Budget director Troy Schulte said Tuesday that City Manager Wayne Cauthen had agreed to give the memorial an additional $207,000 in the current budget year and $620,000 more in the city budget year that begins in May.
That is on top of the $625,000 in annual operating subsidies the nonprofit Liberty Memorial Association already receives.
That is on top of the $625,000 in annual operating subsidies the nonprofit Liberty Memorial Association already receives.
The lack of interest in the Liberty memorial should be a lesson to all Vets who think they will be remembered.
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ReplyDeletePerhaps that has been the Memorial's history, but I am doubtful it will be it's future. Go down to the new World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial this Saturday, Dec. 2. Go to the grand opening of the museum. Hear the Mayor speak. Hear the MO and KS governors speak. Hear the Generals speak. And then go inside the Museum to see for yourself what kind of attraction it is NOW. And then consider wiping away your cynicism. Have some faith, dear Tony.
Bullshit, the WWII veterans are already being forgotten. They are dying at the rate of over 100 a day in VA hospitals, thanks in part to incompetent care.
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