Kansas City Milkman Matt Shatto Doubts Crime Solutions From Mayor Q

In this quick update post we want to take another quick glimpse at an ongoing debate betwixt a small biz leader in the River Market and the current 12th & Oak Administration. 

More to the point . . .

MATT SHATTO & MAYOR Q STILL HAVEN'T HAD THEIR FACE TO FACE MEETING ABOUT RISING RIVER MARKET CRIME AFTER WEEKS OF OPEN DEBATE!!!

We think this looks like a city council or mayoral run in the making.

However . . .

Nobody can deny the guy's LEGIT frustration with rising KCMO property crime . . .

“Now, we’re in the midst of it, right?" Shatto said. "We’re at the peak of crime, and now we have to wait for whether it’s a new prosecutor, whether it’s additional jail space."

Since the city and Jackson County agreed on a new municipal jail site, leaders have been examining what that mean . . .

Data from the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department reported over 2,600 property crimes in October alone.

“I think it needs to be made very clear that if you commit property crimes in Kansas City, that is a problem,” Lucas said. “Some people try to say police won’t show up, that’s not true.”

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

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