Mayor Q Blames Missouri GOP For Historic Kansas City Homicide Count

Ahead of an upcoming election . . . Here we are at the same place again . . .

MAYOR Q BLAMES MISSOURI REPUBLICANS FOR HISTORIC KANSAS CITY MUNRDER NUMBERS AMID ARGUMENTS ABOUT MONEY & POWER!!!

Strangely, we don't notice many white dudes in cheap suits killing people on the East side.

The argument is evasive garbage from a politico who has ABSOLUTELY FAILED TO UPHOLD PUBLIC SAFETY IN KCMO . . . And what's worse is that our local leaders keep cozying up to STL when it's very obvious that failed city doesn't have anything to teach us. 

In fairness, here's his agreement from a source that's friendly to his administration . . .

Kansas City is on track to have its most violent year in terms of homicides, and Lucas says state control plays a role.

“I believe that the state control system keeps us away from finding, in some situations, the most innovative solutions,” he said.

Instead of spending time to come up with tactics that would prevent crime, Lucas said time is spent on fighting between the state and the city, particularly when an influx of American Rescue Plan Act dollars could go a long way.

“The way it is now, the City of Kansas City itself has to apply for any type of grant, we then perhaps transfer it to the Board of Police Commissioners. But if they don't want it, if they don't agree with the purpose, then we're finding ourselves sending money back to the federal government,” Lucas said.

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