Kansas City Legal Fight Against 'Local Control' ALMOST Explained

Tonight we check an update on the upcoming courtroom fight.

A few things that locals always seem to forget . . .

KCPD tried "local control" once back in the 30s and organized crime took over almost immediately shortly thereafter. 

Also . . .

There's also a move in Jeff City that seems to want to TAKE BACK "LOCAL CONTROL" FROM STL. 

More to the point . . . 

We're not really talking about "local" control . . . This is an argument for "council control" and anybody who has seen the Water department in action knows that's nothing that voters really want to consider.

Still . . . Here's a glimpse at the debate as it stands right now . . .

Lawyer Spencer Webster is bringing the case and he says that law dates back to the Civil War era and that it’s unconstitutional.

“When you pass something with a discriminatory intent, it has a discriminatory effect as we’ve seen here, that’s really unconstitutional on its face and we think we have a really strong case here,” Webster said.

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

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