Kansas City Developer Hacks Demand More Money & Cast Blame For 2023

Once again corporate welfare and free money dominate the Kansas City agenda ahead of an election year. 

Here's the downside . . .

KANSAS CITY HAS ALREADY SUNK BILLIONS INTO DOWNTOWN AND NOW DEVELOPERS & CORRUPT POLITICOS DEMAND MORE!!!

Thankfully, the main advocates for more taxpayer cash are repellent ripoff artists and most people understand that pouring good money after bad into downtown is nothing less than a ponzi scheme that pushes Kansas City closer to bankruptcy with every passing year.

Still . . . 

It's important for us to understand the other side of the equation and this morning a hack blog offers a great peek at local eco-devo hype that doesn't take any responsibility for political missteps, ignores Northland growth that now outpaces downtown according to the latest census AND signs on to the ongoing 12th & Oak war against police . . . 

Here's the money line . . .

But there are still too many crumbling sidewalks and curbs, weeds and vacant buildings. MoDOT’s poor maintenance of the freeway loop is an eyesore. And while downtown has plenty of green space, its parks are are not well used or programmed.

As for safety, downtown, as the rest of the city, suffers from the overall ineffectiveness of the Kansas City Police Department. Even with the big influx of residents, quality of life issues don’t seem to be important to police.

Dangerous, loud stunt driving in major intersections, packs of motorcyclists revving their engines at all hours, car and business burglaries; KCPD has to step up its game for downtown to reach its potential as a neighborhood.

Read more pay-for-play garbage via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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