Progressive Activists Launch Campaign Against Kansas City Public Safety Tax

We'll have more follow-up but this effort is more important than most local voters might realize . . .

CHECK EARLY ARGUMENTS AGAINST KANSAS CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY TAX THAT HOPES TO FUND A NEW JAIL!!!

Behind the scenes we can share with readers that elected officials are eager to put down this kind of criticism and want to show a "unified front" in support of the tax from the urban core. 

In fairness . . . We share an alternative and local leftist outcry . . . Check-it:

"Community members and organizers with Decarcerate KC are mobilizing against the proposed renewal of the Public Safety Sales Tax, which will appear on the April 8 municipal election ballot. The organization will kick off its campaign with a rally and march on January 31 at Ilus Davis Park, aiming to stop the renewal of the ¼ cent sales tax that could funnel millions into the construction of a new city human caging facility.

"Organizers are calling the movement out as a mass incarceration expansion disguised as public safety. For years, various organizations and community members have opposed efforts to build a new jail, instead advocating for alternatives to incarceration and investment in communities most impacted by the criminal legal system. The group successfully organized to prevent a $6 million allocation for jail design costs in 2023 and spearheaded the creation of KC REACH, the city’s first pre-arrest diversion program, a year later."

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

KC Defender: Decarcerate KC to Launch Citywide Campaign Against New Human Caging Facility

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