Even a brief look at any report of potential new taxes for a downtown Kansas City stadium will reveal strident opposition against funding for the private holdings of billionaires.
After resounding defeat for the Jackson County stadium tax extension, local leaders confront an angry electorate suffering rising tax burdens, inflation and a dearth of economic opportunity.
Meanwhile, discussions of municipal investment remain mired in mostly misinformed conversations debating cost/benefit analysis devised by right-wing think tanks. Typically, social media denizens enjoy feigned expertise in every discipline.
Translation:
Everybody likes playing armchair economist during election season.
Accordingly . . .
Insiders share the latest local gambit that hopes to convince the voting public that taxpayer cash for a new downtown stadium would benefit Kansas City by way of job creation and infrastructure improvement that would far outweigh an inevitable increase in taxes.
Thanks to trusted insiders, here's what we have recently learned about their plan . . .
KANSAS CITY CONSIDERS AN OWNERSHIP STAKE IN THE ROYALS THAT HOPES TO NOT ONLY REBRAND THE TAX CONVERSATION BUT ALSO OPEN UP MORE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES!!!
It's a risky move but going forward there simply isn't much else beyond this kind of dramatic ploy that might convince the tax-weary electorate.
Sadly, there are many downsides.
The bloggy journey of www.TonysKansasCity.com has been defined by sketchy public/private partnership arrangements that ALWAYS evoke bitter feuds over how taxpayer cash is leveraged.
A balancing act over public interest over private control evokes constant tension.
On the other hand . . . TKC would enjoy getting to vote on the lousy Royals bullpen that the home team has never been able to improve consistently.
Still . . .
Some degree of public ownership negates a great deal of tax fighter criticism as conceptions of the team would evolve into more of a public resource than a partnership.
This move involves bending rules and convincing quite a few power players but at this point the prospect of some tiny portion of MLB ownership might be the only dream that locals can sell to taxpayers as American economic circumstances turn increasingly dire for the working-class.
Developing . . .
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