COVID Cash Deadline Could Force Jackson County Exec To FINALLY Compromise?!?

Don't count on it . . . 

Think about the big picture and realize the Courthouse has ALREADY thrown away MILLIONS more with endless fighting.

Still . . .

We noted this story about a year ago and now the newspaper is also paying attention . . .

Nonnegotiable deadlines have a way of focusing the mind and bringing about compromise.

That dynamic is driving discussions at the Jackson County Courthouse these days as a firm, year-end deadline looms for the county’s elected officials to decide how they will spend $70 million in leftover COVID-relief dollars.

Or forfeit all that federal cash.

The county needs to decide where the money is going by the end of this year and spend it by the end of 2026, or it will go away.

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

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