So, it wasn't grassroots activism or concerns about Democracy that turned that Toy Train Streetcar into an even more expensive disaster. Instead . . .
UNIONS AND BIG BIZ ARE PUSHING BACK PROGRESS ON KANSAS CITY'S TOY TRAIN STREETCAR IN ORDER TO GET THEIR CUT!!!
Sadly, @staubio wouldn't last a second in negotiations with these sharks and it seems he has served his purpose by faking community support in order to get this money train rolling.
Witness . . .
Councilman Sharp: Rebid of streetcar contract possible
And let's remember that AWESOME TKC TIPSTERS were the first to tell us about the possibility of rebid and the possible lawsuit consequences that will only cost Kansas City more cash.
The voters should decide; not the Council. They screw everything up. Everything.
ReplyDeleteI hope the first extension off the main line is up Mayor Kunte Kinte's a$$.
ReplyDeleteIs that woman in the picture TGR?
ReplyDeleteI just cannot wait to tie helpless damsels to the toy train tracks...Mwa Ha Ha!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure the train is going to work. Can we have hovercraft instead?
ReplyDeleteNo Dunn = not done.
ReplyDeleteOr, how about a pneumatic tube system??? Lots quieter and less visual.
ReplyDeleteThe Heavies bought off Sharp long ago. So rebid a process that was fair to all applicants just because Clarkson didn't get picked. Every applicant knew the rules and played by them going into the process. The best team won and it wasn't Clarkson.
ReplyDeleteNow watch and see which Council members clamor for a do-over. Those are the ones the Heavies bought and paid for.
Streetcar will fix everything. Because I say so!
ReplyDeleteWah I want my toy train!!!
ReplyDeletethe rebid is stupid.
ReplyDeletebut the pessimism here doesn't match with developer interest.
Here's just inside downtown, within walking distance of the streetcar (i.e no quality hill or east village or columbus park)
1. Residential on 4th west of Wyandotte (137 units)
2. A brand new 25 story tower (311 apartments)
3. Midland building (68 apartments)
4. Corrigan Building- 9 stories of apartments (looks like 10 per floor, give or take)
5. 1712 Main is becoming offices
6. Savoy Hotel proposal
7. some interest in a convention hotel by Omni hotels
8. Cordish interest in the P&L Buildings for apartments
9. Argyle buildings into 126 apartments
10. Folgers building into 151 units
11. Commerce Tower mixed use project. (more units can fit in it than the Cordish tower since it's bigger and taller, numbers unknown)
we have 790 *known* new residential units underway. with probably nearly as many unknown. now that's success
Sharp has not had a selfless act in years. Add politics to a bid process and that will make it better, LMFAO.
ReplyDeleteEvery one of the development projects is getting substantial taxpayer subsidies. Did list of projects include anything that would create jobs?
ReplyDeleteAnyone ever notice how TKC protects his "awesome tipsters" like John Sharp? Sharp leaks TKC bullshit tips, TKC sings Sharp's praises.
ReplyDeleteHey John Sharp, how did Sam Grave's dick taste?
Why does the media keep referring to it as a $102m project, the actual cost is now exceeding $150m?
ReplyDeleteIs this street car even gonna pull in to Union Station?
ReplyDelete7:18; exactly, and I'm pretty sure they were already developing loft space before the streetcar. Guess who doesn't live in lofts? People with families. Guess who the majority of taxpayers are in this city? People with families.
ReplyDeleteWant to know what happens when you build a lot of upscale, urban residential space based on false projections? Miami.
Hahaha. The suburbanite howlers don't like your facts.
ReplyDeleteThey seem to gloss over the fact that everything built in the overbuilt suburbs gets taxpayer subsidies, too.
Get a grip, Bryan, they were developing strip malls and isolated office parks in cornfields before the government started subsidizing those developments too...and it COSTS LESS to build on greenfields.
You know what happens when you build lots of mid-level, exurban residential space based on false projections? The Great Recession.
Highest residential occupancy rates in metro KC: Downtown
ReplyDeleteFastest growing area in the entire metro 2000-2010: Downtown
Fastest shrinking democraphic in KC, the KC metro and the US: People with families.
Interesting to read 5:05's comments. Doesn't seem at all concerned about local workers losing out on jobs to some out of town outfit. Unless of course 5:05 is the out of town outfit! Also taking Sharp to task for asking questions about spending of public money? Really? Isn't that what public officials are expected to do?
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