Credit where it's due . . . According to our blog community, THIS PHOTO is the most important bit of journalism crafted by any columnist at the Kansas City Star in the past three months.
The newsflash for all of our political consultant "friends" and the local dweebs forced to jump on this bandwagon.
CLEARLY THE KANSAS CITY EAST SIDE AND URBAN CORE ISN'T TURNING OUT TO RENEW THE REGRESSIVE KANSAS CITY EARNINGS TAX 2016!!!
Thanks mostly to his arrogant, combative and elitist leadership . . . Mayor Sly and his Administration have driven voters away from the polls at historic levels.
More links . . .
Yael Tweet: Not a lot of interest on East Side in NAACP event re: earnings tax. Mayor James in back of room, ready to speak soon
KC Mayor James promotes earnings tax, saying it’s vital to city functions
KCUR: At NAACP Forum, Mayor James Makes Yet Another Plea To Keep Earnings Tax
Spammy Newspaper Site: Mayor Sly James blasts state Sen. Kurt Schaefer's bad bid to kill earnings tax
You decide . . .
I though sly was the mfic.
ReplyDeleteGet the best companies interested in Kansas City. Keep the best worker working in KC.
ReplyDeleteNO E Tax
Was that Bilerun Funkensheister in that photo on a leash with a hurdy gurdy?
ReplyDeleteWell, when you don't have any income I guess you're not to worried about losing 1%.
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty clear that the Earnings Tax is only an issue for those who are being paid by Rex Sinquefield to feel that way. The rest of the City doesn't consider renewal to be controversial.
ReplyDeleteObviously, that is a challenge for the campaign to get out the vote, since the only danger is a very low turnout.
It's definitely controversial on the eastside, its just we dont recognize most political groups as being helpful or sensitive to our needs and condition. The days of total group designation and domination are over. These forums are for ego...look somebodys ego was deflated due to no turnout. Voters care just not through the means and methods of yesteryear. White people could learn something here. Eastsiders have no interest or time in added bullshit. It's that simple.
DeleteThe E-Tax is the Mayor private slush fund. Vote No.
ReplyDeleteHere's what they do with our tax dollars.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.americanjazzmuseum.com/
Yeah that big story you ignored about the hotel yesterday was a piece of shit.
ReplyDeleteIf you support the e-tax your money will go to a hotel, streetcar and a new airport.
ReplyDeleteVote no.
Since Phil is questioning the integrity of his opponents. Why doesn't he mention that he's married to a council person who is currently supporting the Kansas City earnings tax?
ReplyDeleteMaybe because 85% of people married to Kansas Citians are married to people currently supporting the etax.
ReplyDeleteMaybe because 85% of people married to Kansas Citians are married to people who are getting food stamps.
ReplyDeleteIt's just like I said, the NAACP has no influence in Kansas City. When will White people stop assuming that the various self-appointed groups represent a particular demographic? This turnout should shock no one, especially if they are not racists.
ReplyDeleteSly = Crook.
ReplyDeleteSomebody had a party and the band was the only ones there --They were getting paid.
ReplyDeleteThe E-Tax is a tax that single parent families, never participate in spending. Hard to tell a person working two jobs they will enjoy what the city council will do with 1% of their salary. Hard to explain to a person making
$12.000 a year that they should give the city the money that barely buys one week of groceries. How do I tell them they should give to our leaders, ie. the people who sit in seats at the ballet, and spend that money on some new airport, new hotel, new trolley, or some other fancy deal.
Vote No on Question # 1 Vote No on the E-TAX.
OMG!
ReplyDeleteActually, two ways to defeat the 1% earnings tax.
Low turnout in the rich wards near state line.
And if they can pull it off, high turnout in the inner city.
Worth the effort for a Get Out the Vote campaign.
and remember, Jeff Roe is out of town. On the bus, crying (literally) to be part of the Ted Cruz losing campaign.
Love you Tracy but the inner city doesn't pay the tax. Well they don't realize that 00.87 On that check is a tax.
ReplyDeleteHow's that 10th and Vine e-tax slush fund money working out for KC?
ReplyDeleteThe E Tax is just God's way of telling you to move your office to Johnson County.
ReplyDeleteWhy aren't all those suburban people grateful that Kansas City exists as the vibrant and sparkling urban centerpiece of this great region?
Because it's a town that's been a complete mess, run by gangsters, grifters and incompetents at least since the days when cattle ruled the local economy.
It may very well be that the last competent Kansas City government and civic leadership was the one that spoke French. (Yeah, they really did that. Sorry about your education.)
The repeal of the e-tax will also eliminate foolish spending. The City currently has a 2016 budgetary item of $26,000,000 for interest payments for funding associated with 18th and Vine.
ReplyDeleteThe City Council should get on board with the elimination of this unfair tax on its citizens.