Kansas City Confronts EPIC Jail Costs

Amid rampant holiday spending . . . This note is apropos . . . 

THE UPCOMING KANSAS CITY JAIL WILL COST MORE THAN MOST POLITICOS DARE ADMIT!!!

In fact . . . This report seems to contend that taxpayers might need to fund BEYOND the upcoming public safety sales tax . . . Check-it:

"Voter approval would renew a quarter cent sales tax that was approved 15 years ago. The Public Safety Sales Tax was introduced to fund construction of the South Patrol, East Patrol and Shoal Creek Patrol facilities, crime lab, police academy in the northland and other infrastructure upgrades.

(Councilman Crispin) Rea says the sales tax will generate about $24 million a year. That’s a total of $360 million over 15 years. Still, he worries.

“Will that be a large enough amount to cover the construction of the facility as well as other needs that the police department might have?” he asked. “That’s the conversation we need to have: what exactly the sales tax will pay.”

The City has agreed to purchase the property from Jackson County for $2.3 million.

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

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