If this blog has accomplished ANYTHING . . . It's our hope is that we have inspired locals and our community of readers to look BEHIND THE HEADLINES and consider to the motives moving the local discourse.
Accordingly . . .
We merely ask . . .
ARE KANSAS CITY TENANT UNIONS MOSTLY ABOUT MOBILIZING VOTERS WITH PROGRESSIVE TALKING POINTS?!?
Anybody watching has noticed a pattern . . . AND after years of advocacy, we haven't noticed the local housing situation getting any better despite SO MANY constant protests around election season.
Check-it . . .
"Tenants at two apartment complexes in east Kansas City and another in Lee’s Summit unionized for better living conditions. Their landlord is a real estate company in New York, and a big player in federally subsidized affordable housing.
"In three apartment complexes stretching across the Kansas City metro, hundreds of renters have dealt with cockroaches, mice and flooding — but their landlord is more than 1,000 miles away in New York.
"Now, a majority of residents at the complexes are unionizing to demand better living conditions."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Hundreds of Kansas City tenants unionize over pest infestations: 'My kids are traumatized'
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