By Murrel Bland The way Kathy Damron sees it, the most likely solution to the financial woes afflicting the State of Kansas would be an increase in the income tax. That was her prediction as she met last Friday, May 12 with the Legislative Committee of the Kansas City, Kansas, Area Chamber of Commerce. She [...]
By Murrel Bland The RadioShack store in the Wyandotte Plaza Shopping Center closed recently. A note on the door said the store is being remodeled and will reopen soon as just a Sprint store. It is an unfortunate end locally to a retailer that continues to struggle in a changing market. I recall when RadioShack [...]
By Murrel Bland There is considerable development activity in Western Wyandotte County these days. Here is a quick summary: Turner community. The largest building in the Turner Community is the new warehouse that Amazon will start to use this fall. The change in retail habits has fostered this warehouse which will have more than 800,000 [...]
By Murrel Bland It was a crowded hall with standing room only. The temperature was quite warm as a fuse for the air conditioning had blown. But some of the comments directed at Unified Government officials elevated the humid atmosphere even more. The scene was a meeting room with more than 100 persons Wednesday night, [...]
By Murrel Bland Taking one-time money from the long-term investment funds should solve the immediate cash flow problem of about $290 million for the State of Kansas fiscal year that ends June 30, 2017. That was the view of State Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore (D-36th Dist.) who was a member of a legislative panel at [...]
By Murrel Bland Antonio Soave, the Kansas Secretary of Commerce, visited Kansas City, Kansas, recently to speak at the monthly meeting of the Congressional Forum, a division of the Kansas City, Kansas, Area Chamber of Commerce. About 50 persons attended the meeting at the Reardon Convention Center. The Commerce Department ‘s primary function is keeping [...]
By Murrel Bland I was saddened when I received a telephone call letting me know that Pat Sedlock had died Thursday, March 16. Pat had a very impressive record of business and voluntary contributions. Pat once told me that she came to Kansas City sort of by accident. Her father was a construction worker who [...]
By Murrel Bland When the Kansas Speedway opened in 2001, it was the cornerstone for development in an area that was to become Village West. The International Speedway Corporation had decided to come to Western Wyandotte in 1997 and build a $240 million tri-oval superspeedway that would attract the major leagues of auto racing. Race [...]
By Murrel Bland Tom Burroughs and Steve Fitzgerald have different views about how to solve the budget shortfall facing the State of Kansas. Burroughs, representing the 33rd District that includes the Muncie community, Edwardsville and Bonner Springs, and Fitzgerald, who represents the Piper community, Lansing and Leavenworth, presented their views at a legislative coffee Saturday, [...]
By Murrel Bland Some if not all of the newly elected 60 Kansas legislators may be asking the question What have I done?? At least that is the comment from Cathy Damron, a lobbyist who expressed that view at the monthly meeting last Friday, Jan. 13 of the legislative Committee of Kansas City, Kansas, Area [...]