Ur Racist If You Don't Vote For Blank Check Kansas City Bus Tax?!?

Another low turnout vote confronts Kansas City and this not-so-EPIC decision day confronts us with a simple question . . .

SHOULD KANSAS CITY VOTERS WRITE ANOTHER BLANK CHECK TO THE BUS GIVEN THAT THEY'RE NOW JUST ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT AGENCY?!?!

Sure . . .

Most voters want to pay drivers more . . . Clean up bus stops and provide more resources for passengers.

However . . .

What a great deal of coverage doesn't mention is that the KCATA is now giving tax breaks to housing developments and serving as another local piggy bank for local suits. 

In the meantime . . . 

This cover story is worth a peek . .  .

"The sales tax provides about 30% of the KCATA’s budget, and if Question 1 fails, the KCATA says it will be forced to cut weekend and night service on some bus routes and eliminate others entirely. At least 100 transit workers will lose their jobs, and workers across the city will be stranded with no clear way to get to work, doctor’s appointments or child care.

"Some critics complain the sales tax disproportionately hits lower-income families who spend a greater portion of their wages on goods and services. And some Northland leaders contend they don’t get their fair share of bus services north of the Missouri River."

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

On the KCMO ballot: Keep a sales tax or cut 30% of bus funding?

If KCMO's Question 1 on the Nov. 7 ballot fails, officials warn that several bus routes and over 100 transit jobs would be eliminated.