TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! TALK OF KC STRIP TROLLEY TOTAL FAIL FORESHADOWS THE IMPENDING DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY TOY TRAIN DISASTER!!!

Quite a few people have come forward to provide insight on The KC Strip Trolley and how it has become an unmitigated disaster of a Kansas City transit effort aimed to spark economic development.

Now more than ever this testimony is important given that Kansas City is on the precipice of politicos railroading this town with an even more expensive Downtown Streetcar Line that attempts to recreate the same failure at even greater expense.

To wit . . .

THE FAILURE OF THE KC STRIP TROLLEY PROVIDES A PERFECT PRECURSOR TO DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY STREETCAR DISASTER!!! BEST OF ALL, WE HAVE NEW DETAILS REGARDING THE TROLLEY IMPLOSION!!!

We'll start with established facts and then work our way toward new testimony that will take place over a few posts . . .

It is a documented fact that the KC Strip failed to live up to promises to pay back the money on the TAX FREE loan bestowed upon the operation by City Hall.

Also . . . Ridership numbers are facing some serious questions because they don't measure up to previous claims from KC Strip operators. Real Talk: Look at the trolleys on any given night and they're virtually empty. This is a situation that has persisted since the inception of the KC trolley system.

Wait . . . It gets worse . . .

THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE OF KANSAS CITY AND CITY HALL SOURCES WE'RE HEARING THAT EXPENSIVE TROLLEY MAINTENANCE WILL EVENTUALLY BRING THE KC STRIP TO A SCREECHING HALT!!!

More than a few people have noticed the trolleys in bad shape.

At City Hall . . . A source familiar with the TAX FREE LOAN the KC Strip enjoys gave us a chilling quote.

"Tony, you know the loan you keep harping on . . . That money has already been spent. The maintenance alone on those trolleys wiped out those funds. KC will never see that money again."

A TOP LEVEL AND KICK-ASS KANSAS CITY ECONOMIC THEORIST AND TKC TIPSTER CONFIRMS that problems with maintenance might be a key factor in the way we'll see the KC Strip come to an end . . .

"Without much fanfare, expect fewer trolleys on the line as the operation slowly withers. If the ridership doesn't meet expectations there's just no reason to maintain the same fleet of trolleys established at the outset of the operation."

Finally, another source we've talked to makes it plain . . .

"Don't expect to see the KC Strip around in another 6 months. That should put them at the end of their contract and there won't be an effort to renew. If that happens, it's just throwing good money after bad."

To wit . . .

THE FAILURE OF THE KC STRIP HAS SHOWN US THAT TRANSIT SCHEMES IN KANSAS CITY DON'T WORK TO SPARK ECONOMIC GROWTH!!! SADLY, KANSAS CITY IS HELL BENT ON REPEATING THE SAME FAILED EXPERIMENT FOR BIGGER STAKES!!!

We have even more info on this Kansas City transit scheme gone bad . . .

Thanks to more than a few AWESOME TKC TIPSTERS who wanted the public to have this info now that City Hall politicos are trying to play the same game with an almost secret ballot on another KC toy train project. We'll have even more KC Strip facts as the operation slowly grinds to a halt and a new toy train is developed with the same faulty logic.

DEVELOPING . . .