Kansas City

CF has announced that he will not be running for re-election, and, that's fantastic news. I smell things a foul in Toledo anyway. That was way too easy. CF could have made things very interesting by filing his petition to run and leverage a deal with one of the other candidates, but that's not going to happen that way. I believe that a deal has already been made.

Want to know how bad it is in Washington? Look at one Democratic Rep who got an earmark for a company who did not want it. The earmark was recommended by the PMA group. At least "the Bridge to No Where" had a town on the island side.
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Cleaver's earmark turns embarrassing

In the past two years, most of a $2 million earmark secured by U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver to benefit Kansas City has instead gone to the East Coast.

The convoluted money trail, exposed Sunday in The Star, is a ripe example of what’s wrong with earmarks.

http://voices.kansascity.com/node/4553

I found this story. Although it is no surprise, I still wanted to point out what it takes to get a Democrat elected.

 http://www.kmbc.com/politics/10214492/detail.html#

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Four people have been indicted on charges of voter fraud in Kansas City, officials said Wednesday.

Kansas' attempts to reverse smoking ban. If they win, it will become Case Law for other states to follow.

Here's a little something a bar owner has put together to help in their fight against a smoking ban in
Kansas. This man is not new to smoking ban fights (or other states bans) & he's done his homework. His (and his lawyers) contact information is at
the end.

NEW COURT ARGUMENTS:

Smoking ban lawsuits:
I've been following these suits now for several years hoping to find the
final argument. So far, all I've seen are the same arguments over and