Devine intervention
OK, so, maybe I’ve been waiting for years to use Jim Devine’s name in a pun-appropriate headline.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSitting down with the mayor
Lees Summit Mayor Randy Rhoads is vastly different than any of the other dozen or so mayors I have had the opportunity to know on a personal and professional level…Click to Continue »
View ArticleMoney talks vs. talking money
We’ve hit a new stratosphere in the local politics in Lee’s Summit – council members calling out their colleagues for campaign donations.Click to Continue »
View ArticleMayor, council swing and miss
Lees Summit Mayor Randy Rhoads missed a big one last week.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSummit Place vote saved the night
The Lees Summit City Council was on the verge of having one of its worst nights in recent memory.Click to Continue »
View ArticleA day in the life
What will life in Lees Summit be like for you on May 30?Click to Continue »
View ArticleOh, Detroit (and Canada!)
If I would have only realized Canada was so close to Kansas City, I would have gone there years ago.Click to Continue »
View ArticleDaaaaaance…the day away
Some of the same mom monikers attached with our childrens activities simply do not translate to us dads.Click to Continue »
View ArticleMoving the cheese
The Lees Summit City Council had an opportunity to move the cheese awhile back. They didnt take it.Click to Continue »
View ArticleWeekend warriors
I am, of course, talking about our dedicated Downtown Lees Summit Main Street volunteers. The ones that prove pivotal to help get us through the weekend we just had, Downtown…Click to Continue »
View ArticleWhat does Cantor loss tell us?
When the No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House losses on primary day, you better believe the party is going to take notice.Click to Continue »
View ArticleCome and see the show!
Emerson, Lake & Palmer had a premonition in 1973.Click to Continue »
View ArticleVisiting Memphis
The almost-annual trip to Memphis this year had some new components added in this time around.Click to Continue »
View ArticleThe people that we meet
In over five years here at the Journal, I have been privileged to work with some incredible people around Lee’s Summit.Click to Continue »
View ArticleThrough the eyes of my kiddo
There is usually a lot going on in the car when I am taxiing my daughter Addy around.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBottle rocket battles
Having the Fourth of July fall on a Friday is an added bonus as an adult.Click to Continue »
View ArticleWhere’s the dough?
If Clara Peller were alive today, perhaps she could rejuvenate her pitch career with a series of promotional ads geared toward the Lees Summit City Council.Click to Continue »
View ArticlePlanning for org change is vital
We all look at transitions in different ways.Click to Continue »
View ArticleDes Moines passes, but others won’t
Call me crazy, but I think if Steve Arbo could have gotten in his car last week and immediately driven to Des Moines to take the city manager job there,Click to Continue »
View ArticleDistrict 34 race heats up
The signs are out. The talking points are flowing.Click to Continue »
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