Archive for the ‘Business’ Category

EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
NEW DEVELOPMENT IS NICE, BUT FOCUS SHOULD SHIFT TO EDUCATION. by Wayne Hodges

KANSAS CITY, KS – If there was ever a concern the Cerner Corp/Kansas City Wizards project would end up in Kansas City, Kan., it has been put to rest. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County erased all doubt by approving the highly [...]

EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
IN A BAD ECONOMY, DENYING EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF CREDIT IS TOO PUNITIVE by Wayne Hodges
LOS ANGELES, CA – Ever applied for a job, only to be denied because of low credit scores?  If so, you’re not alone. Thousands of Americans are sitting in a similar boat, thanks to some employers’ decision to use consumer [...]

AFTER 25 YEARS ON THE AIR, OPRAH WINFREY CALLS IT QUITS. (The Associated Press)
CHICAGO (AP) — Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying “prayer and careful thought” led her to her decision. Winfrey [...]

Crystal Booker, Mass Appeal News
TO SURVIVE THESE FINANCIAL TIMES, WE MUST NEVER SAY “UNCLE,” by Crystal Booker
KANSAS CITY, MO – The economy has not been this bad in quite some time. I may be exaggerating, but the ‘Great Depression’ appears to be a walk in the park compared to what our nation is experiencing right [...]

EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
RECENT ACTS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HAS HURT KANSAS CITY’S IMAGE, by Wayne Hodges
KANSAS CITY, MO -Alright, I’ve seen enough. Let’s go ahead and call it what it is. The Power & Light District in Kansas City has dissolved into a commercial business cluster underscored by discriminatory dress policies and, in some instances, blatant acts [...]

COUNTY APPRAISER PAUL WELCOME (ABOVE) SEES BLEAK NUMBERS AHEAD, by Chuck Kurtz (the Sun)
OVERLAND PARK, KS – If there’s one thing that Johnson County Appraiser Paul Welcome can promise city officials, it’s that bad news is on the horizon for residential and commercial valuation figures. And that means decreased revenues. The county’s official 2009 valuation [...]

Colin Shipley-Gates, Gates & Sons BBQ
GATES BARBECUE, A MAINSTAY IN KANSAS CITY, IS READY FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM by Wayne Hodges
KANSAS CITY, KS – There’s nothing sweeter than the joyful sound of “HI MAY I HELP YOU?” when you walk through the front door of a Gates & Sons BBQ restaurant. Why? Because it usually [...]

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES TO 9.8% AS 263,000 JOBS ARE ELIMINATED! The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Job hunters will face long odds well into next year. As the unemployment rate inches closer to 10 percent, most businesses are nowhere close to hiring again. Uncertain about prospects for recovery — the economy’s and their own — employers [...]

EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
IN A NATION OF SINGLE MOTHERS, MORE FATHERS MUST STEP UP AND PERFORM by Wayne Hodges
“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody. I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat…we must find each other.” – Mother Theresa
MISSION, KS – The passage [...]

EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
$400 MILLION STADIUM PROJECT WOULD ELEVATE WYCO TO NEW HEIGHTS, by Wayne Hodges
KANSAS CITY, KS – A few weeks ago, the Unified Government announced the migration of Sara Lee Corp. to Kansas City, Kan. The company, headquartered in Chicago, is expected to bring an estimated 250 new jobs to area residents. That, however, was [...]