Kansas City Public Schools Stay Losing In Downtown Stadium Deal?!?

The newspaper takes a familiar tact . . . Here's the problem . . . 

NOBODY WANTS TO GIVE KCPS MORE MONEY GIVEN THEY'RE ALREADY RICH FROM RISING PROPERTY TAXES!!!

Still . . . This bleeding heart advocacy hopes that readers don't understand so much public frustration with this institution . . .

"The owners of those properties paid nearly $1 million in real estate taxes last year, meaning local taxing districts — chief among them Kansas City Public Schools — could take a financial hit initially, unless arrangements were made to reimburse them in some way.

"That’s because at least four of those six city blocks would be county-owned and not subject to property taxes, as the county-owned stadium would be built on top of that land."

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

Crossroads Royals stadium would take $33 million worth of properties off the tax rolls

Kansas City Public Schools wants the Royals to make up for the district's loss of tax revenue at the site of the proposed stadium.

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