TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! ILLEGAL KANSAS CITY MEETING OVER THE PROPOSED NTDF FUND RAID CANCELED DESPITE A BIG CROWD IN ATTENDANCE!!!
This just in . . . Check a great example of horrible Kansas City planning in the midst of a City Hall cash grab from neighborhoods.
JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, A KANSAS CITY COMMITTEE WAS FORCED TO CANCEL THEIR MEETING DESPITE THE FACT THAT A BUNCH OF IMPORTANT POLITICOS AND POWER BROKERS IN ATTENDANCE!!!
WHY?!?!?
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SEND OUT NOTICE, A FEW EXTRA COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHOWED UP AND A FEW OTHER ISSUES . . . IT WAS AN ILLEGAL MEET-UP!!!
Check out the packed house as Council Lady Jan Marcason calls the meeting to order.
In the opening moments of the meeting Council Dude Scott Wagner was forced to wait outside because there wasn't notice for a City Council quorum.
Thankfully, Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund Chair Dona Stephenson raised her concern about the illegal nature of the meeting.
THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN COUNCIL LADY JAN AND MS. STEPHENSON WAS A BIT INTENSE!!! MS. STEPHENSON ASKED: "SO YOU ARE PREPARED TO GO THROUGH WITH AN ILLEGAL MEETING THAT VIOLATES SUNSHINE LAW!?!?!" AT THAT POINT COUNCIL LADY JAN BACKED DOWN!!!
Convention and Visitors Association associates tired to find a way to keep the conversation alive but nobody wanted to leave the room and the group decided it would be better if they did things the right way and sent out notice of their gathering.
From the crowd, there was a question over transparency.
Council Lady Jan responded: "Of course we want to do our very best to keep things open and transparent so we will go back and put out notice of this meeting on the City's website."
With that everybody got up and broke into a few private conversations . . .
What's important . . .
TKC TIPSTERS TOLD YOU THIS MEETING WAS ILLEGAL BUT YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE US!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE US?!?!
Another VERY SMART guy I talked to attending this meeting offered a bit of explanation about how this whole thing is really related to TIF money and the well of Kansas City funds drying up. We'll get more detail and post that one later.
In the meantime . . .
The CVA cash grab of neighborhood money is delayed for just a little longer thanks to AWESOME TKC TIPSTERS keeping track of public information much better than local politicos and power brokers.
DEVELOPING . . .
This city can't get anything right.
ReplyDeleteNiggers ruin everything
ReplyDeletestupid. that meeting was almost all white.
ReplyDeleteJust like the meetings involving pd and fd. Illegal . Mayor and chief are snakes and criminals. Time to remove both from office.
ReplyDeleteI believe it was the unplanned presence of additional members of Council that made this meeting illegal.
ReplyDeleteWrong again, it was the lack of public notice. And the NTDF Board members.
ReplyDeleteThere were at least three things that made the meeting illegal.
And that's not even counting what they're trying to do.
The meeting was almost all white; however, the city if almost all white too and look at the city administration. Mayor, Police Chief, etc...No, not stupid, moron.
ReplyDeleteIs anything white people do legal? The european descent STOLE the USA.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice there's some much extra money lying around.
ReplyDeleteI love all of you EXPERTS!!! Run for some type of office and try to change things instead of bitch about everything!
ReplyDeleteJan and Co. got caught in the act of trying to have an illegal meeting to stuff more money into the CVA coffers. The sponsors of this ordinance sit on the CVA board and this is a direct conflict of interest. The meeting was illegal because there was a quorum of the NTDF meeting. The fact that the Finance Committee chair tried to violate the Sunshine Law is beyond belief.
ReplyDeleteDid all the council members arrive in the same little car? And did they have flowers on their lapels that squirt water? And how many of them had big shoes?
ReplyDeleteYup, that's our KCMO governing body!
What a way to run a city!
I'm awardee of NTDF funding. It has help me put on an annual event which draws thousands of people across Missouri and Kansas to Kansas City. I have watch the NTDF funding for many years. I think the real reason CVA is coming after NTDF funding now is because Kevin Spinelli is no longer the chair of the NTDF board. The last 20 years Kevin Spinelli chaired the NTDF committee he ensured that CVA would receive at least $500,000annually for its mulitple projects. Kevin was finally removed this year by the Mayor so now CVA does not have any croonies on the board to get the funding. CVA is afraid they actually have to be accoutable and explain thier projects just like every other organization that go before the NTDF board.
ReplyDeleteIt time to cleanup city hall do recall.
ReplyDeleteDo politicians start out corrupt or do they become corrupt in the process? I think Jan and Cindy was already Corrupt.
ReplyDeleteIt's Kevin Pistilli, not Spinelli. Your spelling is about as correct as your comment. WRONG
ReplyDeletePistilli was a great chairman of NTDF. The reason the CVA is begging/grabbing/stealing money from NTDF is because three of their board members, who are also City Council members, are working to make it happen.
ReplyDeleteTKC hinted at the reason behind the grab, and it involves TIF. TKC is on the right path.
In the spirit of sweeps week: Tonight's story: Corruption at Kansas City City Hall. Film at 11. // In short, SSDD. Wish I could say I was surprised but I'm not.
ReplyDelete3:43 - You had another typo. I believe your event draws tens of people, not thousands. like most NTDF events.
ReplyDeleteKC Star has yet another article about that Lee's Summit shooting of a 13 yr old girl but still no mention of the gun owners name. Obviously a well connected person, probably associated with law enforcement in one way or another. 500 block of Castle Drive...is all they mention in their "ongoing" investigation. More like cover-up if you ask me. How long does it take to figure out who owns the gun?
ReplyDeleteWhy is NTDF required to give public notice of their meetings?
ReplyDeleteHow is NTDF subject to Missouri Sunshine laws?
ReplyDeleteLegally, they are not a political subdivision of the state.
So by what theory do Missouri Sunshine laws apply?
Shut up CVA shitbag. You'll get your money soon enough.
ReplyDeleteCity hall officials having back door meetings on how to spend money. Wow! Big shocker!
ReplyDeleteTime for people to start holding these politicos accountable! Thanks T for bringing their illegal activity to light!
This is all to normal with the so called leadership in KC.
ROFLMAO, not CVA, just an observer watching the two sides of entitlement slug it out.
ReplyDeleteBut I want to make sure I understand the rules of the game so I can appropriately score the fight.
Agree with the "back door politics" comment.
ReplyDeleteBut still haven't seen an explanation as to why this meeting was "illegal".
Big surprise... Jermaine Reed present for all things corrupt. Buggers do fuck up everything.
ReplyDeleteDon't mess with the sunshine law or it's watchdogs!
ReplyDeleteNTDF is an appointed recommending body, in the same vein as PIAC and other commissions and committees. Consequently, their meetings legally have to noticed to the public and the press. To fail to give 24 hours notice was a mistake by Marcason, who should know better.
ReplyDeleteIt was a thinly-veiled attempt to continue the CVA money grab that Marcason is pushing through without NTDF committee feedback, and with faulty stats. Even Scott Wagner, co-sponsor of Jan's shady ordinance, and the one who defiantly challenged citizens last week to "look at his numbers" admitted today the numbers were bogus.
This is nothing but a very non-transparent way for Jan to feed her friends. Hopefully the supreme embarrassment of being caught trying to violate the sunshine law will set her back on her heels and give her pause before she tries something so shady again.
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Uh, the CVA is an appointed public body as well. Less graft there and much more transparency that what happens in NTDF funds once they go to the various groups.
ReplyDeleteHey, that's total bullshit but you can type it anyway.
ReplyDeleteBill George doesn't really give a fuck about KC.
Nope, 12:17.
ReplyDeleteJust because public officials are appointed to an organization doesn't make it a "public body" for the purposes of applying the Missouri Subshime laws.
In fact, the CVA is 501(c)(6) organization- a business league. They are a private corporation organized to promote civic and educational purposes. No different than any other private not-for-profit in this town.
Th relationship between the CVA and KCMO is contractual, and public officials are appointed to it per contract and the by-laws of the CVA. So it's fair game if one wishes to examine that relationship, and whether the City complies with it's own purchasing and procurement policies in engaging the CVA, and whether the CVA is in substantial compliance with it's contract.
But Sunshine law doesn't have a thing to do with the CVA- unless a quorum of the Council or one of it's committees is both there AND discussing public business (by the way, was"bowling night" properly noticed?).
I know these facts may get in the way of the screaming red all caps headline with the word "illegal" prominently used, but it's bet to fire bullets at a real target.
Like what is actually going on in this dust up for money between the usual East side grifters, here represented by CM Reed and Ms. Stephenson, or the CVA swells and their elected proxies.
If all that is true then why didn't you say it in the meeting instead of running out like a coward?
ReplyDeleteNope. No argument from you on the points you just made up and are loosely interpreting. Instead, you just nodded your head and ran from the light of day. Maybe Bill George will let you shine his shoes. You'll get your money. You'll just have to wait.
The fact is any board and commission that is required to post a meeting notice under the Sunshine Law is well aware of that requirement and every member who is subject to it is well aware of it. Elected officials are subject to the Sunshine Law unless they are out of town. Where this all goes wrong is when someone isn't taking responsibility for who's attending and people show up (elected officials) without letting anyone know they are coming. It is a serious enough matter that someone should have covered their bases and just posted notice in case a quorum of either NTDF or City Council showed up. It was just a sloppy error and not an intent to violate the law because it wasn't a secret was it? This post is what is called a buzz kill. Sorry
ReplyDeleteJan is a bitch.
ReplyDeleteWas Susan Borge sober, or was she still lit up from the night before - as usual?
ReplyDeleteAgain, 6:15, CVA is not required to post notice for it's meetings and is not subject to Missouri Sunshine laws unless a quorum of Council or one of its committees is present AND they discuss City-related business (e.g. policies, funding allocations, etc.).
ReplyDeleteAnd there is no exception for "out of town". As long as a quorum is present and City business is discussed notice of the meeting must be posted. Period. In fact, out of town meetings, posted or not, run counter to other provisions of Missouri Open Meetings law (i.e. that they be held at a time and place generally accessible to the public that they serve) and, except under limited circumstances, should be avoided.
Remember, Wagner is the one who had to leave. That's because he and Reed constitute a quorum of a Council committee.
They could have legally continued with the meeting with Circo, Marcuson, and Reed inside the meeting and Wagner outside in the hall cooling his jets.
Take a snapshot of this situation; keep for a few more months down the road. This picture will look the same. I promise. Reed is not smart enough to know better and his judgement continues to be clouded by insider dealings.
ReplyDeleteIt was the expectation of an NTDF quorum, and the possibility of a council committee quorum that constituted a notice being required. The CVA is irrelevant... in so many more ways than just this meeting.
ReplyDeleteThe meeting was noticed by email, where invitees were bcc'd on things, so you couldn't tell who was invited. Sloppy, stupid mistake. But then this entire CVA money grab is sloppy and stupid, too, so I guess it's to be expected.