QUICK HITS

1. BLACK ON BLACK CRIME- Reverend Wright is stealing the democratic nomination right out of the hands of Obama, and it is hilarious. This guy has all alone ruined any chances of Obama ever becoming president.

2. DOLPHIN ON DOLPHIN CRIME - I don't know why but this story is funny.

3. Welfare checks are on the way to the middle class. Once again, if they are going to give us back some of our money it should be across the board.

4. Misguided Catholic protesters arrested.

5. The Headline "Drinking + Driving = Danger" showed once again why the JOCO papers are on the cutting edge of news reporting. Until I read that headline I had always thought it was safe. Pulitzer material for sure.

6. I have been reading The North East News for a couple of years now and nothing is more telling about the decline of that community than an article posted this week on how to spot Gang Activity. I am sure that this will be included in the welcome baskets to all that move into the area along with 50% off Coupon to Mckeys Surplus. On a related note the area will be having a neighborhood clean up on May 10th (having just been down in that area last week, I am thinking that they will need more than 1 day).

7. As if life in KCK isn't dangerous enough....

8. KCMO rings up another one.

9. Phil Kline continues to embarrass himself and the community.

10. The arson problem in Kansas City continues to go unnoticed.

THINGS OF NOTE - BACK FROM THE DEAD

With the warmer weather hitting the area (and Call of Duty 4) I have found it harder to blog on the weekends.

1. Congratulations to my brothers family on the arrival of the twins.

2. Landscaping - In the coming weeks the landscaping of my yard will begin. I am looking forward to putting our personal touch on the house but not looking forward to the damage that it will do on my all ready messed up back.

3. BBQ season started for me two weeks ago. I have been using the Weber grill the past two weeks and will fire up the smokers this weekend (I hope). While I have given up on plans to hold big BBQ's and even put together a new competition team, this year should still be fun. My new neighbors seem to be extremely interested in learning how to make good quality backyard BBQ so I am sure that they will be over frequently through out the summer.

4. With BBQ season comes motorcycle season. While getting out and riding isn't my #1 priority in life I still like to get out for a few hours every week to clear my head. I have finally picked out the new handlebars for my bike and hope to get them installed by June.

5. Call of Duty 4: As many of you know I became hooked on playing Halo 3 this winter. Well Halo as taken a back burner to Call of Duty 4. The online play of this game is more addictive than crack. If you play this game send me an email, I am always looking for more victims.

6. The Chiefs Draft: Anyone that is still upset that the Chiefs traded the walking 2 time DUI offender need to check themselves after this draft. After listening to sports radio this morning it just goes to show how ignorant most Chiefs fans are. The same callers that were calling in last week saying that the Chiefs sucked are now calling in with playoff hopes.

7. Ice Cream Trucks: The bastards that drive these things through our neighborhoods could be the scariest group of people to reside in our country. We spend every waking moment telling our kids to stay away from strangers, not to take candy from them etc... AND then comes this guy with his clown covered VAN with pictures of Ice cream on the sides driving down our streets with circus music blaring through 15 watt speakers, all to get your kid to COME TO HIS VAN! If school bus drivers and teachers aren't safe for your kids to be around anymore what about Ice Cream truck guy?

THINGS AMATO COULD BE DOING

I have been following up on some emails sent to me regarding my post yesterday regarding Amato and wanted to add a little update. After going back to their website I discovered that there are several thing that Amato COULD be doing to earn his 18k. Their website currently shows over 50 job openings. Why the hell can't he step in and help out? Makes sense right? These are tax payer and not corporate dollars that we are talking about. Shouldn't this guy do something to earn YOUR cash?.

With over 50 openings, it shows that NOBODY wants to work there. Some of these jobs have been open since NOVEMBER OF 2007. What this tells me is that the people on the board are scaring away resources needed to help these kids out. Even with unemployment numbers on the rise, people still don't want to work there.

Another question one needs to ask(and this is a big one) is where is the money going that was suppose to be used to fill these openings? These are obviously fully funded positions, so by not filling them there is a cash surplus going some where. So, is the money going to pay off special interest groups OR are these positions being put on hold (in which case the should be removed from their website, legally) to pay off the 18k a month they are giving Amato? Are the kids going without teachers & counselors because a few people on the board had their feelings hurt by Amato.

If only the local media had the balls and skill to put together a real story on this corrupt group.

STOP FUNDING THE KCMO SCHOOL DISTRICT

After reading about the usage of Amato (or lack of use) by the KCMO school district I now more than ever believe that it is time to cut them off. The people on the school board have no control on their spending habits and are nothing more than power tripping ego junkies that need to go. How do you as a publicly funded school district allow a man to make 18k a month and never do an ounce of work? I don't care if Amato has to pick up a mop, he needs to be utilized. Let me say this one more time 18k a month FOR NOTHING!

Is the KCMO school district so flush in cash that 18k a month is nothing? Do the people on the school board understand that they are wasting the money of the hard working people of their state and city? Seriously, how many times do we hear that schools are under funded? We are not talking about a corporation here this is a freaking school district.

I would tell you to contact them and complain but only 3 of the 9 member have their email addresses listed (Chicken S****).

List of Cowards with no contact info:
David Smith
Ingrid Burnett
Duane Kelly
Joel Pelofsky
Harriett Plowman
Cluade Harris

Have you ever read the backgrounds of the people on the board? Holy crap! These people DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE to run a school district. Have you been to the website and read what they are responsible for? They have failed in almost every area.

Legislative and Policy Making -- F

Executive --F

Appraisal --. F

Provision of Financial Resources -- F

Facilities -- F

Records -- .??

Staffing and Appraisal -- F

Public Relations -- . F

Cooperative Alliances -- F

Educational Planning and Evaluation -- F

Judicial -- . ??

Like any other addict or junkie these people that are caught up in their power addiction need to have the funding for their fix cut off.

KANSAS CITY CRIMINALS IT IS TIME TO STEP UP

This whole year I have been predicting that the combined forces of KCK & KCMO would compete for the #1 spot in violent crimes for 2008. I was feeling pretty good about this prediction until I read this story.

It appears that the large market team in our division is picking up steam and unless our guys put down the knives and pick back up the guns we could get embarrassed.

QUICK HITS

1. New reading comprehension workbook for KCMO school district released. See van, shoot van.

2. Do we really need a website dedicated to selling art out of the state of Kansas? Tax dollars well spent.

3. Mormons & Branson, Mo usually don't result in dead bodies.

4. Overland Park sends welcoming committee to greet Jared Allen.

5. Robocop hits the streets of Atlanta.

6. Another reason why blogs are better than newspapers. Why does a guy that is suppose to cover current, local events & politics write a piece like this? I don't know who Bob Sigman is but this article is crap. WITH ALL THE ISSUES facing our communities this ass clown writes an article about Benedict Willams?

7. The only time government really takes notice of a problem is when it effects their pocket book. Well this story about low appraisals might finally wake them up to the problem in N. JOCO. I still say that property values would double if you eliminated the 18th street expressway.

STEVEN ST.JOHN MELTDOWN

I consider myself a sports radio guru. Over the past decade I have developed personal relationships with many of the local personalities/owners/gms/sales guys and hear some pretty interesting things, so it was really no surprise to hear Steven St. John completely meltdown on the radio this morning. He is unstable and immature and is not capable of handling controversy.

His tirade over this morning over the shipping off of his Drunken bed buddy was a classic. He screamed, he called callers names, he was defensive, he used foul language and he was exposed. I kept listening, waiting for someone in management (Leabo) to yank the guy off the air, but it never happened. It get so bad at one point that I thought his cohost (Nate Bukaty) was going to cut off his mic.

Keep in mind that we are not talking about politics, race, crime, education etc... It was the trade of a Drunken Chiefs player. Classic Meltdown.

JUST WHEN YOU DIDN'T THINK IT COULD GET BETTER

THE RETURN OF THE CRACK HEAD!
I would like to be the first to thank the state of Missouri for making this upcoming summer EVEN more interesting. It is good to see the GM (the state) providing the team (the metro) with the necessary talent to take #1 this year.

How pissed was Horner?

The late arrival of the storm last night had to make Katie furious. The past few months have been full of 40 degree/rainy days, a forecast that even she can't mess up. The one chance that she has had this season at scaring the crap out of the mindless drones that tune in for forecast (rather than making fun of her) passed her by. How will she handle it?

I WILL GUARANTEE YOU that the next time there is a chance of lightening in Wichita she will be predicting the end of the world for the metro(in her jeans of course).

Just how bad are the weather people in this town? TKC's blog had a link to a story by the New York Times in which they basically call our TV crystal ball readers, idiots.

HOW BAD IS KCK?

KCK is so jacked up that the federal government is sending in funds to fight crime. Why stop there? Screw Iraq, send the surge forces into KCK. Besides, throwing money at a problem is never the solution unless it goes to hiring more police, tearing down vacant homes/buildings and better surveillance equipment for under cover work.