Stellar MUST READ reporting from The KC Biz Journal: Kansas City streetcar plan is unconstitutional, property owners’ suit says
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Ah the Air Filter Company Lady. She's not real popular unfortunately. I was hoping it would be Kemper Jr. or someone but I'll take it.
ReplyDeleteAgree. Wish good luck to these folks.
ReplyDeleteWho says she's not popular? She just became my hero. Someone who's not afraid to stand up to city hall.
ReplyDeleteThe Street Car People hate her guts. But that's a sure sign something isn't quite right with this whole voodoo street car deal.
ReplyDeleteHopefully our laggard TV media will get on board in a timely manner.
ReplyDeleteStupid
ReplyDeleteNo good visuals.
ReplyDeleteS T R E T C H is finally good for something!
ReplyDeleteWhats stupid is our basic essential infrastructure is crumbling, visitor traffic has declined at KCI for 2012, our services suck, crime is going through the roof, and these idiots at City Hall decide an obscenely overpriced streetcar is going to solve all our problems. Lets not forget the farce this vote was either.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't eat that shit Grinders churns out but kudos to the owner for taking the lead.
ReplyDeleteCall this the revenge of Stretch?
ReplyDeleteIt's Justice. Not "Just Us" which is the prevailing mentality of City Hall.
ReplyDeleteDoug Stone, an attorney who guided the city through the election process, declined comment Thursday.
ReplyDelete"guided the city" ROFLMAO
Let me see if I understand how blogs work, Tony.
ReplyDeleteLate this morning, a "tipster" called you to tell you that the lawsuit had been filed. Without doing the slightest bit of work, you rush this "tip" into print.
A couple of hours later, an actual reporter fleshes the story out with details -- including who the actual plaintiffs are. Details you couldn't be bothered with.
But of course, "you read it first here."
That the way it works?
Anyone care to guess the last time a TDD was overturned in the state of Missouri?
ReplyDeleteBut always a first time for everything.
ReplyDeleteagree with SuperDave.
ReplyDeleteThere has never been a court challenge to a TDD in Missouri before. And this lawsuit isn't challenging the TDD itself, but the voting process on how it was established.
ReplyDelete@3:28pm I think the reason the Kempers and the big money people won't come out in public as being against this is they are afraid of the politicians at City Hall. I know for a fact that there is a large and growing number of businesses and taxpayers who are against this. Hopefully now that someone has filed a lawsuit they will step forward in their opposition. And I hope everyone else who is opposed will call and write their councilperson and express their views.
ReplyDeleteThe big money people won't sign on because its a frivolous and baseless lawsuit with no legal standing and they -- unlike Sue "save my semi-trailer in-street parking" Burke and Jeff "aging gracefully" Rumaner -- they value their reputations.
ReplyDeleteThe big money people won't sign on because its a frivolous and baseless lawsuit with no legal standing and they -- unlike Sue "save my semi-trailer in-street parking" Burke and Jeff "aging gracefully" Rumaner -- they value their reputations.
ReplyDeleteSo the basis of the petitioners in the suit is their arguement that a non-resident property owner of the city (and likely in most cases) and possibly the state, has a right to vote on a tax? If these non-resident property owners have a right to vote on a tax, why wouldn't they have a right to vote for any other matter including elected officials? It seems like the only ones coming out ahead on this will be their attorneys who will be arguing for a new right which doesn't exist anywhere else in the Republic. Absurd.
ReplyDeleteThe two plaintiffs are resident property owners. They both are residents of KCMO but were denied a vote. They get to vote on all other tax matters that affect the taxes levied within KCMO, both property and sales.
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