Progressives Pressure Port KC Amid ICE Detention Facility Jail

Tax fighter have argued against the shady organization for years . . . Now, the group is the target of local progressive activists . . . Here's apt prog blog documentation . . . 

"Platform Ventures struck a deal to build a 1-million-square-foot warehouse for a burgeoning industrial district on the former Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base. The company promised up to 500 new jobs for Kansas Citians and new property tax revenue for Grandview School District.

"In return, the Port Authority, also known as Port KC, would give the developers a break on the first 20 years of property taxes.

"Port KC leaders never imagined that the warehouse could later become a site for a massive immigrant detention center that could house thousands of detainees."

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

Platform Ventures got Port KC tax incentives to build a warehouse. Now they're selling it to ICE

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