Kansas City Mayor Q Starts Lame Duck Era With More Promises

The low-lights for this upcoming year of lower expectations . . . 

- A renewed promise to keep the Royals even after all of his statements about the Chiefs proved false. 

- He's low-balling the cops again with far less cops, so we get to do that dumb "defund" debate one more time for the cheap seats. 

- The last part of his tenure is mostly about the World Cup with more hype than anybody can possibly deliver even if faux stats about 650K have been mandated for nearly every local media outlet.

Here's the word and more reporting . . .  

Last year came with amazing highs and low lows for the city. A global sports phenomenon is on its way to the city in 2026, while we begin preparing to lose a major sports franchise.

Lucas went over some of the city's achievements over the past year, and priorities for the year ahead.

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