TKC EXCLUSIVE FACT CHECK: ARTSY 'OPEN SPACES' WAS AN EXPENSIVE FAIL AND NOW KANSAS CITY 'JOURNALIST' COWARDS REFUSE TO REPORT IT!!!

I don't know art but I do know for a fact that City Hall and Mayor Sly wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars for weeks worth of artistic exhibits that would have been better spent fixing local infrastructure and improving local services.

Sadly, the standard for the failed festival was incredibly low . . .

KCUR: Kansas City Pulled Off A Huge Citywide Arts Festival — Organizers Say That Alone Is A Success

Money line . . .

"Dan Cameron, told Central Standard host Gina Kaufmann that it was a success by his measure. Cameron said he had experienced “sublime and transcendental” moments through art that made him stop and focus “in a different way on what it means to be a thinking, living, breathing human being in this moment in this place in the world.” He wanted to give other people the same opportunity for those encounters, he said."

Now here are a few things that he didn't say . . .

- City Hall budgets reveal he was allotted $250K for his services.

- The festival projected that it would take in millions . . . City Hall directly funded $500K . . . However, insiders say City Hall is going to have to cover shortfalls that have already added up to $750K and counting.

- Again, we're involved in a debate with City Hall about attendance . . . Supporters tout big numbers but there's so much proof which reveals sparse crowds and lackluster interest overall.



Buried in the article we linked above . . . A note about "Open Spaces" concert FAIL . . .

"Attendance was much lower than hoped for at the 8,000-seat outdoor venue; only a couple hundred fans showed up for the opening-night performance by The Roots."

One day later Kansas City native Janelle Monae performed for the same venue that was more than half empty.

It gets worse . . .



In 2015, Kansas City Mayor Sly James created the Office of Culture and Creative Services and brought in an expert from Austin, Tx. Since that time very few people at City Hall have been able to decipher what exactly Megan Crigger does to justify her $100K+ salary.

Now . . .

To be fair, the newsie who filed this latest report tried to be objective . . . People don't really want to hear critical discourse on public radio that's mostly intended for polite whispers whilst progressives drink tea. We don't wanna hate on the newsie for her efforts, she has performed valuable work in filing this report which is nearly as useful as when she once served as a guide for Walt Bodine through his last broadcasts . . .

However . . .

From our view, Open Spaces wasted nearly ONE MILLION BUCKS worth of Kansas City taxpayer cash and local media has been mostly silent about the travesty and sketchy accounting in the aftermath of one of the greatest artistic flop this town has ever witnessed.

Developing . . .