CELEBRATE!!! KANSAS CITY PARKS BOARD UNANIMOUSLY VOTES TO REMOVE J.C. NICHOLS NAME FROM FOUNTAIN AND PLAZA PARKWAY!!! RACISM SOLVED!!!
Weeks of violent protest and millions of dollars destroyed during Country Club Plaza riots has resulted in a decision that has little to no impact on the daily lives of Kansas City residents.
Here's the declaration of victory . . .
"This accomplishment serves as a catalyst for change, and KC Parks remains determined to live our mission, which includes social equity," the KC Parks Board said in a statement announcing the unanimous vote to remove J.C. Nichols name from a plaza fountain and nearby parkway."
Fear not . . .
THE RENAMING OF J.C. NICHOLS FOUNTAIN AND PARKWAY SOLVES THE LEGACY OF RACISM AND INEQUITY IN KANSAS CITY!!!
Actually, this move doesn't accomplish anything more than changing about half a dozen street signs. So there's no point in getting too worked up about it. In the end, nobody stood up for the dead, racist, rich white dude in public and even his family gave the go ahead a few hours before the inevitable decision was declared.
More interestingly, it doesn't look like there will be an MLK rename on The Plaza and that ongoing slapfight still evokes anger and discord among urban denizens fighting for social justice via street marker.
But for tonight, we can all find solace in one less example of racism on local streets which might or might not make historic deadly violence, the worsening pandemic and American economic collapse easier to endure.
Checkit:
KCTV5: KC parks board unanimously votes to remove J.C. Nichols name from fountain, parkway
Fox4: For now, the fountain is considered unnamed and the street will temporarily be called Mill Creek Parkway until the board determines a new name.
KMBC: Kansas City Parks Board swiftly votes to remove J.C. Nichols name from fountain, parkway
KSHB: J.C. Nichols' name to be removed from fountain, parkway near Plaza
KCUR: A protest movement against social injustice and racism had renewed scrutiny on Nichols' role in helping create Kansas City's racial dividing lines.
Developing . . .
A great day for Kansas City.
ReplyDeleteActually this is a great day for Kansas City and one less legacy of racism is FINALLY removed. Deal with it creeps.
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DeleteJust because you don't name racism, doesn't mean it's not there. Deal with that, snowflake.
Jackson County rename coming up next! And that damn statue is coming down.
ReplyDeleteGreat! And that changes what?
DeleteNo person accelerated white flight, redlining, and racial division in the Kansas City area more than Rev Cleaver has and Lucas will be the second black Mayor of Kansas City to do so.
ReplyDeleteThe racial dividing lines are still there and this changes nothing.
ReplyDeleteWe need to start protesting to change the name of Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard to George Brett Boulevard
ReplyDeleteThat's JC Nichols fountain and it always will be. That fountain has been there since the 30's and JC Nichols put it there, he also built houses in Hyde Park and around the KC area are they going to tear those down too? How about the racist blacks in KC are they going to be kicked out of the city or is this just a black hate on whitey issue. You people who voted to change the name of everything in KC are the ones being racist. Do you think this is going to make people not racist? The city is full of racists both black and white. This is just going to make things worse. People you have a real and dangerous problem in the city administration and you need to do something about it NOW!
Name it Jay-Z's Billions Fountain
ReplyDeleteover or under 5 murders july 4th weekend?
ReplyDeleteThe proof that this country is not as racist as democrats portray it to be is that they have to invent some
ReplyDeleteKay Callison sold out her family. She is in tight with UMKC and was silver spoon fed from all the money ole JC made for the family to all live on. They sure have no hard feelings when it comes to their lifestyle where that money came from.
ReplyDeleteNobody has fucked Kansas City like Cleaver, James and now Lucas will. Kiss this town good by the thugs have taken over Baltimore here we come if anything is left standing in a couple of years.
Just a day late to save the 4yrs old boy shot n killed while sleeping.
ReplyDeleteSure he will be the last now.
^^^^^nope another one already earlier
ReplyDeleteThe last thing I want to read is a bunch of garbage about how racist black people are.
ReplyDeleteYou're just a bunch of ignorant racists, bitching & moaning because someone finally said, "Enough". That man was a pig. Don't name anything after him.
You people(?) really suck.
I'm tired of being embarrassed by white people.
That's not 'white guilt', that's just disgust.
"White could be beautiful, but mostly it's not." - Melanie
938 Bye.
DeleteWant to make a man mad...lie to him.
Want make a liberal mad...tell them the truth.
So Byron what time is that buck nigger swinging by tonight to fuck your half blind wife?
DeleteThe actions of the BLM has done more to increase racism than anything.
ReplyDeleteOk Byron
ReplyDeleteSo we should see you leading the charge in getting everything with senator Robert Byrd’s name on it removed
Don’t forget bill Clinton, who told ted Kennedy that fifty years ago obama would be serving them coffee. So we need to remove his name from everything
Come on Byron, show us how to do it. Get a petition going in your state
I sure hope they name the fountain after a felon arrested for using counterfeit money and high on drugs.
ReplyDeleteor better yet a U.S. Representative or Jackson County Executive who fraudulently didn't pay their property taxes.
The above examples are moral and integrity that J.C. Nichols never had.
I just don't care anymore. I live in Johnson County Kansas and this batshit crazy is not going to infect us. KCMO is screwed. Race baiters and haters will destroy what is left. Walt Bodine would not recognize his city now. And he was a democrat. Bring all that money and talent over here. Just leave the BS political ideas behind. We don't want it. We are successful. There were no riots here. We don't have the drivebys where childred are shot and killed while Nihilist thugs rule the streets. Think of all those people in the downtown and river market condos that are crapping their pants. Look for property values to plunge later this year after crime explodes and the city debt crushes it's fiscal position. They won't be able to hire more cops after eliminating them. They won't have the money. Its all downhill from here.
ReplyDeleteI’m with you. I don’t give a shit anymore. I used to be concerned about people here. Not anymore. They created this shithole and as far as I’m concerned, they can collapse in it
DeleteI vote they rename the fountain "J.C. Penny Fountain".
ReplyDeleteThat is all for now. Carry on.
Sleepy Joe Biden
They are Byron just like you are. How many times have you called people in your posts hateful racist things for no other reason than you hate them for telling the truth.
ReplyDeletehey Byron! What brand of knee pads do you recommend?
ReplyDeleteMore people despise black people now than before the death of that guy in Minnesota.
ReplyDeleteI'll sure miss the.plaza. won't be stepping foot on it again. This name changing and statue ripping will never end and will change nothing
DeleteRead Orwells "1984" goodbye plaza...
so many crybaby comments over a damn fountain.
ReplyDeletewas jc nichols your daddy?
didn't think so.
the rename is a good thing and if you are salty about it, that only means you have no life and you're living in the past.
tame it for Kay Barnes. Or anybody bout be better than some old racist bitch.
1005 Sure name it after someone other than the Man who dreamed it, made it possible and built it...just because you don't like the color of his skin and the politics of his time...that's some fucked up justice
DeleteI don't understand why blacks don't vote for law and order African American Mayors and City Council who encourage business development that provides jobs.
ReplyDeleteYou would think inner-city parents would want safe neighborhoods for their kids and job opportunities. Plus, embrace other ethnicities to invest capital in their community.
I guess the NFL and Hollywood will provide the jobs and safety for the inner-city.
1096 most do want that but they are misled by race baiter and hucksters Democrats and so called black leaders.
Deleteeveryone should not pay KC earnings tax. refuse to have it deducted from your pay check now. Defund KC.
ReplyDelete10:06 that would take having families where father and mom both are in the home. Something you see damn little of here in KC or in black neighborhoods.
ReplyDeleteTOP PHOTO -- CESSPOOL: WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND
ReplyDeleteMayor Quagmire, J.P. Baker, and their crew of BLM foot soldiers who seek to rewrite history by trashing those who built this town, will themselves become flotsam in due time!!!
America’s 25 Worst Cities are Democrat-Led – The Answer, New Leaders
ReplyDeleteFact: The top-ten American cities for homelessness are sanctuary cities, which offer refuge to illegal immigrants, do not cooperate with federal law enforcement, and raise the price of low-rent housing for their citizens.
Seven of ten appear in another study of America’s top-25 “most dangerous” cities, which tracks the first adding Kansas City, Little Rock, Milwaukee, Rockford (IL), Albuquerque, Springfield (MO), Indianapolis, San Bernardino, Anchorage, Nashville, Lansing, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Chicago, Houston, Hartford (CT), Chattanooga, and Beaumont (TX), dropping Birmingham, Atlanta and Buffalo.
Of the top 25 “most dangerous” American cities, on top of poverty between 18 and 39 percent, most have unemployment between 4.4 and 9.3 percent. The national average is 3.7 percent.
o, these Democrat mayors – with good intention – are leading cities deep in poverty, weak on tax base, infrastructure, employers, trained citizens, and policies to attract corporate investment. They lead the nation in murder, manslaughter, robbery and aggravated assault.
Yes sir fucking renaming a fountain or two is going to solve so many thing.
Kansas City those of you who are left are evidently to fucking dumb to see how fast you're going down the shitter and for you weird guy, shut the fuck up because yes it is happening and don't fucking even try to tell me other wise followed with WEIRD.
I will never allow anything in KC to be named after Tom McDonnell. Dst System was a racist place. The janitor jumped from the 6th floor of 301 w 11th due to racist treatment by the h.r. dept.
ReplyDelete9:53 - i'm afraid your going to be right. eventually it'll all pass.
ReplyDeleteThey need to rename it Trump Fountain and Trump Boulevard because he drove black unemployment to record-low levels. I voted for Obama, but he didn't do anything to help the black population.
ReplyDeleteThank God. Racism is now over.
ReplyDeleteByron you coddle us Blacks like we are retarded children that need your protection.
ReplyDeleteWhite interference is an insult to us, we can defend ourselves. Thanks but no thanks.
This is not a great day in Kansas City. This is a day celebrated by morons and idiots. The chicken-shitters on the KC parks Department board. You have lost your minds. You have lost your city. You deserve what you get in the BLACK LIVES DON'T MATTER city of black murders, thieves and thugs. A city of people that JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK are to stupid to think for yourselves and provide information to the police about your rapists, your murders, your child killers, your drug dealers and users, your hate spewing "Reverends", including Cleaver. Think of this BLACK SILENCE IS BLACK VIOLENCE. And your love for a man that gave you a road map to success but while you want to name everything after this man you reject his road map. If MLK Jr. was alive today he would be shaking his head and asking "where did I go wrong with my people". Shame, Shame, Shame.
ReplyDeleteWhat’s in a name? News anchors are the only people that don’t refer to the Broadway Bridge anymore, and who calls the Grandview Triangle the 3-Trails Crossing Memorial Highway? The fountain will always be the J.C. Nichols Fountain and the street, J. C. Nichols Pkwy. If it shuts local liberals up, let them think they’ve won. For everyone else, we now return to your regular scheduled program.
ReplyDelete10:05 Was MLK your daddy? From what I have read about him it is possible. For a so-called Christian minister he was pretty promiscuous.
ReplyDeleteNew Name for the fountain?
ReplyDeleteTHE DINGE DUNK!
Council members are anxiously waiting for BLM and a bunch of fat reverends to tell them what to do next.
ReplyDeleteCity Council!!!! You want to see white flight????. Just look at the for sale signs going up!!, your incompetence and cow towing to a mob, yes a mob has caused this!!! YOU are to blame! Peaceful protestors are one thing but you allow the mob mentality to rule! You had best start. Taxing renters because the rest of us are leaving!
ReplyDeleteMany of you are posting out valid reasons that changing the name of the J.C. Nichols fountain is not going to solve anything. I am pesoanally against removing his name. He did much for our City. But when you comment, if you will keep the language clean, and not be mean just because others are, it will give you more credibility.
ReplyDeletewon't be long now till the plaza goes the way of Indian Springs shopping center.
ReplyDeleteSoooo sad
We're coming for all your Fucked up white ass slave owning hero's. We're going to blow up the fucking mall in DC and mount peckerwood. And to all my brothers with the last name Jackson, Jefferson or Washington get off your lazy ass and get that shit changed
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