Midtown Kansas City Development Sparks Tired Tax Break Debate

Here's the bigger questions that our colleagues are missing . . . 

Given the recent spike in property taxes and the EXCEPTIONALLY RICH KCPS . . . Is money diverted from schools REALLY a big deal anymore?!?

Take a look at salaries for top administrators and claims of poverty will quickly lose support. 

Still . . .

Midtown arguing over new construction is a fun tradition and here's the latest installment . . .

"Mac Properties will receive a 15-year tax incentive after approval from the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority. Midtown residents and Kansas City Public Schools criticized a tax break for a development that doesn't include affordable housing, while Mac and supporters said it could ease housing pressures and bring new life to the area."

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

Mac development in midtown Kansas City nabs tax breaks after rejections from other agencies