Kansas City Star: Mike Hendricks http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star Mike Hendricks 60 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:39:26 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com Bit late for a fight over where an aquarium will go http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/691508.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/691508.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:37 CDT Talk about lousy timing. Just when the developer of a Kansas-side public aquarium lines up key tax breaks for his project, Kansas City eco-devo types announce they’re putting together their own aquarium proposal because, gee, KC simply can’t do without its own big fish tank. Liberty Memorial seeks generosity for eternal flame http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/688014.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/688014.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:33 CDT Just two days remain to keep the flame burning, as it were, atop the Liberty Memorial. But Denise Rendina isn't too worried. Surely in this most patriotic week, a few more benefactors will write checks to meet the July Fourth deadline. Now is the time to pay attention to the Kansas school board election http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/681432.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/681432.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:43 CDT Hard to believe. But this week in Overland Park, nearly a hundred people packed into a church basement to hear three of the four candidates running for a seat on the state school board. The Me Decade is not for me http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/677913.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/677913.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:06 CDT First Elton John, and now Bruce Springsteen’s playing the Sprint Center? Must have been some blotter acid in those brownies, because this sure feels like a flashback. Symbolism only goes so far in the inner city http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/674976.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/674976.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:39 CDT For a guy who claims to have little use for symbolic gestures, Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser isn't beyond hammering home the symbolism when it suits him. A dressing-down for Power & Light District http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/671852.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/671852.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:01 CDT It’s not just the hip-hop crowd that’s seemingly unwelcome at the new Power & Light District. Apparently, they can do without members of the debate squad and deep thinkers, too. Justice was done in ‘fun fight' case http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/668621.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/668621.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:01 CDT See the picture? That’s Dakota DeRemus on the left, wearing a Santa hat in 2002 during a Christmas concert at Crown Center. Area cyclists try to steer clear of road rage, look for respect http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/665410.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/665410.html Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:39 CDT A road-rage incident near Longview Lake has former Jackson County Sports Authority Chairman John R. Bondon facing an assault charge and Kansas City’s bicycling community in an uproar. Do-it-yourselfers should do it with safety goggles http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/662005.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/662005.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:44 CDT With Father’s Day upon us, the question is “What to get Dad?” No biggie. If the old man is a do-it-yourselfer, you know what Dad wants. He wants power tools. Kline's big flip-flop mucks things up http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/658588.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/658588.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:20 CDT Friendship, party loyalty — yeah, whatever. That’s Phill Kline’s attitude, it seems. Metro trail expansion blazes ahead http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/655370.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/655370.html Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:47 CDT A scoop for all you Katy Trail fans out there! If things work out, Missouri’s cross-state hiking-biking path will reach the Kansas City area three years from now, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. That’s figuring in time to schmooze adjoining landowners and to plan and build a trail alongside the former Rock Island tracks between Windsor and Pleasant Hill. Dear Gloria: Your time is up http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/652087.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/652087.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:39 CDT Gee, Gloria. It's not like it hasn't been fun, and I know deep down you're probably a good person. A new generation of parks needs our attention now http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/648617.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/648617.html Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:18 CDT Though they’re working on it, thankfully the developers still haven’t managed to pave over every last acre of Johnson County. Wily coyotes know to cool it in Leawood http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/645117.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/645117.html Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:21 CDT We're nearly a week into Leawood's first-ever coyote hunting season, yet they haven't bagged a single one of the varmints. Johnson County sure missing the bus with its third-rate system http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/641882.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/641882.html Thu, 29 May 2008 22:44 CDT I was considering whether to take out a second mortgage for my next fill-up when the woman one pump over started in about the high price of gas. There's a smart way to handle all those trashed TVs http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/638571.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/638571.html Wed, 28 May 2008 00:09 CDT I can’t figure out this economy. On the one hand, we’re supposedly on the road to financial disaster. Obama's remarks get car dealer fired up http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/635744.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/635744.html Sun, 25 May 2008 22:41 CDT Ever since he announced his gas-or-gun promotion a week ago, cars and trucks have been flying off the lot of Mark Muller's dealership in Butler, Mo. A grass-roots effort reaches for the sky at Liberty Memorial http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/632268.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/632268.html Thu, 22 May 2008 23:13 CDT When budget cuts snuffed Liberty Memorial's not-so-eternal flame, Jeannie Carlson went into a funk. Big screen doesn't mean they get the big picture http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/628936.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/628936.html Wed, 21 May 2008 00:39 CDT Kansas City Councilwoman Deb Hermann was telling me why she doesn’t want a big, taxpayer-financed flat-panel TV in her office when I offered a suggestion. Let Kline run for lots of fun http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/625825.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/625825.html Sun, 18 May 2008 23:11 CDT Say this for Phill Kline: He's a source of endless entertainment, as long as you're a fan of car wrecks. Our boy Phill is practically a one-man demolition derby. Hyatt memorial has hurdles to cross http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/622218.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/mike_hendricks/story/622218.html Thu, 15 May 2008 23:35 CDT Whether it was a matter of taste, business pragmatism or corporate shame, Hallmark supposedly opposed a public memorial to victims of the Hyatt skywalk collapse.