Guv Parson Seyz STL Must Confront Crime Crisis Amid Population Decline

Like it or not, tough talk from Jeff City offers a truism that also threatens to impact Kansas City.

Here's the money line . . .

"I don't think there's no secret here to St. Louis," Parson said in an interview. "One of the problems they have is you've got to figure out how to deal with the crime situation. That's got to be a priority because if there's anything negative about St. Louis that I see from this position, that's the No. 1 thing that's going to come to the forefront and people are going to talk about."

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

People are 'not going to stay somewhere they're not safe,' Gov. Parson says amid St. Louis' bad showing in Census estimates

Gov. Parson acknowledged the St. Louis region's outsize role in the state's economy, calling it the "No. 1 driver in the state" and the primary "hub."