tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post5092369709768453321..comments2024-03-06T04:16:12.541-06:00Comments on Tony's Kansas City: TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! COMPARE AND CONTRAST KANSAS CITY RAIL TRANSIT PLANS WITH ACTIVIST CLAY CHASTAIN!!!Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-67990810287803326472014-01-28T21:11:21.772-06:002014-01-28T21:11:21.772-06:00Actually, the reason we hate the streetcar is beca...Actually, the reason we hate the streetcar is because it is an overpriced project that displaces minorities, uses a disproportionate amount of money that could be used to make better, more targeted and unique improvements, and we are making progress and growing our neighborhoods without it.<br /><br />When you're selling tax payer funded gentrification, it's important to mischaracterize your opposition.Bryan M. Stalderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345524318948369789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-24267467085769724152014-01-28T18:48:05.064-06:002014-01-28T18:48:05.064-06:00Yay, Clay! Go Clay, go! Win Clay, win!Yay, Clay! Go Clay, go! Win Clay, win!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-27031524945356098512014-01-28T12:59:30.991-06:002014-01-28T12:59:30.991-06:00If only City Hall would of changed their minds abo...If only City Hall would of changed their minds about Streetcars back in 2001 the cost would of been a lot lower and been done by now.<br />To many hard heads even when you give them the facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-75690070279141370232014-01-28T11:59:23.689-06:002014-01-28T11:59:23.689-06:00The arrogance of Kansas City thinking if it rushes...The arrogance of Kansas City thinking if it rushes out with a giant expenditure on its own program that somehow the courts will jump over on the side of the city. KC better hope that this turns out better than their red light cam snowjob.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-87277047770484406822014-01-28T11:39:57.299-06:002014-01-28T11:39:57.299-06:00"developers (sic) here and in every other urb..."developers (sic) here and in every other urban core from St. Louis to tampa (sic) list access to streetcars/light rail and good transit as a primary concern in where they locate businesses and buildings."<br /><br />Don't know about "every other urban core," but I understand Tampa's light rail is a disaster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-46661615871992452852014-01-28T11:18:16.852-06:002014-01-28T11:18:16.852-06:009:55 is an idiot to say the least and I hate to la...9:55 is an idiot to say the least and I hate to label people but sometimes they leave you no choice. I would guess they have never seen the schools in Shawnee Mission Dist. or Blue Valley, Olathe or Spring Hill or know anything about them? I wouldn't in anyway say their schools suck. I find as a rule people go where they want to be. And those paid to promote something will do so no matter how big a pile of crap it is. <br /><br />My families business has been in Kansas City since it was started. But the past five years it is getting harder to stay there. My employees have made it known they want to move, they hate the e-tax. They hate the streets and the way the snow is removed. I like tradition myself as well as my father so for us it's a hard call to make about moving. This so called transit system will not in any way help our company or those who visit it. Ok maybe in 10 years or so it might. But by then I think all work will have come to a stop on it due to not having enough tax money to continue adding to the retarded first phase of it. I know not of another business who is falling all over themselves to locate along this line. I myself wouldn't want to be located where those who feel a life of crime is called living and gets free travel to move along and rob at will. I myself am not going to ride something that has riders of that such on it. So the people who City Hall thinks is going to ride it won't and the ones they would rather not will. This starter line will look like that free day at the Zoo here a while back every day. That my friends is not something I want to be a part of.Carl, Mission Hillsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-57966266869688173462014-01-28T10:27:51.772-06:002014-01-28T10:27:51.772-06:009:55 you should stop wasting your time on TKC and ...9:55 you should stop wasting your time on TKC and start convincing black voters to pay higher taxes for a service they don't need or want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-5843186126454025312014-01-28T07:38:16.290-06:002014-01-28T07:38:16.290-06:008:41: Did I say either was a good idea? My point w...8:41: Did I say either was a good idea? My point was that the city will do as it pleases in spite of what voters want. (Ignore a passed referendum; pass a jury-rigged vote) Sorry I didn't make my point clearly enough for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-2583815656735753292014-01-28T07:33:29.244-06:002014-01-28T07:33:29.244-06:00Great point Great point Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-66129962227939870412014-01-28T07:33:26.687-06:002014-01-28T07:33:26.687-06:00Great point Great point Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-58048547072295023372014-01-28T07:32:11.720-06:002014-01-28T07:32:11.720-06:00Great point Great point Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-14081049525043945692014-01-27T22:05:33.838-06:002014-01-27T22:05:33.838-06:00Pat Klein... grow the fuck up! This is a city, du...Pat Klein... grow the fuck up! This is a city, duh. A city big enough and oriented towards a street car development? No. The City will never, ever, ever get people out of their personal cars and onto this stupid train. Grow a pair you drone troll. And fuck you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-30061679953676299852014-01-27T21:55:58.619-06:002014-01-27T21:55:58.619-06:00the tkc suburbanite trolls and the nothing can cha...the tkc suburbanite trolls and the nothing can change KCians are scared of the streetcar because its already working and everyone knows it.<br /><br />developers here and in every other urban core from St. Louis to tampa list access to streetcars/light rail and good transit as a primary concern in where they locate businesses and buildings.<br /><br />There a reason Kansas has to pay ridiculous subsidies to every business that relocates there, and its not because EVERYONE JUST NATURAL WANT TO LIVE IN JOCO, its because lots and lots of people prefer the city and the amenities it offers that suburbs cannot and never will.<br /><br />Transit is one of them. <br /><br />Diversity is one of them.<br /><br />Culture is one of them.<br /><br />KC is a great city, Having great transit (and this expanded plan would make KC's system on of the best in the midwest) is the cities biggest flaw right now. <br /><br />Crime happens in all cities. Schools suck in all cities. Regrettable but facts of life. KC offers a lot of bang for the buck, has an awesome culture and a cool, mellow lifestyle that people increasingly are discovering and it obviously make a lot of you suburbanites feel inferior.<br /><br />It should. You are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-51494921114501448752014-01-27T21:48:48.697-06:002014-01-27T21:48:48.697-06:00275,000 people in 58 square miles. 4750 people per...275,000 people in 58 square miles. 4750 people per square miles. Similar in size and population to St Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, etc. <br /><br />As dense as Portland.<br /><br />No single city in the suburbs has more people in less area than the urban core. And Downtown is literally booming. Midtown is picking up pace with apartment infills announced every couple weeks. The writing is on the wall. This is a city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-30071985912485823482014-01-27T21:47:54.382-06:002014-01-27T21:47:54.382-06:00Scheme is a good word for what passes as a plan fr...Scheme is a good word for what passes as a plan from City Hall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-88479356754507615882014-01-27T21:39:46.924-06:002014-01-27T21:39:46.924-06:00not only does the core exist, its STILL denser and...not only does the core exist, its STILL denser and bigger and better than anything else in this town. Your suburbs are run of the mill. This city is one of a kind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-66647968060158944832014-01-27T20:49:31.858-06:002014-01-27T20:49:31.858-06:00Sadly, it's all just too ridiculous for words....Sadly, it's all just too ridiculous for words. Johnson's plan is about eco-dev opportunities limited to a few friends while Chastain's plan is about moving people to a central core -- a central core that really hasn't existed for several decades. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-44374976128716505402014-01-27T20:41:44.047-06:002014-01-27T20:41:44.047-06:006:51 PM So you thought the Gondola was a great a...6:51 PM So you thought the Gondola was a great addition to public transportation?<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-46307150742684308122014-01-27T20:41:17.098-06:002014-01-27T20:41:17.098-06:006:51, you forget that this asshat Chastain tried t...6:51, you forget that this asshat Chastain tried to get it passed 8 times before and it was defeated at the ballot box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-40647636787739731112014-01-27T20:20:51.415-06:002014-01-27T20:20:51.415-06:00I can see Sly and Russ Johnson tearing thier hair ...I can see Sly and Russ Johnson tearing thier hair out over this. If not throwing shot glasses and lamps against the wall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-72005641602798121352014-01-27T20:04:38.553-06:002014-01-27T20:04:38.553-06:00Tony you see to be forgetting the Sly Foxx connect...Tony you see to be forgetting the Sly Foxx connection. Anthony "finally got our piece of the pie" Foxx is gonna make sure sly has a dollar or two of "sufficent federal funding" so the city can start draining the little remaining life out of the east side and the so called urban core. Choo! Choo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-8696204940933226642014-01-27T19:27:32.763-06:002014-01-27T19:27:32.763-06:00say what you want it still should be called the c...say what you want it still should be called the chastian lineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-86337395473231268112014-01-27T19:26:00.991-06:002014-01-27T19:26:00.991-06:00The Clay Plan: Ridiculous and unaffordable.
The Ci...The Clay Plan: Ridiculous and unaffordable.<br />The City Streetcar Plan: Unnecessary, impossible to rationalize the same way twice, and unaffordable.<br />The taxpayers: Screwed.<br />All aboard!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-58567118829153970732014-01-27T19:12:42.765-06:002014-01-27T19:12:42.765-06:00Clay a stalker---Byron a sheep shagger---they coul...Clay a stalker---Byron a sheep shagger---they could be best friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-47962373015559203482014-01-27T18:51:31.318-06:002014-01-27T18:51:31.318-06:00Say what you want, but Clay's petition turned ...Say what you want, but Clay's petition turned into a city-wide initiative the people passed but the council blocked. The council can't say that for the toy train.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com