TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! COUNCIL DUDE JERMAINE REED FIGHTS FOR KANSAS CITY HOME RULE RESOLUITION!!!
The Kansas City minimum wage battle is about more than just local biz and also delves into the topic of municipal autonomy and the Missouri Constitution.
To wit . . .
AMID THE THREAT OF MISSOURI GOP OVERRIDE OF GOV. JAY'S RECENT HB 722 VETO, COUNCIL DUDE JERMAINE REED SPONSORS A RESOLUTION TOUTING KANSAS CITY 'HOME RULE' AND SELF-DETERMINATION!!!
Remember . . .
"House Bill 722 would have prevented cities from offering employment benefits that exceed state and federal standards, as well as preventing cities from imposing a ban, fee or tax on the use of paper and plastic grocery bags."
Gov. Jay statement about the Missouri legislation he struck down . . .
“House Bill 722 is a clear example of unwarranted government intrusion – in this case, interference with the policymaking of local governments and the abandonment of the principle of local control,” the Governor wrote in his veto letter. “Local voters ought to have the right to decide these issues. Just as there should be an appropriate allocation of responsibilities between federal and state governments, so too should the precept of local control apply to the relationship between state and local governments. The power grab embodied by House Bill 722 clearly violates that principle.”
Supporters of Missouri HB 722 and critics of the Gov's veto . . .
"The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry said it believes the governor's actions will hold back economic growth and create an unstable business community.
"The veto gives municipalities the ability to override state law and create a patchwork of complicated wage standards," said Karen Buschmann, the vice president of communications. "It will make it difficult for Missouri employers to comply to a thousand different standards."
And here's what the council is preparing to endorse . . .
Legislation #150754: Expressing opposition to Missouri House Bill 722, a legislative action recently vetoed by Governor Nixon that intrudes on local control; and directing the City Clerk to provide copies to the appropriate officials.
Text:
"That the City Council hereby states and reaffirms its support for the rights to self-determination in all areas of local concern for the voters and residents of Kansas City, a Constitutional Charter City.
"Section 2. That the City Council hereby requests the General Assembly to honor the intent of the Missouri Constitution on home rule contained in the Missouri Constitution, as well as Missouri’s long history of local governance, and not enact legislation which impinges and diminishes the peoples’ rights of self-governance at the local level.
"Section 3. That the City Council hereby requests that the General Assembly recognize the right of the people to self-governance by not acting to override the gubernatorial veto of HB 722. "
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And while this resolution doesn't have any real legislative merit or authority . . .
CHECK COUNCIL DUDE JERMAINE REED LOOKING TO SUPPORT GOV. JAY AND SEND A SMACK DOWN TO THE MISSOURI GOP SUPER-MAJORITY!!!
You decide if it's worth it . . .
So, I take it that councilman reed is now going to start running for Mayor too?
ReplyDeleteMinimum wage is a dead issue. The City can pass the resolution but that still won't change the fact that KC has not money for enforcement and our legislation means nothing.
ReplyDeleteJermaine Reed for President 2016
ReplyDeleteInteresting that the libtard governor thinks the state reigning in municipalities is government interference, but municipalities fucking up small business with burdensome, cumbersome and plain fucking stupid ordinances is not a problem whatsoever. Man these libtards stick together right or wrong.
ReplyDeleteWell it is an interesting argument, and it is a healthy discussion of the power of the State v cities. The comparison of Fed-State to State-City is a little dubious to me.
ReplyDeleteI again propose the idea that the City Charter be changed such that no tax or wage increase or any other issue that affects people's pocketbooks can be passed without at least 35% of registered voters participating in the election. This would restrict such ballot issues to Presidential Election cycles.
ReplyDeleteThese clowns were elected by a tiny sliver of the population. That is not a mandate. That is a train wreck. Do not allow these narrow-minded anti-business buffoons to further wreck our city.
"...requests that the General Assembly recognize the right of the people to self-governance...." There is no right of either "the people" (by which I assume he means the City of Kansas City) to self government. Counties are subdivisions of the state and cities are corporate creations under state laws. It's the state that is sovereign. Counties and cities are allowed to govern themselves only to the extent that the state lets them.
ReplyDeleteRESOLUITION?
ReplyDeleteJermaine Reed should work on preventing his district from becoming the next Camden New Jersey, before it's to late.
ReplyDeleteBAD idea.
ReplyDeletebob at 9:25 is right. That is the law.
ReplyDeleteBless his heart, Jermaine Reed is being used by the unions and doesn't seem to get it.
Keep this up, Kansas City!! Red state Kansas welcomes all your businesses! Right to work state as well. JoCo loves ya baby. Coming soon, a Walmart in Mission--since KCMO doesn't seem to have them. Wonder why that is???????
As for Jermaine's argument about "home rule", well, dude, your city doesn't even control its own Police Department. So why would the state of Mizery allow you to more than double the minimum wage?
OK, gotta go now. Toothpaste is on sale at my Shawnee SuperWalmart, and my Shawnee Neighborhood Walmart at 75th and Quivira. And the Neighborhood Walmart at 91st and Metcalf. And the regular Walmart at 79th and I-35. "Beware of falling prices..."
you're super white, Tracy.
DeleteAll right. Got my morning coffee, a good dose of queer, nigger, Toy Train, save the fast food workers, rail on the downtown hotel and Jon Queer update from last night.
ReplyDeleteThanks Xalti, TKC and the other alias you utilize. Now some Irish Fest. See you there.
9:25 & 10:08, the very fact they are REQUESTING the state recognize a right implies that it doesn't yet exist and they are trying to create a new right. So I don't think anyone is disagreeing with you. Reading comprehension is a lost art.
ReplyDeleteWho's behind this? Jermaine's too stoopid to read the charter.
ReplyDeleteThe Picture is NOT an endorsement.
ReplyDeleteTaxpayer subsidized walmarts are the proof of kansas economic superiority!!
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha! Too fucking cute! Are you a Brownback staffer? Hahahha, Jesus fucking Christ. What a fucking retard!
Missouri is run by manchildren so stupid they could be Tony's KC commenters. And both should be ingored.
ReplyDeleteKANSAS CITY HOME RULE RESOLUITION!!!
ReplyDeleteSo uh what is the Resoluition?
He tweeted about Leon M. Jordan Campus (East Patrol & Crime Lab) - "$74 million investment in 3rd District"
ReplyDeleteRight and just who's going to be paying for - and maintaining this "investment" after all the contractors walk off with their cash-loot.
East patrol building looks like shit as expected.
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ReplyDeleteJermaine is a nitwit and THIS resolution isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
ReplyDeleteJust give Jermaine a box of crayons. That should hold him over.
ReplyDeleteJermaine thinks that this will allow NIGGERS to make their own rules and regulations, and that the humans will no longer be able to keep them in check. Think again NIGGER.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, the number of dead, dying and afflicted continue to increase. After four years in public office, nobody has ever accuses Reed of being smart, capable, or innovative. This proves it. Any councilman willing to run over its constituents for political favors doesn't carry much integrity - something else Reed has never been accused of possessing - and Third District voters do not value integrity. Now back to your regularly scheduled propaganda, urban gunfights and stray bullets... courtesy of Kansas City's Third District.
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