Kansas City Mayor Q: Economic Border War Back On After STAR Bond Vote

Later in the day, after an important vote . . . Mayor Q isn't so calm about the economic implications of an impending move.

Here's the word . . .

"Kansas City and the State of Missouri will continue their ongoing negotiations with team leaders to keep the teams in the city and state that have welcomed, funded, and supported the success of both teams since the 1960s. Today’s vote regrettably restarts the Missouri-Kansas incentive border war, creating leverage for the teams, but injecting even greater uncertainty into the regional stadium conversation. The vote provides only a speculative ability to sell bonds untethered to private funding plans, costs, locations, or discussion of the unknown consequences for taxpayers and existing businesses. We remain in the first quarter of the Kansas City stadium discussion."

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

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