Kansas City Mayor Q Cleverly Fakes Downtown East Village Interest From Royals

Today's council session offers a hint that KCMO might be getting closer to a deal with the Royals. 

This kind of theatricality and deception is a powerful agent for the uninitiated.

But here at TKC we are initiated.

And this "power move" is more like a lady who requests a drink before offering WAY TOO MUCH OF HERSELF to some guy she met at a bar. 

Moreover . . .

EVERYBODY KNOWS EAST VILLAGE IS DEAD AND NO AMOUNT OF PRESS RELEASE COPY CAN SAVE IT!!!

Meanwhile . . . Somebody had to wake up Hendricks to write up this press release . . .

"Mayor Quinton Lucas said he asked the team to pay those fees because he assumed the Royals will be asking for significant taxpayer support in the form of “incentives, potential debt coverage by the city, and other legislative items,” if it builds a new ballpark downtown.

"He said he assumed the Royals might put a cap on the amount of those expenses, but that will require negotiation. At its regular legislative session following that announcement, the council authorized City Manager Brian Platt to select an outside law firm to represent the city and to negotiate an agreement with the Royals to pay legal counsel directly."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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