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by chaglang
Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:39 am
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6091
Views: 1006203

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

Am I right in thinking that if the court rejects their claim of standing, the rest of the lawsuit gets thrown out? That sounds like the weakest part of the entire argument. They are under no obligation to shop at the P&L.
by chaglang
Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:34 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Multi-neighborhood potluck this Saturday
Replies: 4
Views: 1305

Multi-neighborhood potluck this Saturday

There's a potluck lunch this Saturday for residents of Hyde Park, Manheim Park, Center City, and Squier Park. It's at Central Presbyterian Church, 3501 Campbell, starting at 1pm. I don't think there's any structure to it, just a meet and greet for neighbors who may not have met yet.
by chaglang
Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:19 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6091
Views: 1006203

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

Plaintiff Rumaner also routinely purchases goods and services from businesses and merchants located within the boundaries of the 1200 Main/South Loop Transportation Development District, the boundaries of which are coterminous with an area commonly known as the “Power and Light District” tsk, tsk.....
by chaglang
Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:24 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6091
Views: 1006203

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

KCPowercat wrote: An opinion is more along the lines of "I'm not going to Grinders anymore" vs. "I want the city to kick out Grinders due to their stance on the streetcar"
Bingo. There also seems to be some consensus around "This is a dumb business decision for Jeff".
by chaglang
Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:23 pm
Forum: Kansas City Scene
Topic: KANROCKSAS
Replies: 112
Views: 20727

Re: KANROCKSAS

DiggityDawg wrote:Jesus fucking Christ, that was a horrible written story. Hearne is such a hack.
His rebuttal in the comments section ("Admin") is classic HC. 'I'm a poorly informed douche? No, you're a poorly informed douche! See what I did there!?'
by chaglang
Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:16 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6091
Views: 1006203

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

KCPowercat wrote:Yup. Their contract stated they could opt out of any other taxes and they willingly said they are in (thought was they get money from city to build new res tower in exchange)
Sooooo... is there another district that Stretch and Sue are a part of?
by chaglang
Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:53 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6091
Views: 1006203

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

flyingember wrote:The former fails as a matter of being per statute, the latter has big pockets behind it.
There were grumblings about the latter, but I haven't heard anything about the MO Legislature taking it up in this session.
by chaglang
Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:52 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6091
Views: 1006203

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

Someone from P&L has to be involved for them to have standing to challenge, right? That's what I was thinking. Maybe all the plaintiffs haven't been made public. The lawsuit seems so basic that if it is a problem, some city lawyer would have pointed out the stacking requirement at the beginning...
by chaglang
Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:31 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6091
Views: 1006203

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

Sue and Stretch. http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2013/01/31/kansas-city-streetcar-plan-is.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2013-01-31 Stretch made a major mistake in signing on with this. Win or lose, he burns a ton of goodwill. Not knowing the particulars, I'd think that if thi...
by chaglang
Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:05 am
Forum: Kansas Suburbs
Topic: Another Sporting Goods Store coming to 135th Street Metcalf
Replies: 4
Views: 1674

Re: Another Sporting Goods Store coming to 135th Street Metc

kcmetro wrote:90% of your posts is pure speculation. Maybe you should wait until an official announcement is made before posting this "news".
But... the GIFs! What about the GIFs!?
by chaglang
Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:26 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: 6 Homicides in the past 2 days
Replies: 46
Views: 5517

Re: 6 Homicides in the past 2 days

We could do what Minneapolis does and ship out homeless and trouble makers on bus. &&& Yeah, they really do this. Called 'a bus ticket forward'. Apparently some have been shipped to KC. We should ship back two for every one they send here. What else can be done? I don't doubt you on thi...
by chaglang
Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:39 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: downtown loop rebuild
Replies: 58
Views: 9766

Re: downtown loop rebuild

Maybe something like this:
http://www.businessinsider.com/most-exp ... 012-5?op=1
(Scroll down to #10)

Essentially: long, skinny signs.
by chaglang
Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:02 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: Sporting Kansas City
Replies: 1022
Views: 283675

Re: 2012 Sporting Kansas City

KCMax wrote:Nate Bukaty is also hearing its a loan til May, so that would be a lot better.
That makes sense. Norwich won't need him during the summer. Did Bukaty say if the loan would continue when the EPL season starts again in August?
by chaglang
Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Newtown shooting and gun control
Replies: 189
Views: 29496

Re: Newtown shooting and gun control

Missouri bill would mandate teaching of NRA course to first graders: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/29/4038000/missouri-bill-would-require-gun.html The bill would mandate the teaching of the National Rifle Association’s Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program in every first-grade classroom. It also would req...
by chaglang
Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:44 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6091
Views: 1006203

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

I was bumping around in the far corners of the Rag and came across this gem of a light rail thread from 2005. What's remarkable is how the consensus around the mode of transportation and the route are very close to what the Phase 1 and potential Phase 2 look like: http://forum.kcrag.com/viewtopic.ph...
by chaglang
Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:24 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: UMKC Conservatory of Music considers move to downtown
Replies: 459
Views: 122924

Re: UMKC Conservatory of Music considers move to downtown

Option #1 would be my preference, though both options endanger valuable future parking space near the Webster House. ;-)

Given that the KCUR/Visual Arts buildings in Option 2 are owned by SH, how realistic are either of these exact arrangements?
by chaglang
Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:29 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Stone/Rock Foundations: How much trouble am I getting into?
Replies: 19
Views: 21540

Re: Stone/Rock Foundations: How much trouble am I getting in

Doesn't sound bad at all. If it's a window, it might be leaking around the joint between the frame and foundation wall. Easy fix. We had a the wet spot on the basement floor when it rained at our West Plaza house. A dehumidifier cleared that up. As Volker noted above, these foundations are designed ...
by chaglang
Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:23 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
Replies: 3428
Views: 671280

Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC

Agreed. I found this excellent website that breaks down the intracacies of how far people would walk to transit. In my mind, that's a realistic way of setting the TDD boundaries for the extensions: http://www.humantransit.org/2011/04/basics-walking-distance-to-transit.html P.S. This site is a transi...
by chaglang
Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:39 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
Replies: 3428
Views: 671280

Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC

I agree this is unknown, the question is more, how big do the TDD boundaries need to be and how much does it raise What's the underlying rationale on setting boundaries: size it to generate as much revenue as needed, or size it to cover the max area that people can reasonably derive direct benefit?...
by chaglang
Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:49 am
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
Replies: 3428
Views: 671280

Re: Phase 2 streetcar to UMKC

Interesting. How much of those costs would a TDD cover?