Tonight we're taking special attention to an EPIC Kansas City documentary which juxtaposes the current corporate welfare spending spree from City Hall with the tragic homicide count on local streets.
Without to much preamble, here's the most important thing for concerned residents of this cowtown to witness . . .
Our Divided City
Description:
"With the number of homicides in Kansas City for 2015 having leapt back up, this film examines violent crime in the segregated black community east of Troost Avenue and asks whether enough is being done to make its neighborhoods safe."
Just a few insights from many readers who have drawn our attention back to this documentary . . .
- A note about our top elected official from fans of this movie: "Mayor Sly seems combative, unwilling to answer tough questions and unconcerned with talk of practical solutions for the plight east of Troost."
- City Manager Troy Schulte claims that it would take $10 million to tear down so many abandoned houses that host a great deal of crime in the urban core. Meanwhile, KCMO keeps spending hand over fist to subsidize developers and tourist attractions.
- It's not just blight but a question of priorities. Fans of this documentary note that the release of this feature comes at the PERFECT time given the current earnings tax debate.
Here's a quote that sums things up perfectly . . .
"Take a look at the documentary and you'll see that the East side just isn't getting the services promised by the earnings tax. Eastsiders are being taken for granted and if, after watching this documentary, if they decide to vote for the E-Tax their actions are really akin to that of an abused spouse."
Again, what's really important about this documentary is that we're not talking about race but resources and legislative priorities as we consider the financial future of Kansas City.
Developing . . .
I guess KC would rather spend on streetcars than cleaning up the streets.
ReplyDeleteYes, it appears that way. This story needs to be updated and the conversation continued. We need help over here!
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ReplyDeleteDidn't the Mayor already promise that he was going to tear down all of the abandoned houses?
What about all the jobs the tax subsidy was supposed to create?
None of that happened? I guess we should have had more debates with The General, maybe somebody would have pointed that out.
Good to see that KCPT is doing better journalism than the newspaper nowadays.
ReplyDeleteBuy a few D-9 dozers and start pushing. Clean it up in a hurry.
ReplyDeleteI watched it. It's excellent and pulled no punches. Not a rah rah snow job.
ReplyDeleteEastsiders are being taken for granted and if, after watching this documentary, if they decide to vote for the E-Tax their actions are really akin to that of an abused spouse?
ReplyDeleteMore like molested child or slave-hand.
All of this with a Black Mayor, Police Chief, Third District City Council people, State Reps, etc. Why is it eastsiders feel the most slighted when these conditions exist?
ReplyDeleteThose white people moving to the hood don't understand the enormous mistake they are making. They could very well end up like that dog groomer lady that lived on Forest and was killed last year. My dad lived right by that house years ago but gave up the unwinnable battle. Having a nice house in a sea of shit holes while being white makes them a great big target. They have to go off to work while their unoccupied house is surrounded by people who don't work. Guess what? Those shitty houses around you aren't going to be magically bought by responsible homeowners and undergo thousa of dollars in improvements. They'll only get worse and your property value will decrease as well. Eventually. After they've been the target of numerous crimes they will give up the fight, cut their losses, and move for their safety. One thing people never want to admit is black people like to self-segregate whether the bleeding hearts want to admit it or not.
ReplyDeleteAfter 30 years of living near Troost I can honestly say ur full of shit
DeleteThe 18th and Vine expense is $18 million. Why not use this money to tear down the vacant properties? Is is amazing that Council members just do not get it.
ReplyDeleteI can see what the problem is. We just don't have enough experts commenting on social issues in KC
ReplyDeleteThe pretense that people on the East Side are paying taxes is absurd. They suck the life out of tax payers here in KC, just like they do all over the United States. So don't piss down our backs and tell us it is raining.
ReplyDeleteThe East Side produces, with very few exceptions, TAKERS who suck the life out of MAKERS.
East Side Tax Payers, yeah, right.
Proceed w/ gentrifying & drive out the hood rats. It will take time but it's doable.
ReplyDeleteYou haters have what you have because of the advantages that you enjoyed from the circumstances of your birth. It sickens me to see such obvious beneficiaries of white privilege pretend that it was all achieved by their own hand.
ReplyDeleteSince you are not poor, you cannot begin to understand the advantages that you started your lives with. And then, to spin this with such a racist twist ...
Its obvious that the people on the East Side are Second Class Citizens, & yet you beat the drum of discredited eugenics to justify your racial hatred.
The black mayor, the black police chief, the black president - you miss the point.
Its not about race, its about class. Mayor James has more in common with Crosby Kemper than he does the poor of the East Side. His color is irrelevant. You still hurl insults at him, as you do our President, for the crime of being black, but he is a rich man, first & foremost.
It is your moral duty to help the poor, & yet, you wage war against them, & in the case of the East Side, you use racism to justify it. Takers & Makers?! Give me a break. If you won't help them find gainful employment, then they can't pay taxes.
This Rethuglican inspired obsession with the "poor taxpayers" is gotten beyond ridiculous. A taxpayer is a person with a job! A person who has continually been helped by friends & neighbors, as he becomes a self-made man. You cannot have a society where there is no taxation, this is yet another uniquely American Fantasy.
The millions for 18th & Vine will help not a single poor person, yet you'll complain about yet more money going down the rabbit hole that is the East Side. That money could have gone to creating a factory in the East Side, among many other better uses.
I have never felt the urge to stomp the shit out of someone as much as you,you cry poor mouth and stomp a hissy fit at white privilege all the while you sit on your worthless ass leaching off the system,chances are you probably lie about everything you claim anyways...you are probably under a coffee table tonguing Tonys balls
DeleteHey asshole, I've worked my dick off to be successful. It's all about the choices we make, Byron. What choices did you make that turned you into such a pile of useless shit?
Delete9:06 Talk more shit moron. Do we need to remind you how many coons in KC are on entitlements and don't pay taxes. Maybe if you could out a few of them to work you ass holes would not be out here trying to mooch off everyone in the fucking two state area.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for reinforcing my point with ignorant fantasies.
Hopefully I didn't interrupt your chess match at the homeless shelter
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ReplyDeleteYes, eastside dweller do pay taxes. I paid mine to the tune of nearly $7,000. So, get over yourself. I don't have a kid, can't get the basic services these fees are supposed to cover and living on the eastside is a war zone.
Hey Fuckfacehouser, I grew up in a poor family in a poor house. We didn't have shit, no money. I was on my own at 16 and I mean all on my own. But I got an education had a family raised some kids who also got an education. I did it all on my own, wasn't anyone around going to give this white boy anything. I have never filed for any state or federal aid in my life. Oh it was no fun working two and three different jobs at times but I made it happen, just the same as anyone else can make it happen.
ReplyDeleteSo take your fucking poor fucking bullshit and stick it up your ole ladies smelly asshole. You're a fucking leach and I hope you both die soon you POS.
I don't believe you!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't talking about myself. I was talking about the East Side Denizens, & how you animals treat them.
But, since you mentioned it, I worked & went to school at night.
But, if it makes you feel superior, go ahead & call me names.
Calling me childish names only proves that you're stupid.
I don't like the Dump, so if you point out that I took my disability, he will magically become President?
Attacking me, doesn't discredit anything I said, though I appreciate that you idiots believe this to be the case.
ReplyDeleteYou blame the Blacks for your city being a shit hole.
ReplyDeleteI blame you. Your comments haven't changed my mind ...
I'm going to wait until several people point out that I'm on disability, so I can handle you stupids all at once.
You call everybody childish names Byron. Guess you just proved your point!
ReplyDeleteI was born poor, went in the service at 17. I also made a life for myself! Retired at 54. You failed as a man and your shame has driven you crazy.
No your stupid, a faker, a fraud, and you call more people names than anyone around here. So fuck off.
ReplyDeleteByron we all know that you are now on SSI. Your disability fraud days are behind you! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteAnybody that only draws $11,000.00 a year on SSI must not have worked much. LOSER!
Somebody got paid by the Eagle at midnight ! Drunk and high already sheepfucker?
ReplyDeleteI'm not on SSI. Yes, anonymous haters have been claiming that they will have my benefits taken away all the time. That's not possible. You just assume that I'm committing fraud. Your assumptions are not proof. Being hated by you retards is an honor & a privilege. Though if one person wants to pretend that he's several that's okay. That's one of the reasons you're anonymous cowards. Its your days that are numbered. You're going to reap the hatred that you've sown.
ReplyDeleteI don't measure my life in terms of dollars - that's your fantasy. Nobody fails as a man, stick your fantasies up your asses.
The names I call you are not childish.
My first comment wasn't about me, & none of you retards have argued anything about it. These personal attacks just amuse me these days.
West Virginia Patriot, "Why do you still comment on that blog. Your brother left a long time ago?"
ReplyDeleteByron, "Because I get to fuck with racists. I hate 'em!"
I've pointed out several times, that my comments are not for you stupid ass racist pieces of shit." My comments are for my comrades.
ReplyDeleteByron go to bed and stop being an ass
ReplyDelete"Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one & all."
ReplyDeleteA revolution is coming & it won't be fought by muddle class European "men". It will be fought against you.
You should go home to Europe, while you still can.
Nice try, but Chester is dead.
ReplyDeleteThis is a free speech zone, don't tell me what to do, bitch.
I'm having fun, what are you morons doing. You're the ones who need to go to bed. Your masters expect you to be at work, tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI just found a site where Green Alien is asking people here if they know me & telling lies about me.
ReplyDeleteHe claims I am posting nasty stuff on Facebook. I don't have a Facebook Account. I guess he means here.
He was asking if I'm safe to be around. Someone told him a lie that he wanted to hear, that I was arrested for domestic battery.
Never happened. The funny part is that he claims that I'm the stalker.
What a pussy.
Byron is on a roll tonight. He can't keep his lies straight.
ReplyDeleteIs everybody afraid of Byron and his army ? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !
Lets NOT forget that the Mayor Sly James authorized sum previous City Council members to take a trip overseas to see how those Silly Toy Street cars were built at the Factory - to the tune of sum $7500.00 dollars or more for travel to Spain
ReplyDeleteLINK : http://northeastnews.net/pages/?p=22397
Amazing the money they mis spend and the excuses they come up with !
Crazy Clown, don't you know that after I post a comment, all the following comments are supposed to by about me?
ReplyDeleteHere's the link for Green Alien's bullshit.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.topix.com/forum/city/clarksburg-wv/T00NS53PI6R71CDA4
I asked that it be deleted as stalking, so you better hurry.
What until I see another comment from him ...
I repeat what a fucking pussy.
Asshole 1:25
Calling me a liar is easy, proving it is another matter.
Last week or so you said you don't go back and read a thread nor comment . That is a lie !
ReplyDeleteNobody fails as a man? That is a lie ! You have failed !
Your daughter is a supermodel That is a lie !
You beat up a man on main street and got arrested last year That is a lie!
You have never lost a fight. That is a lie !
You have severe mental problems ? That is a fact !
Great documentary. Comments show that clearly Byron has no life outside of commenting on this blog
ReplyDeleteHe is a low life .
ReplyDeleteSo it's okay for Byron to dig into our lives but if someone does his it stalking?
ReplyDeleteLOL that's a laugh
I guess I am missing something here. It's okay for Byron to come here give us crap and call us names in our town. But if you go to his town asking questions it called stalking? Someone please explain this to me I am missing something here.
ReplyDeleteByrons dad realized that the youngest of the flock was gonna amount to nothing and it seems he was right
ReplyDeleteI thought KCPD's "Kansas City Together" program was suppose to take care of this. Another Bullshit program from the Kings of Bullshit. KCPD.
ReplyDeleteThat $10 million number from ass hat Troy Schulte includes $1 million to tear down the houses at $9 million to hire more assistant city managers, deputy directors, assistant city engineers, and the list goes on.
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