THE TKC SATURDAY NIGHT PLAYLIST!!! CELEBRATE THE KANSAS CITY AIRPORT POLITICAL CONSULTING HOT MESS!!!
Tonight the Star posts a missive regarding the politics of the airport . . .
Political turbulence rattles plans for a single-terminal KCI
It's basically a nice series of quotes from all of the usual suspects.
Credit to the article for kind of outing the Save KCI crew as a sponsored blog or at least connected to Jeff Roe and written from his Northland lair.
It's interesting to see the The Star is playing it as Rex Sinquefield and maybe Jeff Roe vs. Mayor Sly and City Hall.
Interesting tidbit:
GOP POLITICAL CONSULTANT JEFF ROE SAYS THAT POLLING SUGGEST 67 PERCENT OF VOTERS HE SURVEYED ARE AGAINST THE KCI SINGLE TERMINAL PLAN!!!
Meanwhile, TKC independent research has revealed that EVERYBODY hates Council Dude Russ Johnson.
The political reality here is simple . . .
KCI is kind of a tempest in a teapot despite the exorbitant price . . .
Mayor Sly doesn't have time to push this one, he's more intrested in the "Strong Mayor" form of government and Local Control Of the KCPD . . .
IN REALITY IT LOOKS LIKE THIS KCI SINGLE TERMINAL PLAN IS A BATTLE BETWIXT POLITICAL CONSULTANTS AND AND PR FIRMS!!!
Politicos positioning themselves should be entertaining but what's really enlightening is how quickly the public casts their doubt on any big move from City Hall but given 10% turnout in the most recent election . . . Anything is possible when it comes to this town's politics.
And all of this has inspired tonight's playlist.
As always, thanks for reading this week and have a fun and safe Saturday night.
Interesting article, they must have been watching Mike Mahoney - Who reported all this stuff last week.
ReplyDeleteYou know, if we don't build a new airport,TWA is going to drop us as a hub. But if we do build it. Braniff is going to make us their Midwest hub. We win!!!
ReplyDeleteWe need to put the airport back downtown.
ReplyDeleteDowntown airport? Are you nuts?
ReplyDeleteIf Fat Fuck Roe is against it, it must be the thing to do. Go Mayor Sly!!!
ReplyDeleteHow funny is it that the KC Star runs this story AFTER they hire Global Prairie and Alex Wendel. Since they started paying that clown it has gotten WORSE for the KCI crowd and even bad press for the KCI management personally. Before they hired GP/Wendel it was all about the airport and the mechanics of their proposal, now it is all about how bad Van Loh is as a spokesman. Mark, still glad you hired them? They are spinning reporters and Yael and putting all this on you. This is fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteRoe vs Glorioso? Haven't we watched this before? Graves vs Barnes? Order the popcorn!
ReplyDelete7:46, read the story, its not Roe/Glorioso it is Roe vs Global Prairie. Alex Wendel was on the Plaza two weeks ago with a little too much to drink spouting that he was going to pay back Roe for beating his cigarette tax last november. Wendel worked for the cancer society, they raised 5M and guaranteed success and Roe raised 2M and beat them by 1%. Wendel has claimed that Roe distorted the facts and stole the election and has vowed revenge. Wendel drinks Red Wine and Roe chews tobacco, wonder who is going to win this one? I was a donor to the tax campaign GP did and I was also a donor to the zoo campaign Roe did. This thing will be a TKO in the 2nd round. The GP folks (who I like a lot) need to stick to doing marketing for toothpaste because every time they do a campaign that isn't about puppies and cotton candy they get their ass handed to them.
ReplyDeleteIndy built a 1.2B airport 4 years ago and then promptly LOST a hub they had. Build it and they will come is not a smart idea when you are talking about air travel.
ReplyDeleteIf there has to be new airport, put it in JoCo.
ReplyDeleteAlex Wendel the bankers kid? Ha! He only works in the hair gel accounts at Global Prairie. He gets free samples as a bonus. If this client mattered to GP they would put ASP on it.
ReplyDeleteWhen has "Build it and they will come," worked in Kansas City? P&L is barely generating 1/3 of the revenue they promised, the Sprint Arena STILL doesn't have an anchor tenant, and there are 40K LESS jobs downtown than there were BEFORE the so called "Downtown Renaissance."
ReplyDeleteNo one is bothering to review the facts of what streetcar has done to public transit in other cities. It cannibalizes bus routes and makes long distance travel more difficult.
I'm curious about this Indianapolis claim, and I think some journalists in Kansas City should start investigating these things so that we can make informed decisions.
Credit Bryan with the best comment of the bunch.
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Glorioso vs Roe? No competition. Glorioso hasn't won a competitive election since the 90s.
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