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Federal spending in states, vs federal tax receipts by state. 20 year window.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailycha ... scal-union

Meh. The Eldo design's not very good - Studio 804 knockoffs - and the houses that were demolished are part of a housing type that is quickly disappearing from the Westside. Joining those houses together at the back would have been much cooler.

If it's not S&P, Moody's, or Fitch, does it matter? (Serious question)

No. I'm trying to ask: If the Big 12 and SEC had identical models, why has the Big 12 lost 4 members? If Texas is no different than UF/LSU/Bama, why is nobody talking about leaving the SEC? Prestige. Even if you have no shot at winning one, you want to be in the conference that has a hammer lock on...

AllThingsKC wrote:

KC-wildcat wrote: Comically, you ask why the the Big XII doesn't model itself after a successful conference, such as the SEC. In fact, the Big XII and the SEC are identical in terms of sharing revenue.

And yet, one conference has recently lost members and the other has not.

chaglang wrote:LOUD NOISES

Clarification: that's an Anchorman reference. I didn't actually hear any loud noises.

LOUD NOISES

McClanahan: http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/carl-schramm-kc-americas-least-dynamic-town/ I'm not as rabidly anti-P&L as ETM is, so I don't understand how building it detracted from the Crossroads. And the inference is that the P&L is only a failure because it's not producing the promise...

Mission Gateway developer looking for $30 million in public financing through new Community Improvement District The developer of the Mission Gateway project is asking that the city contribute $30 million in public funding toward completion of the approximately $160 million project. If the city agr...

STANDEES theater/restaurant coming to PV. http://pvpost.com/2012/09/13/deal-yo-bring-first-ever-standees-restauranttheater-concept-to-prairie-village-12202 BUT NOT IN MY BACKYARD!!! http://pvpost.com/2012/09/14/prairie-village-councilor-standees-potential-impact-on-surrounding-neighborhoods-12236 M...

mean wrote:Not sure why this is happening, but it's happening to me, too. I will investigate tomorrow.

I had the same problem. Going out to the main page and clicking on Mark All Forums Read fixed it.

http://fox4kc.com/2012/09/13/neighbors-regret-losing-old-trees-for-new-sidewalk/ The canopy of branches that forms above those blocks* is a quiet landmark. Unfortunately, like most distinctive pieces of this place, it wouldn't draw attention 'til gone. Treeless, you may as well be out in some shit-...

Way to hand pick there. They will play USC, Stanford, and Navy every year. They will play a rotating schedule of 5 ACC Teams every year. So they could also play a schedule that includes USC, Clemson, and FSU, and Texas who we have scheduled for the next few years. When has ND ever played a weak sch...

Notre Dame committed highway robbery here. Notre Dame becomes eligible for the ACC's non-BCS bowl tie-ins and will share in ACC bowl revenues. And Bowls are free to pick ND over any ACC school so long as ND is within one victory of that ACC team. However, unlike its Conference foes, ND only has to ...

Seems like kind of a waste of resources to repave 3 times when you could do it once.

What's the cost of 3 repavements vs 1 repaired substructure and 1 repavement?

Years ago I saw a meeting on Channel 2 where Funk was saying that a number of roads weren't worth repaving until the substructure if fixed. He specifically mentioned Wornall and 9th Street as examples. From what it woulds like, NW 68th has the same issues. I'll be interested to see if this money jus...

Today Google revealed some additional channels to the TV lineup now that negotiations with the all-mighty ABC/ESPN empire is finally complete: ABC Family, ABC News Now, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, ESPN, ESPN Buzzer Beater, ESPN Classic, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Goal Line, ESPN2, ESPNews, E...

i have known people (JoCoians) who say things like "oh, i never go north of 95th!" -- and mean it. part of it is because "we have everything we need out south!" but there is also the whole "it's icky and/or dangerous north of 95th" thing. the demarcation is always 95th...