TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! SUBCONTRACTOR FAIR WAGE CONCERNS CONFRONT KANSAS CITY TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED 'TWO LIGHT' CONSTRUCTION!!!



This morning we have FIRST WORD on some major questions and conflicts looming over the continued development of Downtown Kansas City.

To wit . . .

CHECK THIS KANSAS CITY INSIDER TESTIMONY REVEALING SERIOUS LABOR ISSUES CONFRONTING A SUBCONTRACTOR AND LOCALS LOSING OUT DOWNTOWN WORK AWARDED TO AN OUT-OF-TOWN COMPANY!!!

Here's the word that should offer a better perspective on the reality of economic development within the loop. Checkit:

Two Light Tower Construction

KCMO is subsidizing The Cordish Company approximately $17 million for the construction of Two Light Tower. Because there are city incentives, prevailing wage law applies. Cordish has directed their general contractor, JE Dunn, to subcontract with a non-union electrical contractor from Wisconsin, Faith Technologies. Faith Technologies has a history of failing to comply with prevailing wage laws.

The Little Blue Valley Sewer District found them to be an unacceptable subcontractor for Phase II Construction of the Atherton Waste Water Treatment Plant and asked the General Contractor to find a different subcontractor that didn't have a history of violating labor laws. I have read the minutes from the Board meeting and it's interesting because Mayor Sly James is on that Board and he voted in favor of removing Faith Technologies from the project.



In summary:

1. City money is going to a subcontractor that has a history of labor violations, and that subcontractor will also likely be responsible for helping the project meet MBE/WBE/DBE contracting goals

2. City money is going to a subcontractor from Wisconsin when there are dozens of qualified electrical contractors based in Kansas City

3. The Mayor did not want Faith Technologies on a project for the Little Blue Valley Sewer District because of concerns with their history of failing to comply with labor law
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We found the sewer district board meeting minutes which confirms the assertions in this message (PAGES 3-15) or at least Mayor Sly's initial vote on this company.

Developing . . .

Comments

  1. The tax break alone for two light should be rescinded along with all the other sketchy deals the old council put through at the last minute. That was a dirty trick by Sly and it needs to be undone.

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  2. Hiz Honor does what he's told. No surprise there.

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  3. Interesting that someone hasn't filed an injunction against this development. And why Cordish is a apart of this alone should be reason for an injunction.

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  4. Another downtown give away that turned me away from Glover and gave us Shields, who I know is a huge mistake. Buyer's Remorse

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  5. The Mayor needs to step up for the citizens of Kansas City. Cordish has been taking advantage of KCMO for a long time. As a taxpayer, it's frustrating that our City Council continues to be so weak when negotiating with them.

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  6. This is a mess on all sides.

    City should never have subsidized Cordish for anything. Cordish makes its money off "developing" and doesn't care whether the resulting "development" is ever profitable or successful.

    Prevailing wage requirements are BS. They prevent the market from working and artificially inflate the cost of public projects.

    Result: the city is getting screwed by Cordish while blowing the unions

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  7. Think Paco, think.

    Can you get past your bias long enough to wrap your mind around a pissed off bidder who did not get the contract?

    And you have the balls to claim free speech.

    Maybe if you have an axe to grind.

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  8. Just fill the trough once again with millions of taxpayers' dollars, open the door, and let the usual suspects push, shove, and elbow their way to the front of the line.
    God will work it out.

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  9. Sly Pendergast

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  10. They managed to keep the hallucination going with the help of The Star, the criminal misrepresentation of statistics and numbers, and all the other frosty publicity CKMO spokespeople churn out on a daily basis.

    Maybe reality is begging to "blow back" on the past four years.

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  11. Watch what you say about Cathy Jolly.

    The word is Tony is providing IP numbers and informing.

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  12. We’ve got plenty of problems here — political ineptitude and their irrational human behavior being at the top of the list.

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  13. 11:59 AM "The word is Tony is providing IP numbers and informing"

    Is this trolley boy?

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  14. May even be Sexy Cindy 12:03

    Try to scare away people from TKC when all else fails.

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  15. How do you think Tony gets all the media time?

    Commenters should be scared.

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  16. "...INSIDER TESTIMONY REVEALING SERIOUS LABOR ISSUES..." Translation, local union representative pissed that the contract went to a non-union shop, even though neither the City or Cordish is under any obligation to use union labor. Faith Technologies has a LARGE local office, I've used them on projects in the past, and generally they've performed well.

    I don't think that Cordish should have received ANY incentives for Two Light, but this isn't post isn't anything close to a legitimate concern or gripe. It's sour grapes (or union propaganda, if you will)...

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  17. Union dues going to political causes like banking profits going to political causes is of public concern.

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  18. @12:21 PM "Commenters should be scared"


    Scared of what?

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  19. 1:02 Scared of Byron Funkhouser is what.

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  20. Boo!

    You would think that paranoids would be motivated to be better informed.

    TKC Scholars

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  21. How are the city fathers going to get vacations if they can't travel all over the country checking out contractors? Sheesh! This is a no brainer.

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  22. Anybody expecting Sly, Burke, and crew to dominate the world in convention business must be wondering how the Keystone Kops managed to take over the 29th and 26th floor at City Hall.

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  23. This is a bad deal. City Hall needs to stop it.

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  24. Another scam brought to you by Sly and Burke. I'm not afraid to say it to their face if they would let me and I wish we had somebody decent to vote for

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  25. What about GOP presidential candidate Trump family money in the project?

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  26. The suggestion that anyone in KC government is concerned about labour law is incredible given the wage fiasco.

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  27. Sly is not with labor, he has been against us since day one. He is a scab Mayor and kc will be a better place with him out of office.

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