Kansas City Crossroads CID Corrupt?!?

Fun fact . . . 

We've been talking about opposition against the Crossroads CID since about 2013 on this blog. 

Now . . .  Here's a very well-written think piece on the topic along with a great deal of data and healthy skepticism . . .

"At best, CIDs are an admission by local governments that they can’t provide basic services such as security and cleanup. At worst, they hand significant taxing powers to opaque, poorly regulated organizations prone to self-dealing."

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

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