Links at the weekend

Here are some links I didn't miss but almost did:

Everyone says "NEXT YEAR" TO MAYOR FUNKY: County Leaders Discuss Mass Transit Plan

Sad truth in Kansas City: If you're lucky it all ends in senility and death . . . Missing Elderly Man Found Dead

Today's Kansas City Inspiration for a Country Song: "A 38-year-old man is charged with assault for hitting a woman with a hammer and a frying pan."

Suburban bliss is all about conformity: Lee's Summit lady sentenced to probation for a barking dog.

A "topless" photo gallery of Adriana Lima in Italian Elle is pretty gully even though it's "the ghey" to look at women's magazines.

In six months you won't remember him: David Cook Signs with RCA Records

Another baby Kansas City can't feed: Baby Zebra Born At KC Zoo

Kansas City is mediocre when it comes to spelling too!!!

Local lakes no longer a haven for drunk white drivers: Missouri Water Patrol conducts checkpoint

Phony Star reporting. Here's the headline: "Leaders commit to transit plan" Fact is, they've only committed to keep on talking and a significant contingent want to wait for a better time financially.

Finally, a Kansas City bike ride that isn't all about self-absorbed hipsters: Father's Legacy Continues With Bike Ride

Affordable housing even for the (lower) middle-class will be harder to find in Kansas City: Rising construction and capital costs are likely to limit Kansas City-area apartment construction this year to the lowest level in more than 20 years