As we slouch toward the 2020 November vote Kansas City confronts steadily increasing violence and the threat of continued social unrest.
Moreover, given the aftermath of historic riots on the Plaza and throughout Midtown; local insiders offer this word of warning and economic fact check . . .
KANSAS CITY BANKRUPTCY LOOMS IF CONTINUED SOCIAL JUSTICE PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT AGAIN!!!
Remember . . .
KCPD incurred 2.1 MILLION BUCKS worth of overtime and other expenses associated with violent protests following the death of George Floyd.
Even worse, since that time there have been at least 28 businesses vacated on the Plaza and even more in the surrounding area thanks to the devastation of 2020 riots.
Turns out, not even an iconic retail district is strong enough to serve as a very real battleground betwixt police vs. activists.
And so we offer this inside word about Kansas City's financial situation that should ring true for those who follow recent public meetings closely . . .
"Unless there's some kind of financial relief from D.C., we might be toast anyway. But if we have to suffer through another few weeks of rioting then we're talking about a major hit to the general fund and KC will be unable to meet its obligations over the next 5 years. The furloughs are just the start of how city hall needs to start adjusting to our new financial situation. The most important part of the equation is coping with dramatically decreased revenue -- In most scenarios, any kind of extreme expense (like more rioting) will totally upend this town's finances. This isn't rocket science, and anybody who was really paying attention during recent finance & governance meetings knows that there's only a slim chance that Kansas City will be able to squeak through this time without having to come to some sort of major financial reckoning."
Further reading:
Newsweek: 'Protesters, Your Ass,' Donald Trump Says About Demonstrations After RNC
Daily Mail: Trump claims he will 'take care' of rioters in Portland if the 'incompetent mayor doesn't get control of his city' and adds Kenosha has been 'very quiet since the National Guard arrived'
Fox Biz: Kenosha factory worker warns city is a 'resilient community' but can't withstand weeks of rioting
The Hill: Democrats worry about voter backlash in suburbs
NY Post: Wisconsin Democrats say Kenosha riots will help Trump top Biden
Fox News: David Limbaugh - Democrats own these riots – blaming Trump won't work
CNN: What do polls show about civil unrest impact on 2020?
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first answer was right.
ReplyDeleteWe're toast anyway.
The warning might be appreciated by some but here's the real question: Do you think the protesters will care if Kansas City goes bankrupt?
DeleteAbsolutely not.
We've seen these folks disrespect police, ignore coronavirus warnings, attack the elderly and declare anyone who doesn't agree with the destruction as racist. So no, they're not going to care about the consequences of what happens if KC's general fund is wiped out.
Kansas City was bankrupt the second they started building KCI all over again. They just didn't bother reporting it to anybody.
ReplyDeleteTrump 2020
ReplyDeleteHarris 2020!
ReplyDelete11:11 she is inciting more riots with her public statements. Biden\Harris own this sedition.
Delete"There have been at least 28 businesses vacated on the Plaza and" I just made that figure up.
ReplyDelete...fixed that for you
Wasn't renamimg JC Nichols fountain supposed to resolve the Marxist Democrats need to riot?
ReplyDeleteDemocrats think they can destroy the Republic by bankrupting the systems they've monopolized.
ReplyDeleteA communist city council member in Denver was caught on tape informing rioters (in this case homeless people she incited) about elevated liability limits that make suing the government more lucrative.
In Kansas City, it's the mayor prostrating himself in a COVID19 infected crowd.
More infections, more riots, more dead minorities - Democrats want your prosperity ruined because they profit from it.
Think homeless people are filing pro se? Democrats solicit donations to bail out and defend communist terrorists.
They have been caught profiting off the Combat Tax fund.
If you want dead minorities and richer Democrats, keep voting for them. Or you could vote for Americans.
Pro Tip to Democrat Party rioters....
ReplyDeleteDon't take a skateboard to a gunfight like the Democrat Party Pedophile and his two fellow Marxist felons in Kenosha.
Who will President Harris pick for Vice President?
ReplyDeleteDoes Lucas have a chance?
.....no, Booker was in line before Lucas.
ReplyDeletewait.....is Biden off the ticket already?
ReplyDeleteJulian Castro might be good, for balance.
ReplyDeleteKC council could just take local control of the KCPD and therefore the KCPD pension fund. They could then borrow against it and fund any shortfall the city has. Easy as pie.
ReplyDeleteThat has been their plan all along. Great idea to piss off thousands of geriatric pensioners with lots of guns and time on their hands.
DeleteSorry to burst your bubble but that will never happen. It's protected by state law. No politician/legislator in their right mind would go for that. Oh, and local control is dead. Boom.
DeleteThe lessons secessionists taught us mean America won't stand up for that lawlessness anymore. Dems never stopped wanting to secede.
DeleteThey want Sherman's March again.
Trump 2020. Shoot all rioters!
ReplyDeleteHarris 2020! Support the riots to get justice!
ReplyDeletePissing 100+ million$ into the Jazz District and carrying the P&L Load for years are wise choices, but $2.1 million in Law Enforcement overtime will bankrupt the City?
ReplyDeleteThen let me come down there and look at the books, I'll find you the money in a half hour!
12:32 doesn't understand tax incentives and actual expenditures.
DeleteIt's like Democrats don't understand money, at all. They think fictional, hoped for future money is the same as future earned money and that future revenue is all the same as immediate costs that have to be paid this month.
Utterly fictional world view. All feelings. No wonder they starve to death so frequently.
$2.1 million out of $1.7 billion budget won't bankrupt kc. What will bankrupt kc is the COVID economy and economic no-go zones due to crime or looting.
ReplyDeleteI saw George Soros fly into Kansas City with a huge checkbook and he is going to give $50,000 checks to each protester! I shall be rich! I gonna buy me a new fish boat and ar-15
ReplyDeleteThe KCMO taxpayers who actually provide the money are about the ONLY people who care about how it's spent.
ReplyDeleteAnd they've given up on getting any kinds of reasonable city services a very long time ago.
The elected politicos don't care, because their vision is all about "what are you going to run for next?" dreams of self-important glory.
The developers don't care, because they get theirs up front and leave the taxpayers trying to keep losing "developments" financially viable.
The "activists" and fake nonprofits don't care, because they will suck off the municipal public teat until it runs dry and then head for greener pastures at the county, state, and federal levels.
And the rioters don't much care as long as they get on local TV and try to get their selfies go viral.
Dig deep, KCMO taxpayers!
You have LOTS of grifters depending on you!
But, but, what about MLK signs, the airport, the toy train, 18th and Vine, the subsidies owed to Power & Light owners?
ReplyDeleteAnd who's gonna paint those BLM "murals" on the streets if folks "furloughed" not wielding brushes?
Well, I am pissed! I'm gonna burn something down!
10:55 it started with the Sprint Center and has been non stop of one loser build after another. The street car, KCI and the convention center are the top three.
ReplyDeleteBut the buses are free.
DeleteEven if Tony's made-up number of 28 business closings was correct, Covid19 is the greater cause than the protests.
ReplyDeleteBLM spreads COVID19, 1:35
DeleteThat's its goal.
TOP PHOTO -- CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
ReplyDelete2020 RACE RELATIONS
First, the Jerry Falwell, Jr. family was revealed to be led by a whiskey-drinking cuck and his Linda Lovelace cougar wife...
...then we learn that the Black Panther from Wayanda (land of woke) died from gay-sex cancer!!!
then the cops should stop rioting. dont pay them one extra penny they shouldnt have been there in the first place
ReplyDeleteRioting would end in 10 minutes if they started shooting every sonofabitch throwing rocks and setting fires.
ReplyDeleteWhy do so many negras find it acceptable to kill and loot? Is this part of Woke culture?
ReplyDeleteBetter get plywood and deputize a bunch of armed adults to stand guard around town the night of the election. The silent majority is going to finally stand up legally as adults do a sweep the Demoncrats out of our government.
ReplyDelete2:40 or 17 year olds. They're just fine at protecting America from communists
DeleteThe bald child molester protester was shot in the back by his own people. The 17 year old hero did not fire first.
DeleteHere is how the first one (36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum) happened, now that all the video has surfaced:
DeleteThe crowd discovered Kyle was a Trump supporter. They then began screaming "That guy is a Trump supporter". Kyle started running away. Shots were fired at him and missed. A moltov was thrown and missed. He then cut into the cars and ANTIFA ITSELF, a terrible shot, hit Rosenbaum, who was pursuing Kyle, in the head. The bullet was meant for Kyle. It hit the wrong guy, JOSEPH ROSENBAUM. So how about that!!!! Antifa shoots and kills their own, and the next day, guess what? No riots.
The death of (ONE OF THEM) ended the riots that very night, after that it was OVER, and Antifa itself killed him. Kyle continued running until he tripped, they caught up, and ONLY THEN, after witnessing them shoot a guy in the head, did he defend himself by shooting.
BLM and LGBTQ Seemed to due more damage to our economy than Covid. Weird
ReplyDeletePull the tax breaks for the Royals and the Chiefs if they also start preaching to us.
ReplyDeleteI've said all along that Q and the other democrat mayors/gov's have been working together with the goal of getting Biden elected. They've been promised and are counting on the Feds printing money and HUGE bailout checks for them to rebuild the cities they at the very least LET be burned and in many encouraged the burning.
ReplyDeleteWhen Trump wins, they will all (including KC) be broke. We'll be decades trying to recover from Q's betrayal. The Plaza is gone forever. Will the Crossroads move there? Another bar district? What they hell, an adult entertainment district? I'll be surprised if there's another Plaza lighting EVER. BUT, we got J.C. Nichols name off of it. All worth it.
Nice job democrats.
That Wisconsin kid sure pulled the Kenosha Hat Trick.
ReplyDeleteYou silly people, there’s an easy fix for all this, just add another four weeks of furloughs to all the white city workers and then if that doesn’t work just fire them. Lucas has already planned for this racial injustice. He’s calling it reparations.
ReplyDeleteAnd you guys thought I was bad. Haha
ReplyDelete"And you guys thought I was bad. Haha"
DeleteWe still think it, cunt. Haha
The problem is you have Violent Looters and Criminals coming in from other parts of the U.S.,and even though the The burbs. I don't think the people who live in the Plaza and even Midtown want to tear up tear,up there neighborhood.YOU FIND OUT WHO IS FINANCING,THE ORGANIZERS .And have them arrested for insiting,a riot.
ReplyDeleteTook jc Nichols name off of it and it crashed and burned, imagine that, they killed a large percentage of tax money for spite. Don’t we have the mostus and bestus mayor and clowncil evar! Now that’s momentous momentum right there! All the way to the bottom we go! Hahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteWe are in the top for for murders though, at least we have that going for us!
Marxist Democrats support pedophiles.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans support those who kill pedophiles.
Trump 2020
4:45 Obama sent his daughter to intern with Harvey Weinstein.
DeleteGuess Harvey's "bundling" bought him nice access to what Democrats prize most.
Negroes shouldn't have let the gay kids lead the protests. Now everyone has egg on their face.
ReplyDeleteKC's bankruptcy is already carved into stone. The sewers, the airport, the lockdown and mask mandates, the riots and property destruction, the dysfunction of city government have all combined to bring the city down.
ReplyDeleteThere's other cities far worse off. It a national problem. National solution: print money or default.
DeletePatty Cake Mahomes is encouraging the rioters.
ReplyDeleteDEFUND the Chiefs.
NO more $250 million taxpayer handouts to Dallas resident Clark Hunt and his millionaire coaches and players.
Be nice if Mahomes would share his $480 million contract with the poor people and schools in Kansas City that he fraudulently acts like he is concerned about.
Biden's policies would lead to more riots and violence, imho.
ReplyDelete626, you're right. The Chiefs should cancel their season and prioritize working fir their deep beliefs full time.
ReplyDeleteNFl takes the knee.. gooble, gooble. A prime example of black glass ceiling.
ReplyDeleteIt was Joyce smith that reported that 28 business number. I think TKC has a subscription to the Star despite all of his complaining.
ReplyDeleteRadical Liberals ruin everything including the democrats chances of winning
ReplyDeleteSome of these comments are weird. Why would you blame police for rioting.
ReplyDeleteMakes NO Sense.
7:37 - it's a tactic abusers use to skirt accountability. Some call it gaslighting. Others call it lying.
DeletePeople who have studied sexual abusers call it DARVO.
"Definition of DARVO
DARVO refers to a reaction perpetrators of wrong doing, particularly sexual offenders, may display in response to being held accountable for their behavior. DARVO stands for "Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender.""
When you look at the history of the Democrat party (slavery, KKK, Jim Crow, progressivism, Japanese internment camps, sending Jewish refugees from Socialist Germany back to burn, allowing the Soviets to invade Poland, allowing the Soviets to keep all their imperialist occupied countries, stealing Americans' gold via an executive order, creating eugenics and inspiring Hitler with it and using nukes even when they weren't necessary to secure Japan's surrender) they claim the bad parts became Republican.
But then why do they still admire Wilson's eugenics? That was part and parcel with his segregating the White House. Only until this year did their anti-minority population reduction campaign award the Margaret Sanger award. They still idolize admitted racists. They just don't want to do it so publicly.
If the parties switched, why do they still admire FDR and his racism and stealing of poor and middle class people's wealth?
You're seeing an abusive terrorist organization use the same tactic rapists use to deflect from consequences when they get caught.
Now you know why Obama sent his daughter to intern with convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein. A man every one knew was allowed to get away with rape until Donald Trump became president.
Didn't NBC news stop the investigative journalism that helped secure Democrat mega-bundler Harvey's conviction? Why yes, yes they did. ABC sat on details for years to protect him.
The Dem strategy is DARVO.
4:08 Well done!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou're a liar too 7:23. She never wrote that. Link to it if she did. But you can't. She didn't.
ReplyDelete^^^
DeleteYou're such a bitch-ass scrub and so easily disproved. I've got a link to fact check your stupidity since you don't have anything better to do than smell farts on this dumb-ass blog.
Professor Steve CRAPske said this, "The last sentence of a Joyce Smith Column in The Star recently pointed out that the Country Club Plaza has more than two dozen empty storefronts right now."
So there's the link, TKC probably should have included it but I'm pretty sure he wanted idiots like 8:38 giving him clicks all day long.
Fucking loser.
Are Democrats this addicted to lying? Seriously?
DeleteMajor haircut on KC Muni bonds.
ReplyDeletePeaceful Protests do not happen at night !!! Law and Order !!! Peaceful protestors do not wear defensive or offensive equipment, have instruments in their hands, and one again don’t protest at night.. unless you are protesting the moon 🌚! .... Police need the authority to shoot any protestors that throw objects at them !! Protestors need to leave the country and go to Oregon .
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ReplyDeleteNo riot is and no riots are "bankrupting Kansas City."
You've heard of the pandemic, right?
Difficult to believe anyone has to point that out for you.
#YellowJournalism
At it's worst.
At it's racist, baiting, emotional worst.
God, I hope one day you're embarrassed.
Aware enough to be embarrassed.
^^^ Yet there was a riot and there are riots all over America right now. That violence costs a lot of money. Typical liberal denial of the facts and violence that's killing our city. You don't care what happens to people, as long as they vote your way.
ReplyDeleteHistorically, it takes 20 years for an area to resume where it left off after riots and property destruction. It will be a good lesson for this generation to see the long-term consequences to a season of mayhem. My town got looted and burned but at least we have this awesome mural of a convicted felon.
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