METH TOWN TOP COP CAMPAIGNS FOR TAX INCREASE AND BLAMES KANSAS CITY'S EASTSIDE FOR INCREASING CRIME!!!

Here's just the kind of back handed compliment on which most campaigns for tax increases are based:

"The Independence police chief, believes more aggressive patrolling on Kansas City's East Side is pushing more bad guys in his direction."

On the bright side, he suggests KCPD's Hot Spot strategy is working . . . And that's cool.

However . . .

SHAME ON THIS AREA TOP COP FOR SUGGESTING THAT CRIME IN HIS JURISDICTION ISN'T MOSTLY HOME BREWED JUST LIKE LIKE THE INFAMOUS CONCOCTION FROM WHICH METH TOWN EARNS ITS NAME!!!

To be just a tad more blunt . . . Meth Town has hosted a crime problem ENTIRELY of its own for years.

As for the merits of the tax . . . That's up to their voters to decide.

Still, as crime numbers creep up in surrounding areas the impulse to blame Kansas City Proper seems stronger than ever. But there's no arguing that crime has "moved" to other parts of the area given that it's still so prevalent in Kansas City's urban core.