Online video offers a cleaned up version of Kansas City life inside the loop and doesn't mention all of our new homeless friends.
A key talking point is the use of CIDs - Community Improvement Districts.
What is a CID???
Community Improvement Districts are designed to help improve the community by bettering conditions for existing businesses, and attracting new growth.
Translation: It's a tax.
In fact, KCMO has a hard time distingusing betwixt new taxes vs. REAL revenue as evidenced by this hype chart penned by Team Sly:
And here's where the fun starts . . . In Waldo there's EPIC PUSH AGAINST THE CID STRATEGY. Take a look at their progress and realize that neighborhoods hate this tactic used by politicos and power players.
Nevertheless, to be fair and offer a glimpse at some of the best dressed boosters in KCMO. Check the latest CID and Downtown hype movie this morning:
You decide . . .
25 million visitors anally can't be wrong!
ReplyDeleteI heard there are three (3) CIDs just within the one new convention hotel. Like the garage, the banquet hall, and the rooms are each a separate CID ...
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Radish
Easier to screw the people then fight with the wealthy owners (chains)who refuse to clean up the areas.
ReplyDelete$1.16 BILLION in “arts and culture”. I’ve never met anyone who said they wanted to travel to Kansas City for their arts. That money would be better spent on crime prevention.
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ReplyDeleteKansas City is no longer the city it use to be, it has a bad rap nation wide. KC got more tourists back when it was a small cowtown. Crown Center couldn't even make it.
City's are becoming BANANA Republics,Crime Homeless Drugs Corrupt Politicians. City Taxes will go up. And soon people will move out. Forty plus miles out of the BANANA REPUBLIC .
ReplyDeleteOh no! KC is so bad you guys!! It's not like it was! Yea, everything was better back then! Oh no...be careful...it's got a bad rap now! From where...who knows? It just does because I say it does! I mean sure I complain about everything, but THIS, this is bad... Sooo bad you guys!!!! Whaaaaaa!!!!
ReplyDeleteYea^^^Everything sucks here so bad! I just wanna die. It's so bad here! It's nothing like the old days!! Yea! What else do have to cry about guys?
ReplyDeleteIt's so bad here guys..I can't even right now! Why? Why? Why?
ReplyDeleteWish they put as much effort into basic services like keeping the roads up to date as they did this propaganda video
ReplyDelete@12:10, Chris, would agree with 12:59.
ReplyDeleteCID's are a scam. lets add sales tax to everything because the property owner failed with his business plan to save money for capital improvements. People get wind they will shop elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteAren’t the idiots in Waldo the ones who always vote yes for everything sLIE puts up for a vote? Now they get mad?
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