Mayor Q Blames Kansas City Biz For Downtown Mass Shooting?!?

In the comments and across local social media, Mayor Q's response to this weekend's deadly mass shooting is playing HORRIBLY with voters. 

We're going to assume he has the best of intentions but the words didn't hit right . . . And so we ask: 

IS MAYOR Q SPINNING BLAME FOR WORSENING DOWNTOWN VIOLENCE ONTO BIZ OWNERS?!?

 Sure, everybody needs to do their part but this tragic situation has a lot more to do with the FAIL of local institutions over bad lighting. 

In fairness, we'll share the quote that local outlets are highlighting . . . So that readers can decide for themselves:  

"Just six weeks ago, I had a lot of conversations with business owners in that area who talked to me about this particular surface parking lot," Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas said Sunday. "There was a shooting that hit businesses nearby, people were injured, and basically we said, 'We need to have some more security there.'"

On Thursday, Lucas introduced an ordinance that would create new requirements for privately-owned surface parking lots in the city's entertainment districts and in the Central Business District Area. 

"What we need to actually have is private property owners who step up and make sure a few simple things happen: lighting, security, that they're calling 911 if there is an incident where people are congregating," Lucas said. 

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

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