Kansas City Morning Demi-Good News



Sad celeb news that should encourage all of us, even news junkies, to take it easy:

IndieUK: Demi Lovato awake and recovering with family after suspected overdose

TMZ: Demi Lovato Struggled with Drugs Weeks Before OD

Vareity: Hollywood Offers Demi Lovato Support After Overdose: ‘Addiction Is Very Real’

Closer to home and in news that might actually make a difference in local lives. Take a look at this morning news link collection:

More Local Renter Rage!?!

Can a rental inspection program help solve Kansas City's eviction epidemic?

Advocates for low-income Kansas Citians were seething as they walked out of City Hall one hot afternoon last August. The City Council's Housing Committee had stomped on a measure they thought would bring some relief to tenants living in dangerous and unhealthy places: a rental inspection program.


Celebrate Local Doc Payback

KC doctors pay off $1.47M in medical debt

Allison Edwards explains how she and a group of other doctors donated $11,000 to pay off $1.47 million in medical debts for people in Kansas and Missouri.


TEXTHERE

Parents seek alternatives after Benjamin Banneker Charter Academy closes

A Kansas City charter school has closed, about two weeks before the scheduled start of classes. The Benjamin Banneker Charter Academy of Technology was in operation for 18 years. The school at Meyer and Rockhill was under charter from the University of Central Missouri.


Take The Bus To Meth Town
RideKC: to the revitalized Englewood Art District in Independence
Putting On Perfect Village Act

Longtime Prairie Village antique mall set to close

PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. - If you're looking for a harpsichord, an Italian-made chandelier or an intricate bar to store your spirits, you'll find these hidden treasures at the Mission Road Antique Mall. "We have lots and lots of doo-dads," Carol Jean Barta, a dealer at the antique mall said.


Local Foodie Guide

The 10 Best Kansas City Restaurants 2018 - TripAdvisor

Reserve a table for the best dining in Kansas City, Missouri on TripAdvisor: See 66,006 reviews of 1,508 Kansas City restaurants and search by cuisine, price, location, and more.


Home Team Big Win Last Night

Smith gets first win as Royals beat Tigers 5-4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Burch Smith picked up his first win in nearly five years, Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez hit home runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Tuesday night.


Tory Lanez, Rich The Kid - Talk To Me is the song of the day and this is the OPEN THREAD for right now . . .

Comments

  1. The song of the day should of been Demi Lovato's "I'm not sober".

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  2. Alternatives to Benjamin Banneker? How about just teaching the kids to read, write and basic arithmetic. Almost all kids who graduate from the unaccredited KC public schools are illiterate.

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  3. I taught myself to read & write when I was five years old.

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    1. Good for you. Maybe you have a future as superintendent of KCMO school district. Are you colored?

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  4. Demi has a future as a porn star.

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  5. 7:41---I did that by three and by five had moved on to quantum mechanics physics and the string theory.

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  6. Will the inspection program help stop evictions? No, not in the slightest. It's not even directed towards the tenant side of the issue. For one, it's focus is on corralling landlords renting out substandard properties which is a major problem. It has no enforcement methods to make tenants not shit where they sleep, i.e. destroy the place they live requiring eviction. Additionally, it has nothing to do with making tenants pay their rent on time, the primary reason for evictions in rental properties. That's like comparing apples and trout.

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  7. What @8:27 means is that by five he had learned to sit up and play with string.

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  8. @9:54 "apples and trout" doesn't sound very appetizing, but as long as it gives the City a way to go after the Shitbag Slumlords who won't spend a dime on the hovels they rent, I'm all for it!

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  9. The difference with Demi Lovato and most other celebrity drug users is she's been pretty upfront with her usage and knows she has a problem and has been public with it for almost 10 years now. I disagree with her politically on almost every front, but I do appreciate that she is one of the few celebrity drug users who seems to at least be ashamed of her addiction and has legit tried to get better.

    On the Banneker news, looks like the standards weren't being me. Many, schools here in KCMO are messed up. no end in sight

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  10. 10:12 the hovels they rent were nice until the rapin, robbin murderous blacks destroyed them and quit paying the rent and utility bills, slumlords are less than 3% of the total landlords in killa shitty.

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  11. @ 12:01, they can always stop renting to subhumans - Oh, wait the "Section 8" monthly checks are why they got into the "slumlord racket" in the first place, aren't they?

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  12. Ms. Lovato seems basically to be a nice, demure, pleasant (if troubled) young Lady.
    She'd probably be fun to use, mistreat and degrade for a month or so before dumping her druggie ass out on the sidewalk at 2:00am!

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