This afternoon a group met across the street from the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to “welcome” Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to Kansas City.
The protest event was promoted to be an “angry mob parody” but the small group of about 35 everyday people were all friendly. They were concerned with how the [...]
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will being taking questions in a forum at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City on Sunday, July 26 from an audience of 40 people.
From the News Hour’s web page:
On July 26, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will join Jim Lehrer in Kansas City, Mo., for an on-the-record forum about [...]
Frustrated that the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission took no action on a complaint, last August Kris Van Meteren talked to the press explaining some details in his complaint. But, Kansas law currently gags someone after filing an ethics complaint — even after the Commission fails to act — and Van Meteren was fined $7500 [...]
Yesterday Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele met with about 70 county, district and state Republican “grass roots” Republican leaders in Overland Park. Some traveled from as far away as Wichita and Salina to attend the event.
Steele introduced himself: “I am from you. I am grassroots. I started out licking stamps, knocking on [...]
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The Modern Day Patriot organizers of earlier Kansas City Tea Parties thought a 4th of July American celebration and flag rally was a good way to start Independence Day. But the organizers received feedback that many wanted to bring signs to express their opinions about what is happening in our country now, and especially in [...]
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Who knew Darla Jaye from KMBZ’s 980 Live with Darla Jaye was running for public office?
Many were wearing a variety of stickers at the Olathe Republican Party Picnic and Straw Poll on Saturday. Some stickers said “Draft Darla for U.S. Congress” — but she’s not really running.
From Darla’s Facebook page on Sunday:
I asked if there [...]
On a hot, 97-degree afternoon, almost 50 Modern Day Patriots from the Kansas City Tea Party met yesterday near the Johnson County Courthouse to protest the increased taxes, loss of jobs, and increased regulations in the “Cap and Trade” bill passed by the U.S. House on Friday.
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A group of more than 60 protesters met outside the KMBC’s studios in Kansas City to promote free market health care, and protest the ABC special “Prescription for America” being aired tonight.
The group was made up of modern day patriots from the Kansas City Tea Party and the Kansas City Area 9.12 [...]
