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Full precinct-level data is now available for the April 2nd election.
Here's a thread with some analysis including district-level summaries. 🧵
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KCPD only shows up when bodies are already on the ground. If we're serious about *preventing* violence, we need to:
- regulate guns
- guarantee mental healthcare
- meet people's basic needs
More cops won't (and didn't) prevent a shooting
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Tax dollars shouldn't be used to build or expand private parking lots.
Arrowhead Stadium is the iconic heartbeat of Chiefs Kingdom - full of history, amazing memories, and so many more good times to come. Our vision is to elevate our unrivaled fan experience for the next generation of fans with improvements across all levels inside, new activation…
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Being a literal billionaire and logging onto Facebook to complain that the government isn't giving you enough money is some big boomer energy.
"Unfortunately neither team will work with Jackson County again," wrote the wife of Royals owner John Sherman in a Facebook comment.
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Here's how large the Gaza Strip is compared to the Kansas City Metro Area
KC metro pop.: 2.3m
Gaza Strip pop.: 2.3m
The Northern half of Gaza (1.1m people) is being told by the Israeli gov to evacuate to the Southern half in 24 hours, a task described by the UN as "impossible"
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The more suburban region of
#KCMO
called "the Northland", is often portrayed as a conservative bastion. But Tuesday's election results paint a clearer picture about this region.
The southern part of the Northland is lower-income, more diverse *and* votes more progressively (1/9)
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Ordinance
#230709
will spend $5.5m on roundabouts near the airport for a privately owned parking lot that will directly compete with the City’s. Who will own the parking lot? Richard Chaves, California-based parking lot magnate & a top donor in the recent city council election 🧵
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43 days out from the stadium tax vote, here's what we *still* don't know:
- how much money it will cost taxpayers (City and State)
- what it will be used for
- if imminent domain will be used
Pretty crucial questions that should have been answered long before now.
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Billionaire sports team owners want us to pay $50 million EVERY YEAR for 40 years. For reference, in 2022 we put $50 million into Kansas City's housing trust fund *once*.
April 2nd is about what we prioritize. VOTE NO
Our statement in response to the Kansas City Royals announcement of a selected site for a downtown stadium, and in advance of the April 2 sales tax vote to subsidize the stadium:
We love our city. Because of that love, we refuse to pay for our own displacement.
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Pope disqualified from serving on Kansas City's Board of Zoning Adjustment.
Pope Francis on Israel’s assault on Gaza: “This is not war, it is terrorism”.
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Governments should tax billionaires and invest in the working class.
Tomorrow Jackson County will vote on whether it should do the *opposite* of that.
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Several hundred Kansas Citians gathered at the plaza yesterday in support of Palestine.
Kinda wild that I can't find any local media coverage of what's probably the largest protest in KC since 2020.
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Ask yourself why an election-denying MAGA Republican spent north of $100k to elect a bunch of Democrats to KCMO's city council.
(Hint: it's so that he can get ordinance 240260 passed. It will be heard in the Finance Committee on Wednesday at 10:30 AM.)
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liberal "yes" voter who pretends they never saw the John Oliver episode about stadium subsidies
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Hey, if the city is in the business of issuing loans, can regular people at least get them?
If me and my neighbors want to build or buy cooperative housing, will the city spot us $700k?
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If you wanna see The Godfather reference from this week's finance committee meeting 👇
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@dlm_bmlawkc
If it's a public benefit, then the teams should be publicly owned. Otherwise, it's just corporate welfare.
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Will the government pay off my mortgage if I promise not to move for 40 years?
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Here's an interactive map for the results of the Jackson County stadium sales tax question. It's on Google Maps and zoom-able, and click-able.
Link:
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Why wouldn't Jackson just spend the *entire* $2 billion dollars on community benefits instead of asking the Royals to be weird middle man?
A minimum of $140 million dollars of community benefit dollars.
-Highest minority business workforce goals in all of
#KansasCity
-Committed to high pay jobs
-Workforce training inclusion
-Kcps doesn’t suffer any lost revenues
Affordable housing
Directly from the mouths of…
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RideKC Iris is not a transportation system. It's an excuse to end bus service, and that's starting with Gladstone.
Gladstone is ending bus service. Buses will drive through Gladstone, but not stop there. This is ridiculous.
The first week of July, KCATA will post notice in all Gladstone bus stops that the bus service in Gladstone will be discontinued in 60 days-approximately by Sep 1. Buses will continue to flow through, but pick-up and drop-off locations will be at stops outside city limits.
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Okay so what exactly do voters know on *this side* of April 2?
- no clear ask from city or state
- no lease guaranteeing teams stay for duration of tax
- no enforceable CBA
- no signed commitment to KCPS
- don't even know which businesses will be displaced
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@KansasCity
@Royals
CEO John Sherman says the properties east of Oak and whether they get demolished for the team’s proposed entertainment district will be discussed ‘on the other side of April 2nd.’
@fox4kc
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Appointment was approved by the full council, 11-1
Thank you Mayor
@QuintonLucasKC
for the honor
FYI: confirmation of my appointment as an alternate member of Kansas City's Board of Zoning Adjustment will be heard in the Special Committee for Legal Review at 1:30 today.
If it advances there, it will be in front of full council on Thursday.
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Why is it so much to ask that developers pay their taxes? The rest of us do.
Port KC is considering a $25 million tax break for a market-rate housing development in the Plaza that would start around $1,300 for a studio, $1,800 for a one-bedroom unit and $2,800 for a two-bedroom unit.
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It's April 3 which means that we all get to say farewell to the swarm of reply guys that flooded KC twitter the last several weeks.
Goodbye 👋
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@EmacInSTL
Here's how large the Gaza Strip is compared to the Saint Louis Metro Area
STL metro population: 2.8m
Gaza Strip population: 2.3m
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Is now a good time to say that the Royals proposal was a... swing and a miss?
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Looks like CBA negotiations fell through and the coalition negotiating it has endorsed a NO vote.
“We’re here today to say that the royals have not earned our vote. They have not even come close to meeting our demands. Vote no on April 2nd.” - Terrence Wise
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BREAKING: The Royals and Chiefs each dropped another $500k into their committee on Friday.
That brings the total amount that billionaire team owners have spent on this election to $3m.
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Richard Chaves' is getting a "loan" for his roundabout for his parking lot and planned gas station, fast food restaurants and others that have no plans.
It was passed with the following votes and campaign expenditures:
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This is a typical bus stop in Gladstone.
On the left, there's a thrift store. In the center, there's a plasma donation center. On the right there's an apartment complex that rents for ~$800/mo.
Gladstone ending bus service means a bus will drive down this road, but won't stop.
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"Good" news? News, for sure. But definitely not good.
Clay Countians have already been polled on this and 70% said NO tax for a billionaire stadium. Not to mention the fact that Clay County simply doesn't have the tax base to support.
The failure to pass a stadium sales tax in Jackson County could mean good news for Clay County and or Wyandotte County.
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@QuintonLucasKC
As someone who has been deeply impacted by an auto fatality, I think solutions should focus more on street design than punitive enforcement
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Can journalists pleeeeeeeeeease stop quoting
@jhwkcmo
about a Royal's Stadium without at least disclosing that he's literally on the payroll for a company that would financially benefit from it?
This Clay County Commissioner has suddenly become a one-man hype machine for the Royals to come to Clay County. So it’s worth noting that he WORKS for JE Dunn, part owners of the Royals and big contract players for any new stadium construction 🧐
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I would hope that, rather than attempting to do damage control, elected leaders take a minute to self reflect on how they could end up so out of touch with their own constituents.
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Royals: gimme a billion dollars
JaCo: how about 1/3 of that?
Royals: the best I can do is quadruple my original offer
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Full election results are in! Strap in-for some precinct-level analysis.
Starting with the 6th district, a majority of 6th district voters voted for all of the
@KCTenantsPower
candidates on their ballot.
🧵...
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Today marks 5 years of the best decision I ever made - marrying my highschool sweetheart.
Here's us in 2017
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"Where are the Palestinians?"
From the President all the way down to the local library, our government is indifferent to even hearing from Palestinians, let alone not aiding in their mass slaughter. Ceasefire now!
The
@KCLibrary
thought it was a good idea to host a presentation about “understanding the Arab-Israel conflict” featuring 2 white men: both EMPLOYEES of the US Military and one a “former liaison to the IDF”. Powerful disruption by local Palestinian organizers. 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
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I planted a tree last night in my very tree-less back yard. Thank you
@KansasCity
for the free tree!
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@ChrIssuesKc
Never went to college myself. Grew up in poverty and decided I couldn't afford the risk associated with student loans
I support cancelation bc a large part of the reason my family was poor was that my mom, a single mother of 5, spent so much of her income on her student loans
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I'm quoted in this!
33 companies own nearly 14,000 homes in the Kansas City region. Five of those companies own nearly 8,000 homes. Let's talk about how real estate investment impacts local communities.
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FYI: No one has even attempted to address the concern that Chaves' private parking lot would cut into the $55m annual revenue for the aviation department. How is the city going to budget for those lost funds?
Why is the city participating in defunding itself?
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I don’t know who needs to be told this, but the existing political institutions of the Northland are not representative of who actually lives here. Here’s a thread...
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@StrikeDebt
@mattyglesias
🙋♂️ I happen to be one (1) person who did not attend college.
I decided I couldn't afford it. I grew up in poverty due to my mother's crippling student debt.
Needless to say, I support canceling student debt and free college.
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A while ago, an elderly neighbor of mine told me about a house down the street from us that looked like a castle. It was apparently quite iconic in the area, and fell into disrepair.
This house is a piece in the history of blight and redevelopment in this slice of KCMO. 1/14 🧵
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I was uninsured for most of my early 20s because I'm an orphan. Can't be on your parents' plan if you don't have parents.
The ACA is woefully inadequate, mostly just subsidizing private insurers while doing nothing to make healthcare a right.
In your early 20s? You might not know that the Affordable Care Act is the reason you can stay on your parents’ health care plan until you’re 26. Before the ACA, health care companies could kick you off earlier – sometimes right after college.
It’s another reason why we need to…
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When I spoke yesterday in cmte, I called Richard Chaves a carpetbagger. It might sound harsh, but he moved to the area (not KCMO) in 2019 from Dallas, specifically to expand his family's parking empire.
Here's how the Chaves family describes their carpetbagging business model 👇
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For four weeks now I have waited for
@JCEFrankWhite
to pick up the fumble, and run for the end-zone. When asked in 3 meetings for a plan, he suggested waiting was the best method.
Waiting for what, he said, “the right time”.
I refuse to wait for the teams to go somewhere else…
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Got nearly 100 followers yesterday. Welcome aboard! Expect to hear my thoughts on local
#kcmo
politics, with the occasional table, graph or map.
But I'm happy to see so many people see the political reality of the Northland is vastly different from the dominant narrative.
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FYI: confirmation of my appointment as an alternate member of Kansas City's Board of Zoning Adjustment will be heard in the Special Committee for Legal Review at 1:30 today.
If it advances there, it will be in front of full council on Thursday.
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Every single County Legislature district voted NO.
District 1,
@MannyAbarcaIV
's district, showed the strongest opposition to question 1, voting about 61.8% NO.
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It shouldn't be deadly to walk. You shouldn't have to walk miles just to get to the other side of a 100ft interstate. A mother in the Northland lost her child because of car-dependent infrastructure.
Alex should be alive.
Another Alex shouldn't lose their life because they were forced to make a choice between a 2 mile walk out of their way, or crossing a dangerous road.
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As Northlanders, we gotta take care of one another.
We need to have Ralph's back.
“This Is A Hate Crime”: Kansas City Black Family Demanding Justice After A White Man Shoots Black Boy, Ralph Yarl, In The Head Twice For Ringing Doorbell Of The Wrong Home, White Man Released By Police Hours Later
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And it's often said that "land doesn't vote, people do." So here's a map where each precinct is a circle sized according to the total number of votes cast at that precinct.
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I'm currently in the City Council chambers to watch the finance committee discuss Richard Chaves' handout.
I'll post some updates here.
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This is all to say that when people make generalizations about "the Northland" or when elected officials talk about what "the Northland" thinks about a given issue, consider that there's probably a voice being left out. (9/9)
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Tired of reading about the Chaves roundabout fiasco from a poster and wanna read an actual journalist?
@celisa_mia
's got you covered:
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Did you know that in 2006 there were actually TWO stadium taxes on the ballot in Jackson County?
Question 1 imposed the 3/8¢ tax for renovations.
It passed w 53.5%
Question 2 was a use tax to pay for a rolling roof at arrowhead. It failed w 48.7%
Maps from
@KCStar
archives
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Liberal in 1773: "I support the right to peacefully protest, but breaking into ships and throwing tea into the harbor is not peaceful!"
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Props to my congressman,
@repcleaver
for listening to constituents.
This wouldn't be possible without the work and organizing done by Al-Hadaf KC, an organization of Palestinians in KC fighting for a free Palestine 🇵🇸
Breaking: Kansas City Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said today he supports a ceasefire in Gaza.
KCUR’s George Russell has the scoop:
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If anyone is considering playing minigolf next door to a 10-lane interstate, I would recommend that you instead go to Parkville Mini Golf.
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I'm begging my fellow Americans to have compassion for Palestinians. This is heartbreaking. As an orphan myself, I can't even begin to imagine the hell that Julia has experienced at only 3 years old.
Julia, a little 3-year-old girl, lost her house after Israel bombed it, she also lost both her mother & her father, & all other family members. Julia has no place to call home or family.
This journalist, Ismail, has been looking after Julia & is in search for a shelter for her.
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3 years ago today, my wife and I became homeowners. It was the first time I felt like I wasn't destined to a life of poverty.
The occasion has had me thinking about homeownership and its relationship to housing security.
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I picked up my Kansas City flag today! I got it by winning
@KansasCity
's fountain day bingo last week and it was a lot of fun!
Thank you to the communications staff at
@KansasCity
for the challenge and the flag!
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Today I'm one of 150 canvassers out knocking doors throughout the city with
@KCTenantsPower
I'm knocking the doors of my neighbors here in the Northland!
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When infrastructure $ in the Northland are put toward McMansion subdivisions in the middle of nowhere, it leaves behind the existing, older parts of the Northland with inadequate infrastructure.
This is a thread demonstrating our lack of sidewalks (8/9)👇
I want to draw particular attention to this section of the Northland.
Much of this part of town was developed prior to being annexed by the City of Kansas City in 1950. Meaning that it was built without regulations requiring builders to build sidewalks.
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@downtownkc
I think the fact that people are able to vote prior to necessary details being available is exactly why you should vote no.
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@KCTenants
$6680? That's a used car. I'm sharing a car with my wife right now.
What'd be even better is investing that money into public transportation so I don't need to buy a car.
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Weird to see how the reaction to trans homecoming queens has changed over time.
I was in high school the first time
@Northmen_OPHS
elected a trans homecoming queen and remember the only people who cared were Westboro Baptist Church - remember those people?
Trans women have a biological advantage in being popular with their high school classmates now
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The best part about being an adult is that you can just decide to get ice cream whenever you feel like it.
I went to One More Scoop on Vivion Rd. Yum!
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@QuintonLucasKC
If it's off by $1b and on the low end of the range that's $3b. Still triple the original ask and 10x the County's offer.
However many billions, it's ridiculous for a billionaire to ask for more billions.
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Petition to require that layoff announcements must mention the company's recent profits and stock buybacks
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To be clear, the only confirmed project on the landed owned by "Kansas City Airport Parking LLC" is, shockingly, a parking lot.
A gas station, fast food restaurants, etc have not been confirmed. And even if they were, are not net positives for the city.
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This is an excellent example of leadership.
I'd like to know where my Council reps stand on the stadium tax
@EricWBunch
@CrispinRea
.
It's important the City Council take a stand considering the Royal's plan to ask KCMO for money too and we still don't even know how much.
No excuse early voting begins tomorrow. I think it’s important people know why I’ll be voting no to subsidize the stadiums.
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For a lot of people, a 35% rent increase is the same as an eviction without a day in court.
Solidarity to my Northland neighbors in Parvin Estates fighting against their corporate landlord Yarco Properties.
PARVIN ESTATES TENANT UNION: Today 63 tenants at Parvin Estates formed a tenant union, with the support of KC Tenants, and invited their landlord, Yarco Properties, to the negotiation table. The tenants’ demands include reversing recent rent increases and improving conditions.
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EXCLUSIVE: A WIRED analysis of data leaked from the surveillance company formerly known as Shotspotter reveals the secret locations of 25,580 gunshot detection microphones.
Check our interactive map to see if there's a sensor mounted near you.
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For those following along with Richard Chaves' endeavor to get the City to subsidize his parking lot and possible McDonald's and Whataburger, his application for a TIF will be on the TIF commission's agenda tomorrow morning.
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I'd vote for an additional sales tax for buses in a heartbeat if it meant:
- free fare indefinitely
- buses allowed to stop in Gladstone
- decrease headway on more routes
And I imagine most voters would as well!
The board did not take any action on zero fare. Buses are still free to ride in KC.
The main issue is that zero fare is supported mainly through COVID relief dollars, which will be spent by 2025. That means the agency has a year to figure out the future of zero fare.
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I know this is a moot point, but for a city with a population of 4,548, $350m seems like an insane amount of money. That's like $77k per resident.
NEW: If you live in KCMO, you might get taxed three times for the Royals stadium.
Even if the Jackson County sales tax passes, it won't be enough to pay for the stadium. The team will need another $700 million, and they want taxpayers to fill that gap.
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🧵 on todays committee hearing about Richard Chaves' handout.
TLDR: Handout was lowered from $5.5m -> $700k to get "shovel in ground" & if passed as amended could leave the city on the hook for the other $4.8m or be left with a torn up intersection.
No one testified in support.
I'm currently in the City Council chambers to watch the finance committee discuss Richard Chaves' handout.
I'll post some updates here.
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