Kansas City Seeks 65 MILLION South Loop Loan From Feds

Think about this for just a sec . . .

KANSAS CITY REQUESTS EPIC CASH FROM FEDS FOR ANOTHER DOWNTOWN PARK THAT'S REALLY JUST A PERK FOR NEARBY LUXURY LIVING SPACE!!!

Meanwhile . . .

Most local denizens notice a great deal of EMPTY OFFICES, lackluster foot traffic inside the loop and a growing number of homeless denizens frequenting all manner of vacant corners. 

Don't worry . . . It gets worse . . .

Let's not forget to mention the worsening crime problem in the Crossroads and violence even threatening popular places like the fancy Downtown market wherein a dude recently smashed a cop in the head with a chair. 

Nevertheless . . .

Here's the latest priority from 12th & Oak . . .  

Months after progress seemed to have stalled on the South Loop highway lid project in downtown Kansas City, city officials are hoping a federal loan will signal that things are moving forward once again and the lid will be built as promised.

“I think it’s fair to say that, yes, it’s going to happen, because there’s been some skepticism,” Mayor Quinton Lucas told reporters Tuesday after the City Council finance committee recommended that the full council agree to borrow up to $65 million from the the feds.

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

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