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Originally Posted by Red Dawg
At this point that's the best we can hope for since the shitty KCMO went full on stupid.
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I'm disappointed the vote failed but I understand some of the reasons it was rejected by certain factions of residents. And I don't mean the worthless KC Tenant types.
The general public is reactionary, easily swayed and not always well informed. This proposal, even though its not technically a
new tax is coming on the back of the property tax fiasco that many are seriously feeling in their monthly budgets. The idea of more tax dollars is a turnoff. When pitched as giving billionaires free money, its repulsive to some.
And then we get to the piss poor rollout and total lack of transparency and cooperation with the general public. Hell, they were changing "the plan" as late as last week with the Oak Street debacle.
The Chiefs BARELY participated from the start and then put out about as underwhelming of a proposal as I think was even possible.
The Royals repeatedly delayed and missed the mark on location selection. They promised mulitple times an answer would come by X date, only to push it off even further. And then when the public is wrapping their heads around what they've been told for months was the two possible options, they scrap both and think people won't blink when they choose a whole new location and expect everyone to just forgot everything they were already told.
ALL OF THIS TO SAY: can you lay off the freaking hysterics and whining? You've spent the last 14 hours throwing a total hissy fit. The reality is that the future is unknown, but it's still a lot more likely that both teams stay than leave. But they got put in their place a little bit last night and its probably for the better. Stop being a 10 year old girl and accept that your desired outcome did a piss poor marketing job instead of blaming an entire city/county for being losers and idiots.