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KC TIF WATCH retweeted
Very good editorial by @kcstar here:
Mayor Lucas, don’t bypass the public and City Council in KC incentive discussions kansascity.com/opinion/edito…
@ShowMe @PeteMundo @dhellingkc @PatrickTuohey @PatrickIshmael
Not only are we reversing all of the hard work that our group & others have accomplished w/ incentive reform, the KCATA is handing out free tax $$ and shutting out the folks who represent us, not even returning their calls!! @kcpublicschools @FlatlandKC flatlandkc.org/news-issues/k…
In more devastating news for eco-devo reformers, with recent passage of the Advance KC 2.0 housing ordinance, many communities are left reeling. kc-tifwatch.org/post/you-hav… @UrbanLeagueKC @MOREsquared
#thehitskeepcoming #whoarebuildingitfor
Pandemonium at a defining moment for @QuintonLucasKC @MayorLucasKC
Amid shouting that "the rent is too damn high", which created a 3-min disruption by @KCTenants rightfully voicing opposition & after a few council folks left the meeting, it passed.🤬
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City Hall gave Fidelity Security Life $12.7 million to move to the most desirable area in the metro. Should the public fund a project that benefits just one successful company? Politicians waste endless taxpayer dollars to say they’re “winning.” @ShowMe
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What in the world has got CW Shields so upset that she would drop the "F" bomb while chastising the staff? Mac Properties is still set to receive millions in $$ to displace tenants in Midtown & normally she would call it a "win". MTU stands to lose - docs.google.com/document/d/1…
KC TIF WATCH retweeted
4th district CW Katheryn Shields (cosponsored by @EricWBunch) introduced an ord. to give Mac over $10.5m over the next 20 years for UNaffordable apartments but committee Sub 211077 introduced by @Robinson4kc could make it better - more info located here - bit.ly/MTUdemands
KC TIF WATCH retweeted
“More than ever, he needs strong support from city leaders, local businesses and the community. And of course, that’s what we should do. Every success for the district is a victory for Kansas City.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼@MarkBedell_KCPS @kcpublicschools
Graduation rates have jumped double digits over Mark Bedell’s five years from 68% to 78%. | Editorial trib.al/hpEpWcc
Rest in Power little man. 💕🙏
We are heartbroken to share the news that one of our leaders, Ashley Johnson, lost her five year old son Zach last Saturday. Zach was one of our littlest leaders, a frequent participant in strategy meetings and direct actions.
Please support the family: gofundme.com/f/kc-tenants-mu…
So disappointing, especially coming from some who KNEW it was a bad decision but did it anyway. We wonder why.
This really is an awful decision by the KC Council:
Kansas City overwhelmingly OKs millions for company moving a mile into luxury offices kansascity.com/news/business… @JamesHohman @AccountableEcon @KCTIFWatch @ShowMe
😱City Council approves incentives for Fidelity Security Life, a successful insurance company that designed an excessively expensive building on the backs of our mentally ill and poor school children. @Ryana4KC was the LONE "NO" VOTE. THANK YOU RYANA.
More testimony against incentives for Fidelity Security Life by another neighbor living in Union Hill during the NPD Committee meeting last week. How will City Council Vote? Stay tuned, the meeting is coming up at 3pm. #FSLcanpayforitthemselves
youtu.be/WaPFOW8yVII
Further testimony in opposition to incentives for Fidelity Security Life in Kansas City by @AngieLile, chair of the @kcpublicschools District Advisory Council (a group of parents, teachers and community leaders living in within the KCPS district). #FSLcanpayforitthemselves
Listen up all you @kcpublicschools parents and supporters... this is what @K_J_Shields REALLY thinks about your child's education.
She would rather lie to the press than to admit that it's really only HER BAD DEALS that they oppose.
Maybe @K_J_Shields should try to put more deals together like the one we all support (including KCPS) at 63rd street and Prospect? Ones that actually MERIT the incentives? Oh, but then what would happen to all of her campaign contributions? 😱
More testimony from @KCLibrary in opposition to incentives for Fidelity Security Life who, despite being a successful insurance company, seem to think they can trick us into giving them millions of $$ to build an unnecessary building. Spoiler Alert #FSLcanpayforitthemselves
Letter to KC Star Sums Up Needless Fidelity Tax Giveaway: “Think you might need to move? You get a building! You get a building! You get a building!”
Read more at: kansascity.com/opinion/lette…
More on Fidelity Security Life, the successful insurance company that is asking for public assistance for a non-public benefit, this time testimony from the #UnionHill Neighborhood in #KansasCity - youtube.com/watch?v=dGDsM2Mo… #FSLcanpayforitthemselves
and @ellington_b seems to think it's just a matter of time before subsidized projects block everyone's view of downtown and property owners don't get to have a say... basically "Boo Hoo, your opinion doesn't matter." We disagree. And besides, #FSLcanpayforitthemselves