Monday Morning Smirking Link Layout

Some big media links that are somewhat interesting:

Probably one of the most important issues in Kansas City that only a small circle of politicos care about: Effort to close city's development finance office meets resistance

Snobbery for a great cause: Food and Wine Tasting Event to Benefit Harvesters

Ouch. If you're walking upright, your weekend was probably better: Police shut down two lanes of Interstate 70 in Kansas City after a woman was clipped by a semitrailer.

Not the first or last of this year's tragic litany of homicide memorials: Family, Friends Gather To Remember Homicide Victims

MWWS and its ancillary domestic spying side effect: Smith Family Works to Pass The Kelsey Smith Act

Sending responsibility for our protection overseas: U.S. move to cheaper Chinese condoms threatens American jobs

Speaking of unprotected: Seat belt use declines in Johnson County

Deadly Skirmish recap: Man killed in Independence street fight

And the Follow-up: Two Teens Being Questioned In Stabbing

A Gemma Merna photo gallery is my morning gift to TKC readers