Did KC Tenants Advocacy Ruin Progress For Kansas City 18th & Vine?!?!

This morning we note another report about missed opportunity is directed toward local progressives . . . And here's our only problem with this bit of journalism?!?

NOBODY IS ASKING KC TENANTS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT LOST REVENUE & COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR KANSAS CITY'S EAST SIDE!!!

KC Tenants fought against $260-MILLION worth of assistance mostly directed at the East Side. Any complaints should be directed toward this activist group when it comes to replacing that cash. 

Instead . . . KCUR seems happy to share typically patronizing content that's always intended to tug at the heartstrings of progressive middle-class white people . . .

“If we can't get a resolution on this, I think it's gonna have a tremendously negative impact on historic 18th & Vine from the standpoint that the ballpark would've brought a level of commerce to this district that is sorely needed,”Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick said. “And not just the district, but the East Side overall, an area that has been often overlooked, undervalued and underserved.”

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

Some 18th & Vine leaders say loss of downtown stadium could have 'a tremendously negative impact'

Businesses were split on their reaction to the vote on April 2 that rejected the extension of a 3/8th-cent sales tax for a ballpark in the Crossroads. Some said the loss of a downtown stadium just blocks away would hinder progress in the district. Others said the campaign was doomed from the start.