Today's Lesson In Local FAIL: Kansas City Incentive 'Study' Deemed Worthless

Tough break for Kansas City tax fighters looking for a smoking gun . . . A long awaited economic report is mostly fake news.

Here's the aftermath . . .

How Bad was the CDFA Study of Incentives in Kansas City?

It was with great anticipation that I received the long-overdue study of economic incentives in Kansas City conducted by the Council of Economic Finance Agencies (CDFA). Even before the actual publication, I had been critical of the amount spent, the trade association (!)

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  1. 75% of the firms said they would have moved here regardless of the corporate welfare KC doles out. That is rather astounding and testimony to the waste this city does.

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  2. Any taxpayer funded "study" is worthless. Just saying..........

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  3. I think the folly of this whole process was revealed when the Intercontinental Hotel was declared blighted. Please.

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  4. There is no one in City Hall more clueless than Kerrie Tyndall, except perhaps, Slie James!!

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  5. Appears the questions the council wanted answered were not communicated to the consultants in the scope of work.

    As usual consultants work/reports are vague and results can be twisted any way one wants them.

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    1. Consultants borrow your watch to tell you what time it is...

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  6. "Show-Me Institute" must have hired Captain Obvious!
    In other words Paddy, "No shit, Sherlock"!

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  7. Why hire Captain Obvious when Tony's already on the payroll?

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