Local municipalities aren't friendly when it comes to flood control

Wyandotte officals thing flood control is only KCMO's problem . . . Channel 9 reports: KCK Considers Scrapping Flood Control: The future of a $92 million dollar flood-control project is in doubt after some Kansas City, Kan., officials said that city might pull out of the venture . . .

A year ago, Kansas City, Kan., agreed to spend $12 million over several years as its share of a project designed to protect businesses that suffer chronic flooding when Turkey Creek goes over its banks.

Kansas City, Mo., agreed to spend $23 million on the project and the Army Corps of Engineers would pay $57 million.

But during a June 12 budget meeting, some members of the Unified Board of Commissioners of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., questioned why the city should support the project when it appeared that recent improvements to Turkey Creek's channel along Interstate 35 caused the flooding.

Additionally, while I normally never believe bluster from a politico . . . I tend to take them seriously when they talk about "pulling out" prematurely.