We feature a bit more prog blog perspective this morning if only because they TOTES miss the point of local government check & balances.
Moreover we ask . . .
HAS KANSAS CITY BENEFITED FROM MAYOR Q CONSTANTLY FIGHTING WITH JEFF CITY IN COURT?!?
It's not unlikely that "local control" might soon be a reality one day in KCMO . . . But it likely won't be earned by slap fighting over defunding police.
And so . . .
This screed offers yet another glimpse of how Brookside views a world wherein they're constantly outmaneuvered by Jeff City Republicans . . . Check-it:
"If Kansas City had its way, the local minimum wage would run $17 per hour, grocery stores would only use paper bags and you’d need to pass a background check to buy a gun in town.
"But politicians and businesses that see these policy ideas as threats to their authority or their bottom lines, shut off all those policies by using their power to block them.
"So instead of playing whack-a-mole at hundreds of city council meetings, lobbyists set up camp in the state Capitol to make it impossible for any town to pass certain laws that reflect local sentiments.
"For more than a decade, red states like Missouri have stripped cities of their ability to craft local policies on pesticides, tobacco taxes, workplace protections and affordable housing. The rise of “preemption laws” comes from corporations and politicians who want to keep these decisions under their control."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Missouri legislature is cutting local governments' power to pass their own laws
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