Congressman Sam Graves, whose second district includes KCI, has a guest column in the Kansas City Star today. In it he adds his voice and a federal perspective to the call for waiting and reassessing the single-terminal proposal It appears the city is planning to...
How exciting is this!?!?!?! While the media and citizenry were focused on the new single-terminal proposal at KCI, city officials were working behind the scenes on a dramatic expansion of service at the venerable Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport. In a...
This alternative design proposal was sent to me this morning by Tim Bleish. Tim is the founder and owner of Bag and Baggage in Overland Park. He is also a private pilot and frequent world traveller. He has volumes of experience as a passenger at KCI as well as...
Prior to the 9-3 Council vote that advanced the single-terminal design to the next phase (but did not commit the city to the design nor the construction of a new terminal) Mayor James said “it’s time we had an adult discussion about the facts and make a reasoned...
The Mayor posted a column on his blog yesterday worth reading in its entirety (here). If we are serious about making our City better; on our way to being the best, we are going to have to get comfortable with the concept of change. We can’t possibly be the best...
A little over a week ago I launched this site with the simple hope of starting a conversation to learn why certain civic leaders think it’s a good idea to spend $1.2 billion to replace an airport that, according to a recent poll, 70% of us like and don’t...
Dave Helling has an excellent piece in the Star. Well thought out and backed up with numbers. And it provides one of the funniest lines of this discussion to date. After noting that the Aviation Department would likely have to find at least $50 million just to cover...
As noted here before, I’ve been overwhelmed by the response to this website and to this issue. I was unable to make it to Opening Day today but was thrilled to watch the last two innings on TV and then, to see THIS photo on Tony’s Kansas City. I humbly...
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