Can you do better?

Well - the city of Kansas City has a new logo (below).  Feedback has been mixed. The Kansas City Star wants to see if you can design a better one!  They will publish the winners in the FYI section of the paper, and on kansascity.com.  Entries are due by the 28th, so... Go!

See the KC Star article here, for details.

And if you think you've seen this logo before,
you may not be imagining things... (check out the images)

Web Juniors and Seniors: Blog about this new logo.  Why did Kansas City change logos?  Why do you think they picked this one?  Why these colors?  Why this typeface?  What do you like or not like about it? 
Here is more info.