To be fair, these are all jobs as CEOs and board chairmen, so it's worth it.

That Friday night game should be fun, with a crowd of disgruntled unemployed people who wouldn't have otherwise bought a ticket.

There’s a $10 parking cost to attend the game, so the cost jumps to $25 if the ticket is used. And unless one goes alone, there’s another ticket to buy.

I love these "Nickel and Dimed" type writers that for some reason always seem to forget about the millions of different ways to reduce expenses. Carpool? Mass-transit? Go with other unemployed people? Go with friends who buy their own ticket?

I'm not a KC guy, but I've been to the complex before and it seems like mass transit isn't a realistic option. We're not talking about going to a White Sox game.

The rest of your point I agree with, and my general stance is that $20 extra dollars for a 1-time expense isn't a big deal because it's just that - a 1-time expense. How hard would it be to shave $20 off your daily expenditures? For me, that would be not eating out for lunch 3 times.

Of course, I realize that in writing for popular media it makes more sense to develop a persecution complex, even if it's on the behalf of others, than it is to write something that's even-tempered and realistic.

KANSAS CITY QUESTION OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE:

I am traveling through KC in a month and wish to sample some local high-quality BBQ. I have been to Arthur Bryant's in the past, and enjoyed it. Should I go back there, or try somewhere new?

Oh good another bbq thread. I fired up the grill last weekend for the first time this year. I have a weber and some mesquite hardwood. There are a couple of high quality butchers within a short bike ride of my house so I can get some really good meat - so even though I don't really know what I'm doing with the grill (learning though) it usually comes out tasty as long as I don't overcook it.

The Royals are charging job hunters $15 to attend. (Last year it was $13.) The reason? Attendees get a ticket to the Friday night game — plus a Royals pen — in exchange.

I've seen other teams do this. You can of course, not go to the game.

That might not sound like a problem to a lot of people. But for many job hunters, especially those who’ve been job hunting for any length of time, money is tight.

And yet his outrage is on getting a free ticket, and not that unemployed people have to pay to get into a job fair.

I am traveling through KC in a month and wish to sample some local high-quality BBQ. I have been to Arthur Bryant's in the past, and enjoyed it. Should I go back there, or try somewhere new?

Well, this just aired and was a pretty good primer although he made sure to skip Arthur Bryant's and Gates, the two most well-known spots.

Oklahoma Joe's is my favorite hands down. Its located just over the state line in Kansas, a bit west of the Plaza. You might want to try Gates for the experience. There are several locations including one just east of the Plaza and one in midtown. Fiorella's is also pretty good although its the nice, dressed-up, sit-down restaurant. They're located in the Crossroads, just south of downtown. Those and Arthur Bryant's are probably the four most popular joints in town.

I am traveling through KC in a month and wish to sample some local high-quality BBQ. I have been to Arthur Bryant's in the past, and enjoyed it. Should I go back there, or try somewhere new?

I love KC for BBQ, but I never leave KC, ever, without going to Stroud's, for the PAN fried chicken or chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, the lead thick gravy, green beans, cinnamon rolls, etc. The place is definitely in my five meals before I die sort of list.

Oklahoma Joe's does not get the love of Bryant's or Gates, it should.

I love these "Nickel and Dimed" type writers that for some reason always seem to forget about the millions of different ways to reduce expenses. Carpool? Mass-transit? Go with other unemployed people? Go with friends who buy their own ticket?

Park in one of the hotel lots across the highway?

Walk in backwards and claim you're leaving, that's $15 right there.

I love KC for BBQ, but I never leave KC, ever, without going to Stroud's, for the PAN fried chicken or chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, the lead thick gravy, green beans, cinnamon rolls, etc.

My cholesterol went up just by reading that sentence.

BIZZARO ARTICLE:

"Charitable Royals offer free access to job fair with a ticket to Friday's game! The tickets are discounted too, only $15! With a free pen!"

Mass-transit?

The free ticket is to a game in Kansas City. I do not know of this "mass-transit" you speak of.

Oklahoma Joe's burnt ends. That is all.

Burnt ends are wonderful things.