Union Station, they must be blind.

Okay, just who is in charge at Kansas City's Union station? I saw a short piece this morning on Fox 4 , they were covering the latest exhibit " Dialog in the Dark". According to the reporter the exhibit is one part of a two piece master plan that the folks in charge believe will turn that giant money pit around. The second part is some kind of 5 cent property tax increase, which they weren't able to get by with when they proposed it last year, something about it not being legal. It's really a shame that one of this city's most historic buildings has been left in the hands of Short Bussers. "Oh snap, here goes MM , pissing on another parade." Hey, that's my shtick.

I don't know how much the people who make these decisions get paid, but it's a safe bet that it is more than your average Jack or Jill. I guess nobody told them that we are in a bit of an economic crisis, a recession. Retailer's are predicting a piss poor xmas season, people are losing their jobs, their homes, their cars are being repo'd, it's none too pretty out here. So why they think people are going to plunk down 22 hard earned devalued dollars, for the pleasure of walking around in a dark room, smelling and tasting God knows what, is beyond my simple mind to comprehend.

When I was a pup, we would travel from Union station to Paul's Valley Oklahoma to visit my Grandparents. Some of my fondest recollections of my Mother and my childhood, revolve around those trips. Union Station holds a special place in my cold, dark, old white guys heart. I'm all for anything that will keep the building alive, sadly the people in charge seem to care only about running it further in the ground and saving their paychecks. The last big exhibit "Bodies Revealed", didn't come close to producing the revenue expected, and I'm going out on a very short limb, a twig really, but this latest brain fart of an exhibit will fall short of the mark as well.

Just in case there are some people in this city who are looking to experience stumbling around in a dark funny smelling room, but the 22 clams admission seems steep, I'm offering a poor mans version of Dialog in the Dark. I call it Midtown Miscreant's "Something smells Funky in here". My walk in closet is currently home to 4 puppies, trust me it smells funny and gets really dark. I'll be offering tours for the paltry sum of 11 dollars, just watch where you're stepping.

The best thing that can happen for Union Station is to be put on the market. Lease it, sell it, but get it out of the hands of the yay who's that are currently running it. Look we have already turned our downtown into an unrecognizable conglomeration of overpriced bars and eateries, so we may as well go for broke and give up the ghost of Union Station. Just get it over with already, quick and painless, instead of the slow and financially draining demise it is currently suffering.

****authors note**** If you contacted me about the puppies, and are still interested, email me**** They will be ready for delivery a week before xmas, and I'll even deliver on xmas morning! 200 for your own Porkie or Yappillon, Yorkie/ Papillon cross. Yeah I know, it was a shameless plug.