This T-shirt can make a statement

The news last month that a famous hotel chain had teamed up with one of the casino proposals got me excited about being able to wear a T-shirt that declares: 'Hard Rock -- Kansas City, KS.'

But if the Kansas Lottery Commission chooses the Kansas Speedway casino proposal and a Hard Rock hotel is built here, will the shirts and knickknacks read 'Hard Rock -- Kansas City'?

To some, such semantics wouldn't matter; to others, a minor detail. To me, and I would venture to say other Kansas City, Kan., natives, the details are a big deal.

Hell yeah it is a big deal of the T-shirt reads Kansas City, or Kansas City, KS. For years I have always hated when bands play out at Sandstone and put Kansas City, MO on the back of their T-Shirts, Pearl Jam being one that I can recall. Someone on the council should make a deal that if the casino does come with the Hard Rock Cafe, that the only way that it can build in KCK is if they put Kansa City, KS on the T-shirts.

Just as all those bankrupt crack-heads that live down south declare they live in Kansa City, you live in Overland Park or Olathe, but not the city Kansas City. For some reason that if you make weekend trips to the "Plauza" that you can declare that you live in the city of Kansas City. Yes you live in the Metropolitan area, but get your cities name correct.

Hard Rock Café Kansas City, KS

Original Article can be found at the Kansas City Star.

www.kansascity.com | 06/18/2007 | Appraisal seals the fate of Indian Springs

The 36-year-old Indian Springs mall is poised to meet the wrecking ball.
On Monday, three court-appointed appraisers paved the way for Wyandotte County?s Unified Government to acquire the shopping center when they issued a report valuing it at $7.5 million. Appraisers also set the value of surrounding properties at $1.5 million.

Why? I can't believe the Unified Government is doing something constructive. My only question is what successful item could ever be put down in this area? You would have to drive up all the property value around this area, to move people out. If you do that you are only going to move them closer to Village West, because they can't go back downtown because, that area of the city has been taken over by many immigrant and ethnic groups.

So why build something new if it is going to waste away, and self destructed by the very people that use the area? I can't say much more, without being raciest or whichever, so I guess I will stop here.

What WY Unified Government should be working on right now, is a business district. What a great area for a business district at the intersection of 6-35 and I-70. Either make one out by Village West, or put one down at the Indian Springs site. Also start focusing on places to live for younger people, who may want to be able to use such a business district if one was ever made. Stop building these crap homes out in Piper, and get some substantial affordable homes, in communities younger people would like to live in.

Unified Government has much bigger problems than trying to tackle another retail development. Lets get a move on making WY a better place to live, for those who live there!