Kansas City South Side Doesn't Trust Billionaire Developer

Here's one of the best reports we've read about a neighborhood beef and growing discontent over very rich people pushing everybody else around . . . Check-it . . .

"The plan includes 48 single family homes, walking trails, and the preservation of some of the golf course. At the meeting, a newer plan decreased the number of homes to 44. (The original plan introduced two years ago called for over 100.)

"But the number of houses is not what’s at stake.  

"At stake is a trust issue."

The basics of the debate . . .

"Brian Illig, a multi-billionaire who inherited much of Loch Lloyd from his father, Cerner founder Cliff Illig, claims he is no stranger to the approval process. He has added a new housing development on the west end of the village called Blue Valley and is in the midst of remodeling the Loch Lloyd Country Club. He has future plans for the north end.  However, none of those properties were owned by a Homeowners Association.

"South HOA has threatened that it “cannot allow the use of the private streets and gates to facilitate the proposed development” until the developer has met with them and addressed their concerns."

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

Loch Lloyd tries again to approve rezoning of controversial housing project

The number of houses is not what's at stake. At stake is a trust issue with the developer.