More Trouble for KC’s Power and Power & Light District

Attorney Arthur Benson says he’s filing a civil rights suit alleging racial profiling continues in the Power and light entertainment district in Kansas City.

the entertainment district, owned by the Cordish Corp, and supported with taxpayer dollars has been the source of  discrimination charges for the last year.

Earlier this year, the City Council debate and then approved a general dress code for entertainment districts like the Power and Light district.

According to Benson, a group of African-American family members were denied admission to certain sports in the district based on their style of dress.

In a statement, Benson says ” For two years the City of Kansas City has received hundreds of complaints of racial profiling at the Power & Light District, has held hearings, and negotiated at great length with representatives of the developer and entertainment venues in the District, and still race discrimination continues in admissions to places of public accommodation, in violation of Missouri law.

Former Kansas Governor William Avery Dies

Kansas Govenor Mark Parkinson is lowering state flags to half staff  to honor the former Kansas Govenor, the late William Avery.  He died at the age of 98.

State flags will remain at half staff until sundown November 14.

Here’s  the Avery biography which was supplied by the Governor’s office:

William Avery was born on August 11, 1911, near Wakefield in Clay County, Kansas. After attending Wakefield High School, he graduated from the University of Kansas in 1934. He returned to farming and ranching in Wakefield and married Hazel Bowles in 1940. He has four children.

A Republican, Avery was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1950 and served to 1955. In 1954, he campaigned for the Republican nomination for the U. S. House of Representatives on an “anti-big-dam” platform, opposing the Tuttle Creek Dam project on the Blue River. He won both the nomination and election, beginning a congressional career which would span the next 10 years. In 1964 Avery left the U. S. House and was elected 37th governor of Kansas. He served one term as governor, losing a re-election bid to Robert Docking in 1966. In 1968 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the U. S. Senate. Avery returned to private life and settled in Wichita, Kansas. He was with Garvey Enterprises (1967-1968), the Clinton Oil Company (1969-1971), and later served as president of the Real Oil Company.

For more information on the William H. Avery Papers Collection at the Kansas State Historical Society, please visit:  http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/personalpapers/findingaids/avery_william_henry.htm

Hartzler Picks up Eagle Forum Endorsement

In the on-going  battle to prove who is the most conservative candidate in the GOP 4th District Congressional primary,  Vicky Hartzler has  been endorsed by the conservative Eagle Forum, founded by Missourian Phyllis Schlafly.

“We proudly and enthusiastically support Vicky Hartzler as a champion of free enterprise and Missouri values. She is a rising star who can do so much to fix what is broken in Washington. When it mattered the most, Vicky Hartzler stood up to protect marriage from activist state and federal judges, and Missouri values won the day”, Schlafly said in statement.

“I am deeply grateful for Eagle Forum’s support in a race where I sometimes feel like David going against Goliath. Phyllis Schlafly’s courage and success in standing up for what’s right for our great nation have always been a great inspiration to me, said Hartzler.

Blunt on the Tuesday Elections

Here’s part of Congressman Roy Blunt’s take on the Tuesday results:

“”Independents, conservatives, conservative and moderate Democrats and Republicans teamed up for big victories Tuesday in Virginia and New Jersey. It was great to see strong voter support in Virginia and New Jersey for ideas that also represent the basis of my platform in Missouri’s U.S. Senate race — jobs and economic growth that emphasize free enterprise instead of government control, fiscally responsible budgets, and no job-destroying tax hikes. But, the bottom line is these victories will improve the lives of the people of Virginia and New Jersey. That is why elections are important.

“The McDonnell and Christie victories last night were rejections of the policies of the extreme left. Missourians also reject the nation’s hard move left with its government takeover of everything in site, the failure to deliver on new jobs promises and the constant theft of our freedoms.”

Tiahrt Rips H1N1 Flu Response

After top government officials told a House Committee distributing H1N1 flu vaccine will remain problematic, Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tiahrt is a member of House Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Relations. “Even our top public health officials can’t answer what the vaccine need is or when we will meet that need,” said Tiahrt.

He also blamed Washington for a lack of US made H1N1 flu vaccine. He says there only a handful of plants in the world that manufacture the drug. He pointed out the only US plant is French owned.