Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C121462 03/06/2013 KEEP KC JOBS COMMITTEE Burns & McDonnell Po Box 419173 Kansas City MO 64141 3/6/2013 $10,000.00

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C121462: Keep Kc Jobs Committee

Po Box 22458 Committee Type: Campaign

Kansas City Mo 64113

(816) 213-2862 Established Date: 11/06/2012

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Ballot Measure History

Ballot Measures Election Date Subject Support/Oppose

Kansas City Question 3 04/02/2013 Jobs Kansas City Oppose

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The ballot language for Question 3:

QUESTION 3 [pdf]

SHALL THE FOLLOWING BE APPROVED?

Shall the City of Kansas City adopt an ordinance proposed by a committee of petitioners to prohibit the City from entering into, facilitating or giving permission for any future contracts whereby the City is directly financially involved in facilities that produce or procure components for, assemble, or refurbish nuclear weapons, except for outside infrastructure improvements customarily provided by cities and governmental services ordinarily provided to citizens, and also barring any future funding or subsidizing such facility through taxes, bonds, loans, tax credits, credit or any other financial scheme or mechanism? The definition of such facility excludes providers of goods and services which were not produced for the purpose of nuclear weapons components production, but which may be purchased by such a facility as a consumer.

I suppose your personal arc reactor would still be okay.

Blue skies, cold air, can’t lose

Perhaps “it’s cold at the inauguration is a first world problem”. Ok, it is. Plus it warmed up to 24 degrees. Plus our hearts were warmed as Senator Tom Dempsey underestimated the capabilities of a bell denoting 12 Noon (Dempsey came to stage after 8 chimes, only to hear the 9th).

The Inaugural speech clocked in at a brisk 12 minutes. Speaking of the current split government and comparing it to an opposite split from 1987. Then talking about the Civil War. Then a brief summary of the last four years (the auto industry is back, natural disasters). Before going into a future without limits in regards to education, science, business, agriculture and conservation. Then noting the bold pioneers of the past and future and closing by noting that he took his oath to a variety of people (waitresses pulling double shifts, veterans, farmers).

Of course the realist and cynic would note the problems ahead. But then again, those problems have always been around since 2009, aside from the veto-proof super majority and all. But it’s an inaugural speech, reality will be known later.

So some photos of the inaugural events taken from the blue section of the South Lawn:

Governor Nixon arriving on the scene with his wife Georganne

The match of the statewides



Attorney General Chris Koster being sworn into office

Treasurer Clint Zweifel being sworn into office

Secretary of State Jason Kander being sworn into office

Lt. Governor Peter Kinder being sworn into office

Governor Jay Nixon being sworn into office

Governor Nixon speaking during the Inaugural Address

Via Twitter:

Jason Hancock ‏@J_Hancock

Preparations nearly complete for a very frigid inauguration tomorrow.[….] 11:57 AM – 13 Jan 13

Let’s see, a General Assembly dominated by the lunatic fringe of the majority party with a veto proof margin. Yeah, that’ll make for warm fuzzies.