The Saturday Holiday Link Shower

It's raining, it's early in the morning . . . Somebody told me it was a holiday. TKC never rests, that's why I'm one of the best.

Here are some links for you bags:

Shockingly embarrassing story about a local electrician stuck in a tree.

Good timing for Gov. Jay: Nixon signs legislation giving Missouri veterans a tax break

The Star celebrates the fact that Riverfest wasn't rained on.

Show Me some good news: Traffic Fatalities Down in Missouri So Far in 2009

Another kind of local Eco-Devo without the payoffs, I hope: Wetlands Come to Kansas City

Mo Rage has some great Independence Day Thoughts.

Pitch promotion of a pretty cool event: Taste of Troost Lineup

The weekend read: Phil S. Dixon, a Negro Leagues baseball historian, has written a new book on the late Buck O'Neil.

An amazing City Hall photo with a bit of Kansas City history from the Cool Valley flickr photo stream.