Kansas City wants entertainment districts to be quiet.
Here's the impending doom for smaller local clubs moving forward:
KSHB: KCMO noise ordinance passes committee; slated for full council vote
KSHB: "Members of the city's Housing and Healthy Communities committee voted unanimously Wednesday to change the city's current noise ordinance. A representative from the Health Department testified to how noise is a public health issue and the new ordinance needs to include new rezoning rules. Last year, they received 178 noise complaints last year compared to 82 so far this year. They're concerned with how much areas like the entertainment districts are growing and now businesses and residential areas are coming together."
To which STRETCH replies:
"They're trying to make laws without checking the demand and what's necessary and how to make it work for everybody," said Jeff Rumaner, who owns Grinder's and Grinder's West at the Crossroads District.
"It's gonna kill our business, it's gonna kill a lot of other businesses that want to come in," he said.
Developing . . .
Hey idiot. There is no shortage of music promoters who know how to stage live music inside and make it very successful.
ReplyDeleteGet a clue!!!
When you can hear the noise from one mile away in your house it's time to shut it down.
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't mind killing people from sleep deprivation apparently.
ReplyDeleteWith warrants out for the arrest of Toni Bones in three jurisdictions . . .
ReplyDeleteWith Clay Chastain's "Can't Miss" lawsuit going down in flames . . .
With Glazer unable to draw flies to his new "club" . . .
I guess it's time for Stretch.
Who the fuck is this idiot?
ReplyDeleteYour typical CKMO neanderthal 7:05
ReplyDeleteWestport area is the worst offender for outdoor music. It needs to be indoors.
ReplyDeleteYou better apologize to any remaining Neanderthals.
ReplyDeleteOld people want gentrification and that requires noise ordinance to hire more police.
ReplyDeleteIf the music is so profitable for him he could build a soundproofed building on that lot for music.
ReplyDeleteTKC loves freaks and weirdoes. It's the price we pay for the occasional peek at T&A.
ReplyDeleteI would have thought Stretch had been in KC long enough to know someone to bribe. Or doesn't that happen anymore?
ReplyDeleteHate to say it but Stretch is right, if they want to enforce a noise ordinance it will curtail local business. That is just a fact.
ReplyDeleteHow about the noise from gunfire. Does that qualify as a public health issue? If so lets shut down the whole city east of Troost.
ReplyDeleteTell us about the good old days when Burning Man was cool.
ReplyDeleteI see a box of chlorox, is that a lot rape kit on the table
ReplyDeleteThere are plenty of vacant houses in quiet neighborhoods that are still looking for investment before we start cracking down on venues that are generating revenue for the city.
ReplyDeleteThe fact is, we've invested more public and private money into making the downtown/crossroads into an entertainment venue, and if we're going to suddenly change all that because now people who wanted to live close to the excitement can't handle the noise, then cut it out with the residential TIFs downtown, already.
Stretch poured a lot of his own capitol into the Crossroads before the city ever spent a dime down there and is partially responsible for a lot of the organic growth that sparked the interest in a downtown renaissance.
There is a billion dollars circulating and exchanging hands downtown at any given moment according to the Downtown KC social media twitter people.
ReplyDeletePerhaps they give stretch some free money so he can put a soundproof plexiglass bubble up over his lot so those that have to get in bed at 9:00 to be up at 5:00 am can get their rest.
I had a conversation with the owner of this venue-who didn't go by Stretch, so now I have no idea who the hell I talked to-because of the ridiculous South African techno band who blasted their music from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm on a Wednesday night last summer. The guy was not only extremely condescending on the phone and rude about my lack of cultural sensitivity, but also tried to tell me that Western Auto couldn't possibly hear his bullshit music. Apparently, Kauffman Center was outside of his zone of understanding. But what really got me was learning that he was based in Laurence, Kansas. He doesn't really come here at all and so has no idea what the hell is around him. I don't know who the hell Stretch (trademark? did he really say trademark in the interview?!) is, but if this is the kind of guy who wants to go out on a limb and proclaim he "gets Crossroads" more than a resident of four years does, I am happier than ever to announce I'm out of that area. He needs to grow up, get over it, and accommodate his neighbors-it's not a vacant lot anymore.
ReplyDeleteHow about all those blubbery geezers on loud Harleys??
ReplyDeleteFeel safe when they're around, knowing 99.9% C.C. battle ready mofos. Their ol' ladies, too.
DeleteAnd potty mouthed crap tunes blasting from N*ggah Krackah Escalades?
ReplyDeleteAnd don't forget, this "Stretch" asshole sat on the TIF Commission....
ReplyDeleteAlso found out honky Lenexa (102 nd & PFLUMM RD) ain't hip to the trash trip...loud late crap tunes in nice JoCo hood.
DeleteStretch..? ,...bet there's a goofass story to that moniker.
The Polar Bear and Polar Bear Productions would like to announce a World Exclusive Event in Killa City.
ReplyDeleteSaturday night, June 20th, 2015. Live at Arrowhead Stadium.
A MMA, steel cage fight between Stretch and Chuckles. 12 rounds, no holds barred. Knutt kicking, hair pulling, ass kicking, eye gouging, all legal.
Fan's are encouraged to bring anything they would like to throw at the contestants. Batteries, dirt clods, tire irons, liquid filled tampons, rotten eggs and for our local Negros, shit balls.
Tickets on sale at Ticketmaster this Saturday at 10. American Express cardholders can purchase tickets early.