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Today’s Big MAST Fight leaves so many local items with far too little attention, Therefore I thought I’d take just a moment to report blog some of the most important Kansas City stories that aren’t getting enough exposure as of late.

1. Kansas City can’t wait to get into the Hotel Business. Under the radar, the quest to build a 1,000 room Downtown Kansas City Convention Hotel is the latest, greatest scheme from Council types who don’t have anything else to show from their tenure. Never mind that St. Louis tried the same scheme years ago and it recently failed.

2. The KCPD is murdering crime reporting. More than any other public institution in the metro the KCPD is working to bring informative content online that people actually want to read. It’s a novel concept but Chief Corwin’s blog has already made a great many mainstream media stories inconsequential by offering information directly to the public and today’s KCPD Twitter account inauguration offers locals a chance to consume police content in bite-sized chunks and on the run with their mobile.

3. Just like a Johnson County Cougar, Sprint is on the lookout for a rich partner. Unfortunately, any new mate would mean losing even more jobs at the beleaguered suburban campus which doesn’t bode well for the local economy or, ironically, JoCo MILFs.

4. Former Chiefs Great Ed Podolak Earns A Bit of Forgiveness. Just because Kansas City has recently been a rather uncharitable place for public figures doesn’t mean that other parts of the nation are equally inexorable when it comes to overlooking past misdeeds. In fact, Former Chiefs Great Ed Podolak has been named honorary captain for this weekend’s college game between Iowa (his alma mater) and Arizona. I’m sure it’s a welcomed honor for the Football legend considering that the last time Podolak made headlines was for a series of saucy bar photos that forced his retirement from a sweet college broadcasting gig.

5. Finally, Halloween is more than a month away so that means it’s time to start shopping for X-mas gifts. Expect the Global Recession to play the Grinch this year despite assurances from so many that things are getting better. Two years in a row of belt tightening for Kansas City during the holidays threatens to ruin a good time for this town. Then again, maybe this is the right time to discover the true meaning of X-mas: Getting drunk and fighting with friends relatives.

And while these stories are captivating, I just can’t help but think that all of this might not be as important as next year’s Gemma Atkinson calender which will feature the barely clothed Brit Model inspiring us throughout the forthcoming days.