Kansas City Mayor Q Restarts Police Defund Legal Fight He Can't Win

Despite a great deal of cheering from local media, let's share an inconvenient reminder . . . 

Mayor Q has already lost a fight over police funding and now he's starting a battle that's even more hopeless with the Missouri state government.  

It's easy for our progressive friends to cheer tough talk against the Missouri Republican super majority. 

However . . .

Objectively, Democratic Party leaders across the state are wondering if the mayor isn't wasting time, money and votes by putting himself in opposition to law enforcement leadership. 

MAYOR Q GETTING SMACKED DOWN IN COURT AGAIN BY WAY OF A DOOMED DEFUND BATTLE HURTS MISSOURI DEMOCRATS AND KANSAS CITY!!!

Sadly, this isn't a problem that the mayor can solve with a few tweets and photo-op ride-alongs . . . Democratic Party leadership have already warned that "defund the police" is a losing cause and something that should be avoided. 

Sadly, among local voters the mayor hasn't found a way to avoid getting boxed in to this unproductive battle . . . And now the fight threatens to eat up more of the KC budget than most residents realize.

Take a look . . .

"The money would come from an unappropriated portion of the city’s general fund. It would enable the city to hire outside attorneys to combat the proposed law, which was sponsored by Republican Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer, whose district includes Platte and Buchanan counties.

"The bill would hike the amount that Kansas City is required to allocate to the KCPD from 20% to 25% of the city’s general revenues. It also contains language broadly defining the city’s “general revenue” as revenue that can include special taxes, fees and other sources of funding."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com news link . . .

Kansas City Council approves $450,000 to fight bill hiking minimum funding for the KCPD

The Kansas City Council approved spending $450,000 for legal services to fight a proposed state law that would increase minimum funding for the Kansas City Police Department. The ordinance passed 9-4, with Councilmembers Teresa Loar, Heather Hall, Dan Fowler and Brandon Ellington voting no.

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