tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post7312042569458346162..comments2024-03-06T04:16:12.541-06:00Comments on Tony's Kansas City: TKC BREAKING NEWS!!! KANSAS CITY TOY TRAIN VICTORY!!! PHASE II STREETCAR QUASI-ELECTION COMING SOON!!!Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-37089341662595776412014-01-18T09:28:02.796-06:002014-01-18T09:28:02.796-06:00Grantham moved because it got a huge corporate wel...Grantham moved because it got a huge corporate welfare check from the state of KS, you fucking moron.<br /><br />Just like every other biz that goes to KS. You have to pay people to move there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-15456709143297723742014-01-16T21:13:06.602-06:002014-01-16T21:13:06.602-06:00The really sad part of it all is that this kind of...The really sad part of it all is that this kind of shit works over an over in KC and the dumb asses who live there can't seem to muster the gumption to put a stop to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-72232787856725307672014-01-16T21:08:25.195-06:002014-01-16T21:08:25.195-06:00'Have to say I've been out of town for mos...'Have to say I've been out of town for most of the past year so I'm still trying to figure out how crazy Clay Chastain's finally got his way with the city council. I thought they'd never buy in. Who paid them off? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-8489814847756139252014-01-16T19:58:15.405-06:002014-01-16T19:58:15.405-06:00Time to send more public works people to Spain?Time to send more public works people to Spain?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-57920706143504269462014-01-16T18:51:00.267-06:002014-01-16T18:51:00.267-06:00Evidently no one paid attention when TKC gave ever...Evidently no one paid attention when TKC gave everyone a heads up last Friday. <br />http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2014/01/tkc-exclusive-preview-prepare-for.html?m=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-4981236217964012002014-01-16T18:46:43.034-06:002014-01-16T18:46:43.034-06:00I was at today's Toy Train meeting and they ar...I was at today's Toy Train meeting and they are going to expand it down Independence Ave and down Linwood. These new routes are gong to be called the Meth & Hook Route, and the Nigger Route. Half a billion dollars of total waste!Meeting Marvelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-17689451028709988752014-01-16T17:34:46.458-06:002014-01-16T17:34:46.458-06:00Higher sales taxes and higher property taxes for a...Higher sales taxes and higher property taxes for a streetcar that won't get you anywhere you want to go. Linwood and Inependence Ave...who are you kidding!!!!!!<br /><br />This will devastate already declining property values, kill the Plaza, and send even more people to Johnson County. Think Grantham University and it's 450 jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-18022417216600271582014-01-16T15:07:54.125-06:002014-01-16T15:07:54.125-06:00You must not be that good at your "job" ...You must not be that good at your "job" if you're on a blog post, lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-75879178533236626222014-01-16T14:57:32.126-06:002014-01-16T14:57:32.126-06:00Streetcar Neighbors
Please invite as many supporte...Streetcar Neighbors<br />Please invite as many supporters as you can, regardless of whether or not they plan to testify. Let's pack the Council chambers!<br /><br />So this is informing the public?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-44740096044715441342014-01-16T14:54:59.882-06:002014-01-16T14:54:59.882-06:00I have been to the public meetings, and this is a ...I have been to the public meetings, and this is a horrible idea. The whole thing is an ego project pushed by Sly James. It will push sales tax in the metro core to over 10%. Yet we still have tons of crime and schools that are not even accredited. Shameful. Absolutely shameful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-20949996215606436082014-01-16T14:48:27.933-06:002014-01-16T14:48:27.933-06:00Stone (Polsinelli) said a no vote on either electi...Stone (Polsinelli) said a no vote on either election would be a serious setback to the city's streetcar expansion plans.<br /><br />Sound good to me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-54360705519540817562014-01-16T14:25:09.563-06:002014-01-16T14:25:09.563-06:00I'm supposed to get a babysitter so I can sit ...I'm supposed to get a babysitter so I can sit in a room full of people who have already spent the money in their minds?<br /><br />What the fuck could I do at that meeting? Everyone on that committee knows who I am and how I feel about it already.<br /><br />Honestly, I want this to go to a vote. I don't think this is a mail in ballot; I believe we will actually go to our polling station. I can't believe they created another TDD disenfranchising 1/3 to 1/2 of Kansas City voters, but I think there's a possibility that ever with the deck stacked heavily in their favor, they could lose this election.Bryan M. Stalderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345524318948369789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-91273100244920118012014-01-16T14:21:49.372-06:002014-01-16T14:21:49.372-06:00Can you imagine the traffic hassles and congestion...Can you imagine the traffic hassles and congestion this thing running up and down Main Street will cause.<br /><br />The people behind this need mental examinations. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-28093580046482518982014-01-16T14:15:24.959-06:002014-01-16T14:15:24.959-06:00No one spoke in opposition at the committee meetin...No one spoke in opposition at the committee meeting. City Councilwoman Jan Marcason, finance committee chair, said she’s also heard little opposition at the community meetings she’s attended. She said she’s optimistic voters will be supportive of the 1-cent sales tax and modest property assessments.<br /><br />“They’ll be reassured that it’s a modest cost,” she said.<br /><br />Right sure it will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-60493200132489336612014-01-16T14:13:03.152-06:002014-01-16T14:13:03.152-06:00You don't want anyone who knows what the fuck ...You don't want anyone who knows what the fuck they are talking about and have economic sense to attend 2:03 PM.<br /><br />That's why you people go out of your way to make sure as few people as possible know when these meetings are going to occur or you make it as inconvenient as possible for them to attend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-62064696379390842492014-01-16T14:07:28.463-06:002014-01-16T14:07:28.463-06:00There's this thing called a "job" pe...There's this thing called a "job" people have during the day. I wouldn't expect you to know about it Davy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-89785499689178758402014-01-16T14:06:33.516-06:002014-01-16T14:06:33.516-06:00Streetcar supporters remind me of a bunch of five ...Streetcar supporters remind me of a bunch of five year old's who took over a Boeing 747 and are climbing around in the cockpit frantically flipping switches trying to get it to take off. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-77330488783383504002014-01-16T14:06:31.695-06:002014-01-16T14:06:31.695-06:00CITY OF KANSAS: STAND AND FIGHT HERE! PAY OFF FREE...CITY OF KANSAS: STAND AND FIGHT HERE! PAY OFF FREEDOM INC FOR SOME BLACK RAGE! PUT SOME ADDS IN THE CALL!<br /><br />CALL UP JEFF ROE, PAT GREY AND STEVE GLORYHOLE! CALL UP BRAD BRADSHAW AND REXY AND THE REST OF THE BILLIONAIRES AGAINST TAXES!<br /><br />ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-76525375277450575632014-01-16T14:03:11.705-06:002014-01-16T14:03:11.705-06:00Funny how opponents of the street car find the tim...Funny how opponents of the street car find the time to bitch about it on a blog, but don't get off their ass to go to public meetings to make their voice heard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-74313567227681288702014-01-16T13:57:21.006-06:002014-01-16T13:57:21.006-06:00@1:55 That's why new businesses will move into...@1:55 That's why new businesses will move into the LCRA, EEZ, 353, and TIF districts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-81847877396034602972014-01-16T13:55:21.402-06:002014-01-16T13:55:21.402-06:00There's nothing quite like new property and sa...There's nothing quite like new property and sales taxes to encourage new residents and businesses to move into stressed parts of town and to get visitors to patronize companies there, all to fund a glamour toy that very few people will ever use.<br />Maybe a majority of voters, and by that I mean more than the 375 that voted to start down this track, will finally pull away the Koolaid punchbowl.<br />But the 85% of metro residents who down't suffer the misfortune of actually living in KCMO and having to pay for this crap are watching with astonishment and wondering where the adults have all gone.<br />All aboard!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-48645790349297032862014-01-16T13:54:30.796-06:002014-01-16T13:54:30.796-06:00What a fucking waste. Why don't they take this...What a fucking waste. Why don't they take this money and fix just a few of the water main breaks that are STILL going in South KC? <br /><br />Shame on you Sly!Greedohttp://www.tonyskansascity.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-68448424190316935312014-01-16T13:47:57.662-06:002014-01-16T13:47:57.662-06:00@1:28 Nobody is there because nobody knows about i...@1:28 Nobody is there because nobody knows about it. Typical Kansas City. Let's say we had a public meeting and keep it as secret and concealed as possible as to avoid unwanted opposition.<br /><br />Nailed ItAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-65379828951009562462014-01-16T13:46:47.797-06:002014-01-16T13:46:47.797-06:00How long does this lunacy continue? No shit, how l...How long does this lunacy continue? No shit, how long can this go on??<br /><br />Until people start seriously feeling the hit and pain on their pocketbooks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-29986591732140205732014-01-16T13:39:24.247-06:002014-01-16T13:39:24.247-06:00Interesting over on Streetcar Neighbors Facebook t...Interesting over on Streetcar Neighbors Facebook they put out a call to stack the deck against opponents or the uniformed by urging supporters to show up in force isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com