Death was no stranger in Kansas City this week.
A spate of 7 homicides rocked Kansas City as questions about crime-fighting strategy from local politicos and authorities started to surface from the community.
Meanwhile . . .
Kansas City high society lost one of their matriarchs.
Now, TKC took a bit of heat for employing Adele Hall's death as a satirical device for social commentary even though it's doubtful that any of her relatives or loved ones read this blog.
In the aftermath, a few of you d-bags who weren't related to the lady threw a hissy fit and quickly wished death my way in a typically classy, misinformed and mostly wrongheaded Internets move.
More importantly . . .
TKC'S MOM THREW HER SHOE AT YOUR (SOMEWHAT) FEARLESS LEADER BECAUSE SHE HAD WON A SCHOLARSHIP FROM ADELE HALL DURING HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AND APPARENTLY LOVED THE OLD BROAD!!!
Because I'm quicker than I look and this basement is always kinda dark, the shoe didn't connect.
But TKC accepts the criticism.
Still, I stand by my point that upper-class death in Kansas City at a ripe-old age is lovingly eulogized while denizens of the urban core are killed by the hundreds year after year and mostly remain nameless numbers rattled off by mainstream media without much memorial consideration.
If I ever come into contact with Hall's family (doubtful), I probably owe them an apology for the clumsy rhetorical tactic employed on this dumb-ass blog but I'd advise the rest of you d-bags with no direct connection not to hold your breath.
Nevertheless . . .
This was a week of tragedy in Kansas City as death reached out to touch Kansas City's upper-class and urban core alike . . .
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Feb. 1, 2013 -- Remembering Adele Hall - The crown of Kansas City lost one of its brightest gems this past week with the loss of Adele Hall.
Adele Hall and the role a former Kansas City Star society editor played in the news story about Hall’s death
Visitation services start Saturday for Adele Hall
Funeral services set for Kansas City icon Adele Hall
KC Blogger Reveals Interesting Fact About Adele Hall During Obit Report
City Honors Adele Hall’s Life and Service
Former First Dog Barney Bush died today. I'm sad.
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ReplyDeleteWhy so grim with the death trip?
ReplyDeleteDow ends above 14,000 for the first time since 2007. Hookers and cocaine dealers are having their best Friday in a long time in Manhattan.
Why are people stunned when someone dies. Death is your constant companion. As bizarre as that sounds and NO your not going to live forever. The freaking body wears out.
ReplyDeleteAlright enough of this morbid topic. I don't need to be reminded my time is running out.
ReplyDeleteBring on the boobs.
I saw her place in Mission Hills when I delivered some construction materials during a big remodel they were doing. Man talk about living fat and high on the hog!
ReplyDeleteKansas City deemed Livability's 6th Most Romantic City in the U.S.
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Right a city of dirt bag males screwing anything in sight that moves before dumping them for the next cheap thrill real romantic stuff.
ReplyDeleteIt was from search engine data. Which goes to show you how reliable and accurate technology is.
ReplyDeleteYou're lucky your mom didn't toss a fuckin leaf blower at ya.
ReplyDeleteGlazer will be soon then you for damn sure will see some dancing in the streets.
ReplyDeleteFact still is if your not rich no one gives a shit if your alive or dead.
ReplyDeleteIn a way it's merciful because she's spared from all the shit and chaos coming down the pike in this country.
ReplyDeleteThis crime wave has been going for years now.... it's so embarrassing for Kansas City. We're on CNN now for being a crime ridden city. Where are the police?
ReplyDeleteThe better question is where are the prosecutors? They are the ones to blame for not putting people in prison.
DeleteYep, the police can only do so much. Jackson County is the biggest joke in the Midwest!!
DeleteHave no fear we will protect you!
ReplyDeleteThe Fantastic Four,
James, Washington, Glazer, Botello, saving KC from all that is evil while having their way with your money and your women!
Twitter hacked; 250,000 accounts affected. Got to love the safe and secure world of Social Media.
ReplyDeleteHey, Dickhead: It ain't a matter of whether the Hall family reads this shitty excuse for a communications tool.
ReplyDeleteIntegrity is something you demonstrate by doing the right thing when nobody is looking. If that doesn't make sense to you, I'm not surprised.
obviously the statement of an upstanding individual.
ReplyDeleteGo take a poop with your clothes on.
I'd buy that for a dollar.
Mrs. Hall was only a bright star because her husband's family had made a fortune by under compensating employees. People fawn all over her and her memory because the dreamed that she might give them some of that money. My God Rita, throwing shoes because you got some kind of PR award in ancient times? Move away from the shoe tree and take a pill.
ReplyDeleteYou have no sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteSo great to see how people think they have a right to tell other people how to run their businesses and to how much they should pay their employees. Fact is if you don't like working there get another job. I'm sure somebody else be happy to take your position. And if you use to work there and wasn't happy about it I am sure you are as well bitching about the place you work at now.
ReplyDeleteAdele Hall was a tireless volunteer for this area. How her father-in-law and husband ran Hallmark was, I'm sure, out of her hands. And as a freelancer who got treated like crap by Hallmark, I've been there, done that. It still doesn't take away from all the good works Mrs. Hall did.
ReplyDeleteTo 7:33, you're absolutely wrong. Many non-rich people are celebrated in KC for their contributions, and we don't always wait until they're dead to do it. Several are in the black community. Just because you're not rich doesn't mean you can't do good things.
Fuck the Hall family and fuck the Kemper families and fuck all the other elite families of Kansas City. They support the arts, don’t they? Yeah and they allow idiots to run City Hall, the polelease [that’s police for anyone who did not go to a KCPS] and KCPS. They only use their power and influence for themselves and it makes me since when I hear one of these fuckers talk about giving back to the community. The infighting between all the families is why all of the city between downtown and Crown Center looks so desolates and why there is a College Blvd area in Overland Park. Have the Hall and Kemper families made Kansas City Missouri a better place? No and I meant that as a rhetorical question.
ReplyDeleteTKC Learns A Lesson
ReplyDeleteThe ignorance and sins of the children, boomerang back onto the parents who had to struggle to lift themselves up.
All is fair...
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