let us celebrate
I am a 70 year old resident of the Kansas City area. I grew up in Hickman Mills and Raytown and lived in Grandview, Leawood, Brookside and Lea Manor just south of Kansas City on the state line. I have long done most of my shopping in Johnson County and recently moved to the Gladstone area. But I have always been a proud Kansas citizen. We are a metropolitan city.
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Please try not to turn the chief’s decision into a border war. There is enough division in our world and we are lucky to have such great major league sports teams that we can celebrate together.
– Michel Wonder, kansas city
trust, loyalty
The Chiefs are moving to Kansas. Thank you to Frank White, thank you to the voters who voted against keeping football in Jackson County, thank you to the Chiefs leadership who followed the money, and thank you to the Kansas leadership who participated in getting the team across state lines.
Missouri will lose a huge amount of money, but it doesn’t end there. We support the Chiefs like a marriage through good times and bad.
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I spent money in Kansas before today. It will never happen again. However, money isn’t the only thing that drives me. Trust and loyalty are important to me, even though they are outdated.
I can’t wait to see what happens with John Sherman’s Royals.
-Christy VanBuske, Zhengjia
pushed out
As a lifelong resident of Kansas City and Jackson County, I have a hard time imagining how a pair of goofball brothers — former Mayor Mark Funkhauser and former County Commissioner Frank White — could have done a better job of promoting Sporting KC and the Chiefs to Kansas. Funkhouser vetoed a proposal to build a sports stadium on the site of the Bannister Mall, and White played a major role in the Chiefs’ current debacle with the Royals.
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Both of them should be very proud of their contributions to Kansas State.
-Phil Smith, kansas city
Just go
I am a lifelong Chiefs fan and former employee. My son and his family live in Paola, so I’m usually in Kansas City during the holidays, going to Arrowhead Stadium to watch my beloved Chiefs. It’s been a tough year, but that’s my point.
My son and I purchased tickets to a recent game from a local aftermarket seller for $26 each (I won’t mention the parking fee here). I’m a little disappointed in the turnout because for those of us who will never have season tickets to take our kids, grandkids, and Aunt Sue with us except during the preseason when not a single player our kids know by name is at the game (access to Arrowhead Stadium under the Americans with Disabilities Act is as good, if not better, than any other stadium I’ve visited).
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So, Kansas City, this is your chance. Buy some cheap tickets and go to Arrowhead. Bring your kids. Take Aunt Su for example. It’s fun – win, lose or draw. Get there early and take the kids to the team tunnel on Route 50. They will never forget this. I don’t. Come on Chiefs!
– Robert Acuff, Check, Virginia
Wrong adjustment
I don’t think our beloved newspapers are the place for PETA to publish their “A Christmas Carol” fan fiction. (December 22, 7A, “Wish there was a Vegan ‘Christmas Carol'”) The author should self-publish this on the Internet and perhaps do some research on the London meatpacking industry in the era of Charles Dickens.
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Fear-mongering has no place during the holidays or in our news, especially when it’s clearly trying to grab the attention of both adults and children when talking about the Muppet version of a story.
There is nothing wrong with veganism, but manipulation is completely wrong.
– Cassandra Buffington, Lenexa
different classes
Donald Trump has added his name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (December 21, 18A, “Trump Name on Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.”) Trump is the complete opposite of Kennedy.
John F. Kennedy said in his inaugural address on January 20, 1961: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” Today, Trump is saying metaphorically: “Ask not what I can do for my country, ask what my country can do for me.”
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– Pete Sommerler, Bucyrus
they will come
Kansas City and the Royals should seriously consider building a new stadium next to the Jazz District at 18th and Vine Streets. South of Truman Road and east of Troost Avenue will be prime locations for freeway access and visibility in the heart of the city.
That would mean relocating the KCATA Bus Shed, Manual Career Tech school and other institutions, but also create opportunities for development around the Jazz District, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy and other cultural, community and business interests.
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Parking could be created south of 18th Street, and a new streetcar branch along 18th Street from Main Street East to Brooklyn Avenue would further improve transportation. Neighboring communities will undoubtedly benefit as well.
-Ray Burchfield, Shawnee
