tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post1158352362994734163..comments2024-03-06T04:16:12.541-06:00Comments on Tony's Kansas City: TKC EXCLUSIVE AND BREAKING NEWS!!! DOWNTOWN CONVENTION HOTEL FIGHT STARTS AGAIN THIS WEEK!!!Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-37312292265325893192017-11-14T20:15:27.334-06:002017-11-14T20:15:27.334-06:00We need a new airport. Oh wait.....we need a new ...We need a new airport. Oh wait.....we need a new hotel for those thousands of visitors we host every month. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-70898787890206758032017-11-14T12:37:15.756-06:002017-11-14T12:37:15.756-06:00Vacum cleaner convention salesmen will be able to ...Vacum cleaner convention salesmen will be able to enjoy a Cinnabon at the new airport, and then take a streetcar back to their convention hotels before maybe plunking down a couple quarters into the old Magic FIngers machine. <br /><br />Sly's got a little bit of Elon Musk in him such is his futuristic vision for our town. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-90445710750247666062017-11-14T12:36:53.233-06:002017-11-14T12:36:53.233-06:00Just keep in mind that the "developer", ...Just keep in mind that the "developer", Mr. Burke, is not a real estate developer or a hotelier.<br />How this "project" turns out makes no difference to him and whether or not it turns out to be financially sustainable is also not his concern.<br />The fact that most of the downtown hotels have needed taxpayer help over the years will continue to be ignored.<br />Mr. Burke is a development attorney and will make his money on the legal and financial transactions that have taken place and will continue as this moves along.<br />As usual, what's left after the transaction gang moves on to the NEXT BIG THING will become the problem of KCMO and its taxpayers.<br />It never changes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-7458701866100900912017-11-14T12:18:03.781-06:002017-11-14T12:18:03.781-06:00Now that KCI passed, Burke will be back for more C...Now that KCI passed, Burke will be back for more City Hall money! And the Chamber will be cheering him on!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-35793790851199764502017-11-14T09:39:59.999-06:002017-11-14T09:39:59.999-06:00If the billionaire tax cut passes on Friday in DC ...If the billionaire tax cut passes on Friday in DC there will be plenty of money for hotels. The upper middle class will take a hit and Mayor Sly James dream of making Kansas city sao Paulo Brazil will come true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-8135745671576481872017-11-14T09:19:58.890-06:002017-11-14T09:19:58.890-06:00Sure he is getting his stinking airport now so Sly...Sure he is getting his stinking airport now so Sly wants the taxpayers to fund this midwest white elephant.I voted "NO" so kiss my ass snowflakesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-62465707591785333822017-11-14T09:16:22.615-06:002017-11-14T09:16:22.615-06:00Did anyone notice they snuck another $40,000,000 f...Did anyone notice they snuck another $40,000,000 from the taxpayers into the deal? Now there going to get $200,000,000 in bond money backed by LCRA, the taxpayers. KCMO has the stupidest voters ever! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-12249570036251885922017-11-14T09:02:05.709-06:002017-11-14T09:02:05.709-06:00Fear fear fear we won't be as good as anyone e...Fear fear fear we won't be as good as anyone else without a new hotel.<br /><br />So let go into even more debt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-47882345794890313502017-11-14T08:48:50.478-06:002017-11-14T08:48:50.478-06:00KC just can not survive without that earnings tax....KC just can not survive without that earnings tax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-37649962633778927212017-11-14T08:08:19.808-06:002017-11-14T08:08:19.808-06:00No Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Meeti...No Planning, Zoning and Economic Development Meeting until Nov. 29. Fake News. Like downtown hotel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-61587963681322920682017-11-14T07:26:29.987-06:002017-11-14T07:26:29.987-06:00Very nice, see you guys at the hotel groundbreakin...Very nice, see you guys at the hotel groundbreaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-33467263326883552232017-11-14T06:57:36.904-06:002017-11-14T06:57:36.904-06:00Sorry dudes, they already pulled permits and bow t...Sorry dudes, they already pulled permits and bow tie the clown is getting them bond money to get it built, c’mon tony you should already know thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-51295749074060293352017-11-14T06:45:12.593-06:002017-11-14T06:45:12.593-06:00^^^ +1^^^ +1KC Korruptionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-12414361290685596902017-11-14T05:42:19.136-06:002017-11-14T05:42:19.136-06:00Put Sky's name on it but Mike makes two millio...Put Sky's name on it but Mike makes two million putting it together. Looks like Mike won the election, not Sly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-54650156627762361452017-11-14T04:25:41.055-06:002017-11-14T04:25:41.055-06:00Start over with a new plan. Downtown has made even...Start over with a new plan. Downtown has made even more progress since this hotel was conceived, we CAN get a better deal. BCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-62347875863436941852017-11-14T04:18:30.249-06:002017-11-14T04:18:30.249-06:00^^^ So you want to name it the hotel patronage?<b>^^^ So you want to name it the hotel patronage?</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-32309660314404489372017-11-14T04:17:53.397-06:002017-11-14T04:17:53.397-06:00For some reason, I don't really mind if we nam...For some reason, I don't really mind if we name this one after Sly James. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-29697320360197954912017-11-14T04:17:12.868-06:002017-11-14T04:17:12.868-06:00The problem here isn't just the secrecy, it...The problem here isn't just the secrecy, it's the financial structure overall. KC fronting the development has actually hurt the project. Any decent business isn't going to want to start off with the city's hand in the pockets of a hotel. Politicians always have a way of meddling and that's something that most companies desperately ant to avoid. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com