The interesting part of this debate is that affluent white people on both sides of this issue touted a fight for "democracy" in defense of luxury property rights or greater license to push the last legal drug.
Either way, here's the aftermath . . .
KC Biz Journal: Tom's Town landed just seven of the 12 consents it needed from 23 surrounding property owners to expand its liquor license . . . Even after the Kansas City Council brokered a compromise on consent votes — limiting the sway of a single property owner — Tom’s Town came up short.
From the vantage of a somewhat typical broke-ass Kansas City denizen . . . The dangerous part of this debate was how it threatened to change liquor code rules throughout Kansas City and lower the standards that other neighborhoods have worked to enforce . . . Ultimately, the power players realized that wasting the time of the electorate at-large was a bit shameless and they came to a compromise . . . Sadly, even with the agreement the party people @ Tom's Town couldn't find the support they needed and might be confronted with the reality that KCMO isn't quite as "thirsty" as they initially suspected.
Developing . . .
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