From Darkness to Light

After Lee’s Summit annoucned that due to a Tenn Takeover and the threat of violence in the future, they have decided that they would not continue the Downtown Days Celebration past 2026, are we truly surprised that the promoters of the much larger, much more attended Santa-Cali-Gon Days Celebration are not taking serious action?

What happened at a commercial property in South Kansas City this week demonstrates the real-world cost of Kansas City’s continuing failure to address property crime, repeat offenders, and its detention crisis.

The voters have spoken. Missouri Constitutional Amendments 4 and 5 were not just reujected, but soundly rejected. Accounting to sources on the Internet, Amendment 4 was rejected by 80.3% (vs 19.7%); Amendment 5 by 83.3% (vs. 16.7%).

Over the past several years, Missouri voters have amended the state constitution to create abortion rights, legalize marijuana and sports betting and expand Medicaid healthcare coverage for low-income adults.

None of those initiatives would have passed under a ballot measure getting decided by voters Tuesday.

The following is the taken directly from the Ballot that I will be handed when I go to vote. I have reformated the text, removed the Yes/No voter blocks, and I have removed the Primary ballot information. This is only the Constitutional Amendment information from the Ballot.

The Department of Justice today filed two lawsuits, one against California and one against the Commonwealth of Virginia, citing their recently enacted gun laws were unconsttitutional and violate the Second Amendment Rights of their Citizens. Hopefully, these won’t get drug forever through the court system.

Amendment 3 addresses two subjects that are high on the list of importance to liberals, liberal Democrats, and even the Socialist. Abortion and Gender Transition. When it comes to either topic, there seems to be no middle ground. You are either for or against. There is no given room for compromise and apparently no room for Common Sense. So here we go. What is Amendment 3 (2026)?

As it stands right now, the citizens of Missouri get to vote whether or not new State Taxes are implimented. According to discussions I’ve read, this will no longer be the case if Amendement 5 is approved. Then again, there is a lot of talk about there that this will allow the Missouri legistlature to put taxes on services that are currently not taxed, like doctor’s visits.

Effective July 1, 2026 it becomes a FELONY to possess or distribute Kratom or 7-OH within the State of Kansas. It is being cited by Kansas law makers as a dangerous drug. They join other States and Counties around the United States in either making the drug illegal or putting age restrictions on it’s use. But what is Kratom / 7-OH?

According to FBI databases, Kansas City ranks at number 10 for the most dangerous cities in the United States based on homocides and gun violence. Chicago and New York City, which have a nigher number of incidents are not on the top 10 list simply because of their massive populations and the rankings based on incidents per 100,000 people.