tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post4926258284325400719..comments2024-03-06T04:16:12.541-06:00Comments on Tony's Kansas City: CELEBRATE!!! DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY CONVENTION HOTEL ANNOUNCES GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE THIRD TIME!!!Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-7915522933918970762017-12-06T17:14:51.645-06:002017-12-06T17:14:51.645-06:00City will get it back in bus fair and earnings tax...City will get it back in bus fair and earnings tax from all those $12 an hour jobs that will created, the state will pay for the ebt cards.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-36762626752295672652017-12-06T11:28:34.207-06:002017-12-06T11:28:34.207-06:00Once new hotel opens and it is not used, we will b...Once new hotel opens and it is not used, we will be told it is because of the convention center. It needs to be enlarged again at taxpayer expense. We have been down this road many times before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-89770244377553046112017-12-06T10:39:06.590-06:002017-12-06T10:39:06.590-06:00Jumping full scale into a declining industry with ...Jumping full scale into a declining industry with increasing competition. They might as well invest in Sears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-27032225580837807122017-12-06T10:05:36.493-06:002017-12-06T10:05:36.493-06:00I hope there's wi-fi UNLIKE at the now-former ...I hope there's wi-fi UNLIKE at the now-former American Royal complex. I attended a home show there last winter and quickly realized why KCMO lost the event to KCK. This isn't 1998, folks! Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430822130748015903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-67952313440255017312017-12-06T08:51:17.729-06:002017-12-06T08:51:17.729-06:00Yes plans for our popular streetcar include a spec...Yes plans for our popular streetcar include a special turn off and right into the front covered entry of this fabulous hotel! No need for cars in downtown KC! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-48682897723249188482017-12-06T08:50:51.861-06:002017-12-06T08:50:51.861-06:00By the time the voters find out what's really ...By the time the voters find out what's really going on with this "secretive" deal, the promoters will be long gone.Hyperblogalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617626477611807412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-65262999050805310022017-12-06T08:19:29.314-06:002017-12-06T08:19:29.314-06:00Will the toy train go there? Will the toy train go there? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-36239442629110183982017-12-06T07:15:10.852-06:002017-12-06T07:15:10.852-06:00Hopefully the girl councilmen can put an end to th...Hopefully the girl councilmen can put an end to this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-23132809592511678512017-12-06T06:27:47.138-06:002017-12-06T06:27:47.138-06:00KCMO government wants to get involved in the hotel...KCMO government wants to get involved in the hotel business for the same reasons that they're in the entertainment business, casinos, apartment building, engineering company headquarters, or all the other "businesses" that the city heavily subsidizes or outright owns.<br />It's lots more fun f.or the electeds to play real estate and business developer than it is for them to have to address boring issues like homicides, street maintenance, or sewer and water systems.<br />And, if they really play their cards right, there are lucrative deals and jobs waiting for them at the end of their terms.<br />Just make believe that the role of government is economic growth and jobs.<br />And leave all that boring stuff to unsupervised employees with no accountability, nonprofits, and programs brought in from out of town.<br />It's worked for KC politicos for decades and from the low election turnouts and results, the residents/voters apparently think it's just fine.<br />But you have to wonder just how deep that "unappropriated balance" in the city budget really is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-3959019410990318542017-12-06T06:15:00.388-06:002017-12-06T06:15:00.388-06:00Again and again and again - If it was such a great...Again and again and again - If it was such a great idea, why does KC need to pay for it and why isn't Loews footing the bill by itself? Seems like they would get pretty hefty tax incentives if they did it with their own money. Why should KC go into the hotel business?Jamesonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-10064900063927285792017-12-06T05:59:35.703-06:002017-12-06T05:59:35.703-06:00KC continues to repeat our history of bankrupt pro...KC continues to repeat our history of bankrupt projects. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com