It feels like we've read this type of post dozens of times . . . Voiced by everyone from HBO talker John Oliver . . . To your aunt who still thinks that Hillary won.
Complaining about it doesn't really change anything . . . But that never stopped anyone from complaining.
And so we offer another verse in this endless cacophony of content . . . Check-it:
"The line that divides Kansas and Missouri continues to test local and state officials’ ability to work together.
"The state line also poses a stubborn barrier to unraveling some of the region’s knottiest problems.
"It complicates efforts to build a transit system that reliably gets you from your home in eastern Jackson County to your job in Overland Park, or from a retirement community in south Kansas City to a doctor’s office in the Northland.
"It’s a barrier to constructing affordable housing that isn’t overly concentrated in low-income neighborhoods, and to addressing the root causes of homelessness.
"And, as the Royals and Chiefs demonstrate, it often pits our counties and cities against each other as they lard up tax breaks to lure major businesses mere miles, sometimes just blocks, across the state line."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
How Kansas City is both defined, and held back, by the state line
The state line remains a stubborn obstacle to addressing some of the Kansas City area's most pressing issues.
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