Kansas City South Side Shares Frustration Amid EPIC Luminary Park Spending

The more people push back on this silly clandestine noise control project at the behest of the convention hotel and luxury apartment dwellings . . . The better . . .

Thursday’s ordinance authorizes more than $51 million for phase one construction as well as future maintenance costs. Sixth District Councilman Johnathan Duncan called the park project a “fiscal blunder” for Kansas City. Darrell Curls, Fifth District At-Large Councilman, expressed frustration in a lack of investment in his district despite city spending on downtown projects. 

“We’ve got needs that we can’t fund right now,” Councilman Duncan said. He added the Roy Blunt Luminary Park project is a “want” for Kansas City — not a “need.”

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'When is it our turn?' south KC officials say to Roy Blunt Luminary Park

South Kansas City officials criticized the city's spending before voting "no" on the Roy Blunt Luminary Park's first phase of construction on Thursday.

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