JOCO NEWS

News and information important to JOCO residents  

1.  EPA to remove chemicals from Lenexa site | Local News - KMBC Home

2,  Not even Wall Street is buying what Gov. Brownback is selling; Moody's has downgraded Kansas' state bonds | The Fast Pitch | The Pitch
3.  Former Olathe school bus driver faces child sex charge - KansasCity.com
4.  Johnson County considers enlarging Leawood sewer plant - KansasCity.com
5.  Sprint moves forward with plans to purchase T-Mobile (Video) - Kansas City Business Journal
6.  Parents: did SMSD cause its own overcrowding problem? - KSHB.com
7.  Firehouse Subs & Spin Neapolitan Pizza to open in Overland Park’s Corbin Park
8.  Kansas City Symphony places musician on leave after child porn charge | Wichita Eagle
9.  Vince & Associates Clinical Research Begins Construction on $5 Million Expansion Project - News Press Release | PharmiWeb.com
10.  Man groped by stranger inside Overland Park fitness center - KCTV5

Lower Murder Rate is NOT a sign of things to come

Tony's Kansas City: TKC EXCLUSIVE AND BREAKING NEWS!!! CELEBRATING LOWER KANSAS CITY HOMICIDE NUMBERS SO FAR THIS YEAR!!!

You can throw all that optimism crap out the window right now because it is a waste of hope.  

This blog has been extremely accurate when predicting the murder rate and its causes over the years and received a lot of media attention due to its accuracy.  Having said that, the only reason that the murder rate is lower right now is two words, POLAR VORTEX.  Nothing that the police department can do can compete with the effects that cold weather has on the murderous activity of our wonderful violent city.  

Did this Mentality Change Over Night? Hell No

KIMBERLY WINTER STERN INKS A WINNER

Long considered KC’s racial dividing line, Troost Avenue is diversifying - KansasCity.com

One of the best articles I have read in the Star in a looooooooooong time.  

Die a slow painful death!

Botched execution of Oklahoma killer raises questions about new 3-drug lethal injection protocol | Fox News

This guy shot and killed a teenager and watched as his friends buried her ALIVE.  Why is it that we should feel bad for the way this guy died?  How long do you think that poor girl laid in her grave grasping for air before she eventually died.  

F&#$ HIM!

When she was shot dead, she was stood in a shallow grave that had been dug by one of Lockett's accomplices, Shawn Mathis. He told Lockett that Miss Neiman was still alive, but Lockett ordered Mathis to bury he

Almost Daily Link Blast

Freedoms lost are seldom regained.  

1.  John Kerry wants to walk back his hatred for Jews.  Too late.

2.  The Federal Government wants to monitor any and all hate speech on the internet.  I guess that nobody will ever be allowed to post a speech given by a Democrat or Union leader.
3.  One of the key demographics for Democrats (young voters) have a record low level of trust in government.  I think I know why....
4.  Free WIFI from Google in KC.
5.  Abducted Nigerian schoolgirls auctioned off to Boko Haram jihadis for $12.45 each : Jihad Watch
6.  The Next Century of Sustainable Communities Will Be Organized Around Transportation - John L. Renne - The Atlantic Cities
7.  White House report on big data and privacy: Too little, too late | ZDNet
8.  Are You Aware How Using Social Media Websites Invites Burglars? - Newark Computer | Examiner.com
9.  Who’s Locked Up in America | Locked Up In America | FRONTLINE | PBS
10.  10 Of The Dumbest Terrorists Ever (dumb terrorist, al qaeda, islamic terrorism, jihad, jihadist) - ODDEE

Leawood Residents Cry

HyVee blames the city of Leawood for decision to close store - KSHB.COM - KSHB.com

It is a pretty sad day when the city of Leawood loses a grocery store.  Those poor residents will have to shop at one of the 20 other grocery stores close to their house instead of their current store.  I hope that these people make it through these tough times.  

If drugs could talk