Tonight, Kansas City tax fighters make another plea for local politicos to abandon a plan that was rushed through by Mayor Sly and the previous Council. Take a look at more than a few arguments against the project that has confronted financial hardship and universal skepticism.
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Opportunity For A Reset On Downtown Hotel
Dear City Council Members;
This week, City Manager Troy Schulte offered you all a clean opportunity to step away from the downtown hotel project which appears to be a very bad and "doomed to fail" investment for the taxpaying voters of Kansas City, Missouri. Schulte stated this last week: If the developers cannot show marked progress by December 20, the City can pull it’s support. Councilwoman Loar is right to be “very skeptical of this project with this development group”. We know many more of you feel the same way but have been hesitant to state your feelings in public.
If you would like to remove any reference of your good name to this hotel project, now is the time. Those of you running for Mayor might want to consider what a failed hotel project, which you heartily endorsed, might do for your chances! This is an opportune time for each of you to tell the City Manager to pull the plug. Turn this deal over to private investors, if it is that good investors should line up to get in.
As far as the City "having to pay $250,000 if they pull the plug”, we question this. When the developers and investors came to City Hall and presented their plan to the council, they stated they had “ just returned from New York and had all the financing in place and were ready to go”. Perhaps the City was misled from the beginning? We believe this should exonerate the City from any liabilities since we were lied to from the start.
Stand up and be counted.. All the City Manager is looking for is nine council members, eight more, to tell him to close out the deal. This is a win … win for you our council members and the voters of KCMO. Let them build the hotel without taxpayer dollars. If you do not stop it now, it is only a matter off time before the developers are back asking for more city tax dollars or a guarantee on the bonds from the city or both. Stop it now.
We do not need this hotel. We housed the Major League Baseball All Star Game; The League Play Off Series and the World Series without any problems. These are the some of the biggest gatherings in the country. Since the World Series, Kansas City has seen several more hotels open with hundreds of additional rooms.
The the City Manager to pull the plug!
Citizens for Responsible Government
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You decide . . .
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