of Doubt
Kevin Strickland's Innocence Hearing In Jackson County Is Set — He Could Be Released This Week
An innocence hearing is set on Thursday for Kevin Strickland in the court that handed down his guilty verdict 43 years ago, but the state Attorney General has asked for more time to prepare.
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Rail Deal Not Quite On Track
Kansas City Southern Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal From Canadian Pacific Railway
KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 01, 2021–Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) (“KCS”) today announced that it has received an unsolicited proposal from Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) (“CP”) reaffirming its interest in acquiring KCS.
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Developer Agenda Still Resonates With Middle-Class
3 Big Ideas That Show Kansas City’s Transformation is Far from Over - In Kansas City
The past 40 years have included several big ideas that have changed the face of Kansas City: the 1970s building boom that included Kansas City International Airport, the nation’s first adjoining sports stadiums, and H. Roe Bartle Exposition Hall; the passing of a bistate tax to refresh and revive Union Station; construction of the Power…
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Cowtown Postscript On The American Century
If you haven’t read it already, by far this is one of our most popular posts of the year and something to consider as this town moves forward …
How Will Kansas City Cope With Afghanistan FAIL Aftermath???
Kansas City has boasted that we’re an “International City” and so the state of the world impacts the future of this town.
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Across The Nation & Around The World . . .
New Administration In Fight Over Life Vs. Lady Rights
Biden: Texas abortion law 'blatantly violates' Roe precedent - POLITICO
The president said the law would “significantly impair women’s access to the health care they need.“
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Fox News Fears For Taliban?!?
Taliban fighters upset, feel betrayed that US military left non-working helicopters: report
Taliban fighters are feeling angry and betrayed Wednesday after discovering that Afghan National Army helicopters abandoned at Kabul’s airport have been rendered inoperable by departing U.S. troops, according to a report.
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Assuming Anybody Will Get Off The Sofa …
Media watchdog issues dire warning: "Fox News, not Facebook, will be driver of next insurrection" | Salon.com
Fox News personality Tucker Carlson warned of revolt if the Biden administration didn’t “change course immediately”
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El Papa Talks Nation Building
Pope Francis takes a jab at America's policy in Afghanistan - CBS News
In a wide-ranging interview with Spanish radio, Francis said the U.S. withdrawal was “legitimate,” but could have been handled better. He also discusses his health after a recent surgery.
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White House Divided?!?
White House official 'appalled and literally horrified' that Biden stranded Americans in Afghanistan: report | Fox News
A White House official said they were “appalled and literally horrified” that President Biden left Americans stranded in Afghanistan, a new report reveals.
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Show-Me Local Legacy And Last Words
Father Of Missouri Marine Killed In Kabul Reflects On His Son's Life And Saying 'I Love You'
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, of Wentzville, Missouri, was among the 13 U.S. service members killed in a bombing in Kabul last week. His father, Mark, has a message for fellow Americans.
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Survey Seyz New Boss Isn’t Doing Well
Biden Job Approval Underwater in Most Swing States Amid Afghanistan Fallout | National Review
In six hotly contested battlegrounds during the 2020 election, Biden’s approval rating is underwater by ten or more percentage points.
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Afghanistan Insult After Injury
Taliban throws victory parade with US military equipment
Islamist fighters staged victory parades Wednesday in Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-biggest city, as they showed off the US military hardware they’ve now seized.
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Doggies Left Behind
Kabul animal rescue tried to save pets who couldn't get out of Afghanistan
A Kabul-based animal rescue tried to get dozens of dogs and cats out of the Taliban-controlled locale before American troops left but they weren’t allowed on military aircraft.
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Life Or Death After Delta
New COVID variant, which scientists fear is resistant to vaccines, detected in 39 countries
“The Mu variant has a constellation of mutations that indicate potential properties of immune escape,” the World Health Organization said.
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Planet Earth Choked Up
Air pollution is cutting more than 2 years from billions of people's lives, report says - CNN
Air pollution is slashing years from billions of people’s lives around the world and is a greater threat to life expectancy than smoking, HIV/AIDS or war, a report published Wednesday shows.
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Sketchy Supply Chain Slowdown Coming Soon?!?
China's economy under pressure as factory activity slows in Aug, services contract | Reuters
China’s businesses and the broader economy came under increasing pressure in August as factory activity expanded at a slower pace while the services sector slumped into contraction, raising the likelihood of more near-term policy support to boost growth.
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Just a bit nicer news . . .
Cowtown Housing Upgrade Compliance
Repairs completed after health department inspection at Kansas City apartment
Health department has conducted 546 inspections of Harvard Court apartments since 2018
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Pumkin OD Daze Ahead …
Bud Light Seltzer Launches 'Basic' Fall Seasonal Pack — and Yes, There Will Be Pumpkin Spice!
Bud Light Seltzer announced the debut of a fall seasonal pack that will include pumpkin spice and apple flavors
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Box Store Hiring Blitz Ahead
Walmart to hire 20,000 new employees, some in KS and MO
Walmart has announced it will begin hiring a substantial number of new employees, including some in Kansas and Missouri.
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Celebrating Kansas City Continuity
Alex Smith hangs out with Patrick Mahomes during visit with Chiefs
Smith has landed an on-air analyst job covering the NFL with ESPN since he retired in April
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Bright Side Of Another Abysmal Season
Kansas City Chiefs Protective Bubble Busted
Chiefs S Tyrann Mathieu placed on COVID-19 list after positive test - Arrowhead Pride
Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu has been placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, according to the NFL’s official transaction report. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero noted that the safety tested…
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New TKC Deal . . .
If you’ve made this far … THANK YOU!!!
Here’s a bit of incentive for both readers and TKC …
We hope to start featuring some of the better comments on this newsletter. Per ushe, it’ll be slow going at first and then (hopefully) pick up speed as we move forward.
But, better than most of the troll comments on the blog … We want to sharebetter insights amongst our blog community.
Make it pithy and we’ll notice!!!
Moreover …
We like the links and we’ll keep doing them here on the blog and everywhere we can … But we hope to ALSO start sharing a bit of longer form writing with this newsletter.
Just wanted to offer a fair warning so that you’re not confused by a 2000 word essay on deep thoughts whilst dodging traffic cones on Main Street … Honestly, we hope we can come up with something a bit more interesting than that …
Nevertheless and more importantly …
We hope you’re having a great week so far and that it only gets better!!!
Peace,
Tony
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