Kansas City 18th & Vine Jazz District Taxpayer Subsidy Endures

A favorite fun fact shared to us by a local tax fighter . . .

SUBSIDY FOR KANSAS CITY'S 18TH & VINE JAZZ DISTRICT HAS ENDURED LONGER THAN THE JAZZ AGE!!!

Credit where it's due . . . 

This is an excellent report comes by way of the former editor of a FAILED alt. mag who (for years) kept talking about handing out a beat down to your 2nd favorite blogger DESPITE the fact that she probably weighs about 95lbs when her mullet is in full glory and a quart low on her favorite beverage. Therefore, she never seemed to understand that TKC might sometimes look soft and fluffy but the reality is that this local scribe can still bench press a small truck. 

However . . . 

Despite it all I'm a very nice guy with a backpack full of "rizz" and I'm far more interested in great local reporting than bickering:

"It's been more than 25 years (now 33) since the council committed $20 million in sales taxes to begin redevelopment of an iconic Kansas City neighborhood that had crumbled."

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

Kansas City's American Jazz Walk of Fame marks a decade of celebrating history

Two Kansas City musicians reflect on the significance of the 18th and Vine District, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this weekend with the induction of Roberta Flack, Patti Austin and Bob James, plus live performances by Austin and Jose Feliciano.