"Robert "Bob" Bernstein" is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the advertising company Bernstein-Rein and the founder and now chairman-CEO of the salon and spa Beauty Brands.

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I'm tickled to death that we can do this in Kansas City because it's another attraction for Kansas City.

The state system measures growth, while the federal government says if you're not at this status bar then you fail regardless of where you started or how much progress you've made.

It's part of the branding of the product, and it's been very effective throughout the years.

Oh, yeah. I get that. People think I did it for the publicity. As much publicity as I'm getting, I'm making no money off of it. I hope people don't think I'm going to be the kind of guy that would do that. My reputation would be clobbered.

I've always kind of been a collector.

We wanted to put up enough to get somebody talking. What's a bun worth? It's kind of a strange question.

What I can't figure out is why anyone would steal it. They can't sell it on eBay, it's not fit to eat, there was no ransom note and the police put its value at only $25 (14 pounds) on their report.

People have called from all over the country and offered to donate icons.