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Cv 'W'-' i- i i- -r v-: v'j KANSAS CITY EDITION WWWKANSASdlTVCOM THURSDAY APRIL 2 2009 -cA f- i TYIAV WEEKEND preview" Lastchancv TIM popular KC band Flea the Seen will play Its final concert arid say good' bye Friday night at the Uptown Theater -m- lxfF0RECASTrD8 Dress WYANDOnE COUNTY Three companies submit proposals 2' code revision i i 4- 1 1 -I f- I A If opposed City Council votes on new rule today and opponents backing down By LYNN HORSLEY The yansas City Star 1 i -s 5 In on-agaln offf-again process lottery commission Is 1 -happy with 90011 By MARK WIEBE Tha Kansas City Star Jiist days ago it seemed the long and impassioned tug-of-war oyer the dress code in die Power Light District was almost over But as they prepare to vote today on an ordinance to prohibit discriminatory mess codes Kansas City Council members are being bombarded by e-mails from opponents And at least some council members say they are reconsidering their support for the new law Much of the correspondence is from representatives or backers of the Power Light downtown entertainment district They say the district's dress code promotes a positive and safe environment in a newly vibrant downtown And they argue that council restrictions on such dress codes would unfairly target selected areas hurting those 1 Nearly four months after plans for a resort casino in Wyandotte County collapsed three developers have stepped forward with new proposals The proposals for managing a state-owned casino met a Wednesday deadline set by the Kansas Lottery Commission They amounted to just half the number of applications the state received when the process for landing the county's first foil-service casino began more than 18 months aga But today after the financial industry's woes forced those officials to reopen the application process they feel lucky to have three very happy to have gotten some applicants" said Sally Lunsford director of communications for the Kansas Lottery Commission "Not just applicants but good applicants" The lottery now has until June 30 to negotiate contracts with the following companies: I Penn Hollywood Kansas Inc The company a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming Inc of Wyomissing Pa announced Wednesday morning that it submitted an application for a SSOO million development Tne Holly-wood-themed project would be next to the Schlitterbahn water park resort site in western Kansas City Kan I Golden Heartland A subsidiary of Golden I -v I v- 'r taigeted nature of the propped legislation is inherently illogical counter productive to the best interest discriminatory and said one letter sent Tuesday to council members from representatives of the Coldish Cos Downtown Council NAACP Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Crown Center the Plaza the President Hotel and several FILE PHOTOS the arena to- Got0 nipht lb SfSSSf0B manyoftbon Spears story for a photo of Fans who have followed Britney's ups end downs are excited about nearly so Id-out extravaganza SEE CASINO A4 restaurant associations But those favoring the legislation said Coldish the Power light developer could have avoided the regulations if company representatives had just been willing to By TIMOTHY FINN ThaKansaa City Star gallery Britney Spears through the years and to share your photos from the show 'Inside THE5TAR planning on doing more than just attending the concert Afterward she will participate in Night of 1000 a to Spears at Mint Ultra Lounge 334 31st St Solombrino a musician vid-eographer and photographer said she's going to the concert for the music the dancing and the sideshows "The show is she said bringing a circus with her I want to see the dancing I mean she's not a good singer and when she first came out I thought She sing Why is she a star? But when I started Tbnigbfs Britney Spears show at die Sprint Center is nearly sold out That means more than SEE COUNCIL I A4 is one of celebrity sin redemption and' TYe been a fen since her first CDL but when her CD came out I really started to like mid Carrie Riehl 17 a Liberty High School junior: love her songs They make me want to dance They people have each spent $40 to $500 on on one ticket to a SfKAHsAsClTYCOK Conviction of senator derailed Justice Department says evidence improperly withheld in trial of GOP Sen Ted Stevens A2 90-minute performance from a former teen-pop-star whose career seemed dead and gone less than two year ago If that baffles or surprises you then you should listen to some people who will be inside From a computer or your MnliMa 1 mooMpnomcBCXon KansasCItyxom for Alicia Solombruxt 24 is a fan of music toot and SEE BRITNEY A4 No remittance no ignition auto in action Used-car lots are big users of the devices which may expand to other products I Adam vlog on tho Chiefs and Jay Cutler 1 Photo galleries of the G-20 protest riots and the Obamas with the queen and prime min-Isterin London would fail to start The Gibbses made it home to Blue Springs punched in a one-time emergency code provided by the dealer to keep the car Operable and then drove tp the dealership to deliver the delyiquent payment In five years said Michelle Gibbs it was the one car payment she and her husband By R)CK MONTGOMERY Th Kansas City Star stalled by her used-car dealer under the dash of the Honda Accord driving back for two hours with three kids i the car and that sound: Beep-beepheep "it's very annoying but for the most part it's the best tiling to happen to -The beeping was a reminder that 24 hours remaned before a car-loan payment had to be made or else the vehicle And exclusively formobHe1 phone users On a Gibbs family trip toTo-pekx the littlest passenger wouldn't shut up recalled Michelle Gibbs- mimicking the palm-sized device in TUcked quietly under the dash of this Honda Is a disabler device Quiet that Is until owners Robert and Michelle Gibbs near a car payment deadline SEEDEVKEIA4 I Get lottery results- Sent to your phonei MBMIKMJianM CLASSIFED CS COMICS FREVCW4471 DEATHS M-4 I LOTTERIES B2 MOVIES PRSYIEW14-1 OPINION BTd FUZ2LES PREVIEW 4C-47 SPORTS DAILY D1TV PREVIEW 41 OTboTJETBUEr (SSCENESTfaCfe IE lT tM- fci-S-uir mAJ.