Question: Why Is KCATA Developing Real Estate When Bus Never Runs On Time???

A few days ago we noted The Voice Of America reporting that "free" Kansas City bus service was notoriously "low quality" and quickly running out of cash.

Nevertheless . . .

DESPITE DECREPIT & DANGEROUS DISCOUNT BUS RIDES, THE KANSAS CITY ATA CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON REAL ESTATE SHENANIGANS!!!

For those keeping score . . .

This is essentially the same scam that developers ran with the Port Authority during Mayor Sly's era. 

Now the age of Mayor Q brings an even more insidious scam that puts pedestrians out in the street for hours on end . . . Take a peek . . . 

The Mainland project, at the southwest corner of Main Street and Armour Boulevard, has been recommended by RideKC Development Corp., the development arm of KCATA, for 15 years of a 75% tax exemption. If KCATA votes to approve the “inducement resolution,” it will pass the first of three steps in the process of receiving the tax exemption.

But groups including KC Tenants, as well as some city officials, were frustrated to learn that the Mainland proposal is asking for public assistance once again, a little more than a year after the Kansas City Council voted against providing the developer with a $10.5 million subsidy.

Their opposition is compounded by the fact that the latest rendition of this proposal includes no set-aside for affordable housing, meaning that rent will cost upwards of $1,200 to $1,600 per month for a one-bedroom.

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

'It's insulting': Critics accuse RideKC of bypassing the city development process

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