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[Don Erickson]

In article <008901c12d74$b30fd4e0$0200a8c0 at home.com> you write:
>I wonder if this Prendergast guy is related to Thomas Pendergast of
>Kansas City political fame.   "Government just needs to keep its hands
>out of the concrete business.  You want roads and sewers?  Well just
>tell us where you want them and we'll take care of the rest.  Oh, and
>leave a blank check on the way out will ya?"

Most Jackson county roads through the '20s were dirt or gravel. 
Pendergast concrete pulled Jackson County out of the mud.  Much of the
current road surface of Chrysler in Independence from south of 23rd street
up to the square (for example) is Pendergast concrete laid down in 1934. 
That is the surface you are still driving on today.  Kansas City's City
Hall was built using Pendergast concrete.  It looks like it's holding up
pretty well compared to many of it's contemporaries. 

Look at the ridiculous scams pulled around here today and they make Tom
Pendergast look like an exemplary businessman.  Do you really think that
the community didn't get their money's worth?

Harry Truman traveled back to Kansas City from Washington D.C. to attend
Tom Pendergast's funeral when Truman was a US Senator.  Almost no one else
attended.  Truman considered Pendergast a man of his word, so I think it's
at least possible that this was true. 

Regards,

-Don
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