Feds Refuse Sketchy Downtown Kansas City Luminary Park

A quick Friday reminder . . . 

FED HAVE CONTINUALLY TURNED DOWN FUNDING FOR KANSAS CITY'S STUPID LUMINARY PARK SCHEME!!!

There are only a few local outlets who highlight this fact of life and TV news is too busy to do a deep dive on this . . .

Our contribution to the discourse . . .

NOBODY MENTIONS THAT PRIVATE FUNDING PROMISES ARE ALSO FAKE!!!

The new KC Pet Shelter and the World Cup are just a couple of examples of how donated private cash always disappears when we're talking about massive local public projects.  

Don't take TKC's word for it . . . Here's a more apt summary . . .

"Roy Blunt Luminary Park, the much-discussed plan to build a park over four blocks of I-670 in downtown Kansas City, just missed another federal grant application, according to the Kansas City Business Journal. The city’s request for $25 million was not included in the federal Department of Transportation’s recent round of $1.73 billion in handouts.

"It’s the fourth rejection from the feds since 2022. Over the past four years, the city has failed to impress federal reviewers for the RAISE program in 2022 ($25 million), the Mega program in 2023 ($60 million), the Reconnecting Communities & Neighborhoods program in 2024 ($75 million), and now the BUILD program (previously called RAISE). Three different federal programs and four different reviews yielded the same answer.

"Maybe, just maybe, the universe is trying to send city hall a message: Stop!"

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

Heeding Luminary Park's Incandescent Warnings