One of the most costly and destructive epochs in Kansas City is coming to a conclusion . . . At least as far as the courts are concerned.
Today's news . . .
THERE IS NOW A GUILTY PLEA IN THE CITADEL PLAZA HOT MESS AFTER MILLIONS HAVE BEEN WASTED DEVELOPING WHAT IS CURRENTLY AN EMPTY, DESOLATE AND DANGEROUS LOT IN KANSAS CITY'S URBAN CORE!!!
Her's the presser explaining the sitch:
KC developer pleads guilty to improperly handling asbestos at Citadel Plaza
KANSAS CITY, Mo. B Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., developer pleaded guilty in federal court today to improperly removing and disposing of asbestos-containing materials in connection with work at The Citadel Plaza Redevelopment Site.
William M. Threatt, Jr., 71, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to the charge contained in a June 29, 2010, federal indictment.
Threatt was the president and owner of The Citadel Plaza Redevelopment Site located in midtown Kansas City. Co-defendant Anthony Crompton, 42, of Kansas City, Mo., has also pleaded guilty. Crompton was an operator for The Citadel Plaza Redevelopment Site and a real estate director for Community Development Corporation of Kansas City. He directed the workers who performed demolition work at the Citadel Plaza site.
Threatt and Crompton admitted they violated the Clean Air Act in the process of removing and disposing of regulated asbestos-containing materials from numerous structures during the demolition and renovation of the Citadel Plaza site from April 2001 to July 2006. The Clean Air Act=s asbestos work practice standards describe the appropriate procedures for the notification and safe handling, stripping, removal and disposal of asbestos-containing materials during renovation or demolition to prevent emissions of particulate asbestos material into the air.
Threatt and Crompton failed to properly inspect the site for asbestos, remove asbestos materials prior to commencing work that could disturb the materials, ensure that asbestos materials were adequately wetted or otherwise captured in a ventilation system to reduce dust prior to disposal, ensure that asbestos materials were placed in leak-tight containers bearing warning labels, ensure that proper shipment records were maintained, ensure that a properly trained person in asbestos removal procedures was present at all times, ensure that asbestos waste was transported off-site in properly labeled containers, and ensure that asbestos waste was disposed of at approved disposal sites.
Under federal statutes, Threatt and Crompton are each subject to a sentence of up to five years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $250.000. Sentencing hearings will be scheduled after the completion of presentence investigations by the United States Probation Office.
This case is being prosecuted by First Assistant U.S. Attorney David M. Ketchmark. It was investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency, Criminal Investigation Division.
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LINKS:
KC Biz Journal: Citadel Plaza developer pleads guilty to asbestos violations
Star: Guilty plea in Citadel development case
Lots of good that will do now.
ReplyDelete....and the taxpayers get stuck with acres of contaminated ground...
ReplyDeleteAnd now, on to the $750,000 just approved for the Green Impact Zone, the $700,000 for a streetcar study, and the new downtown hotel.
ReplyDeleteAnd did we just hear from Schulte that this year's city budget was really tight.
Keep those slaes and earnings taxes coming, suckers!
Another Kansas City Epic Fail.
ReplyDeleteMore wasted Tax Dollars, but don't worry Mayor Sly plans to increase Taxes so City Hall will have more "Play" Money.
Any Jail time for those two turds.
ReplyDeleteFive years doesn't seem appropriate given the toxicity of the pollutants. Wonder how many cancer patients in the area.
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ReplyDeleteGee, lots of jobs created by the Obama stimulus by the pinheads at Silly Hall
See comments on Green Impact Zone additional $750,000 city funding and Bancroft School Apartments project - http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10849017&postID=2562387366022314447&page=1&token=1328157979627&isPopup=true .
ReplyDeleteAnother Citadel or Beacon Hill million dollar houses mess? Taxpayers need to communicate to Mayor and City Council that the money sucking train needs to stop - e.g. Toy trains via a downtown increase property and sales tax; increase water/sewer bill; reinstated utility tax; increased vehicle license fee; and more to come! The current Mayor and Council are drunken sailors on a spending spree with our money!!!!!! This needs to stop or they need to be removed from office.
Typical nigger behavior. Get anything of value, fuck it up, and never do anything about it until forced to by the courts.
ReplyDeleteKeep sipping on those Colt 40s. When will people learn.
But the white Council people and mayor approved it too. Will they be doing jail time as well?
ReplyDeleteSaw a lot of peck a woods in line to get Chocolate Ale. Pecks just Fuck up everything.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, just another example of normal nigger behavior. They do indeed, fuck up everything! Everything!!
ReplyDeleteThe white council people approved it becasue they were terrified that if they said no, Terry Riley and Gwen Grant would call them names and threaten them.
ReplyDeleteThat's how tax money gets to the east side and why it usually disappears without a trace.
And why that happens over and over again.
Cowardice; with YOUR money.
When does Terry Riley go to jail? And Doc Worley?
ReplyDeleteRace has absolutely nothing to do with the failure of the development project. What happened to the boards, commissions, City Council and other government agencies that were obligated to do their due diligence in respect of the public good? Can you ignorant racists not find any other facts or depth of analysis to explain this debacle? Do you not have decades of history to reference the atrocious political escapades of our white forefathers at tax payers expense? I know the problem...just as a recent study published in Psychological Science explained... racists tend to have lower than average IQ's. See for yourselves...if you can figure out how to access the study.
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