… strong>Nightmare scenario
Let’s look at what could be the perfect nightmare:
Mark Funkhouser gets re-elected mayor of Kansas City this year. The citizens of Kansas City vote out the earnings tax. And Sarah Palin gets elected president of the United States in 2012.
Don Dixon
Fairway
Porn industry targets small towns in Kansas
A Jan. 15 editorial, “Smokes, strippers, [...]
A 23-year-old prostitute detained in Wichita in November confided to a Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent that she had first sold herself on the street at age 13.
But agent Angie Wilson wanted to know more about current life on the street. By the time the interview concluded, the woman had given Wilson the names of [...]
Kristy Childs is proving to be an angel for some members of the Kansas City community who have no one to speak up for them. She has worked for over ten years to help the plight of prostitutes: How to get them off the streets; how to house them, clothe them, feed them; how to [...]
Exodus Cry is in the business of stopping human trafficking around the world and in the metro. There was a ribbon-cutting on Tuesday in Grandview to open a museum that highlights the dark underworld of human trafficking.Benjamin Nolot is the president and founder of Exodus Cry. He has traveled to 20 countries and has [...]
Kansas City opens safe haven for former prostitutesBy Tony Rizzo | Kansas City StarKristy Childs has fought for a decade to give a voice to the voiceless.In that time, she has helped hundreds of women and girls trying to escape the dehumanizing world of prostitution.Now with the aid of an anonymous donor, Childs organization, [...]
January 10, 2011Northeast KC needs more police serviceI recently moved from New York City. My fiancé and I purchased a home in Northeast Kansas City off Independence Avenue. I am shocked every day at the amount of crime in my area and the lack of police presence here.We homeowners are trying to revitalize the area [...]
… strong>Northeast KC needs more police service
I recently moved from New York City. My fiancé and I purchased a home in Northeast Kansas City off Independence Avenue. I am shocked every day at the amount of crime in my area and the lack of police presence here.
We homeowners are trying to revitalize the area by [...]
He left the White House to take a position with the Magic and was recently named to the Orlando Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 list.The 31-year Boyce has an amazing testimony he shares in “Living Proof,” an 11-chapter, 228-page book about an illegitimate, black foster care child adopted by a white family.“I think Lucas [...]
