TKC TOLD YOU SO!!! KANSAS CITY STAR CONFIRMS SKETCHY AIRPORT DEAL!!!

A successful day . . . This morning our blog community rushed a bunch of reporters and slightly annoyed Kansas City suits.

Here's the basics of a story OUR KICK-ASS BLOG COMMUNITY blogged half a day ago . . .

"In a private, binding arbitration dispute undisclosed until now, Burns & McDonnell claimed that the actions of Husch Blackwell attorney Charles Renner — whom the city hired as outside counsel to represent it during the airport selection process — caused the engineering firm to lose out to the eventual winner of the airport contract, Maryland-based Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate. The panel of arbitrators — judges, essentially — appointed to hear the case came to a unanimous ruling in favor of Burns & McDonnell. The $62 million Husch Blackwell has been ordered to pay is equivalent to the fee Burns & McDonnell would have received had it won the airport contract."

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

Flying private: The secret $62 million legal fight over the Kansas City airport

The Kansas City engineering firm that lost out on its bid to build the city's soon-to-open billion-dollar airport has been awarded $62 million over legal misconduct by an attorney representing the city, according to a document obtained by The Star.

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