Legal Fight Over Petitions Confronts New KC Royals Stadium

For the moment, there's this pesky thing called DEMOCRACY that keeps getting in the way of so many grand Kansas City schemes . . . 

To wit . . . 

READ CLOSELY, KANSAS CITY MAYOR Q WON'T BE ABLE TO SHUT OUT PETITIONERS FORCING A VOTE ON THE NEW STADIUM!!! 

As always, we leave it to public policy expert Patrick Tuohey who graciously shares his expertise and research with voters . . . Here's the word . . . 

"It seemed weird to me that, once a petition has been validated, a legislative body like the council could just rush through all sorts of things before the vote, and then tell petitioners, “Hey, sorry. You’re too late.”

"And, if one cares about the Missouri Supreme Court, the court thinks similar conduct at the state level is weird, too. The Supreme Court didn’t just find it weird—it found it unconstitutional!

"In February 2015, the court ruled in Earth Island Inst. v. Union Elec. Co. that the state legislature cannot tweak things to effectively eviscerate a pending vote. 

"The court has held that, pending a vote of the people, the legislative body is powerless on that particular matter. So yes, Mayor Lucas, the council may be twiddling its thumbs while the petition process plays out.

"The real impact of the petition, however, may not be on the council. I can easily imagine an attorney for a builder, lender, or investor advising their client to steer clear of the project until the petition matter is resolved either by a vote of the people or by months or years of litigation."

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

Show-Me Blog: No, Kansas City Cannot Rush Royals Financing to Beat a Petition Vote 

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