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by phuqueue
Sun Sep 24, 2023 5:42 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Capping the Loop
Replies: 2567
Views: 449250

Re: Capping the Loop

I'm not sure I'd say that Cordish "risked it all." The city is the one picking up the tab for P&L's revenue shortfall.
by phuqueue
Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:00 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Capping the Loop
Replies: 2567
Views: 449250

Re: Capping the Loop

We're not just talking about who will "benefit" from the park, though. You said on the last page that Cordish should "have a say in its design" just because they've invested other money downtown, so I think Roo's comment that their investment was city-subsidized and for-profit is...
by phuqueue
Sat Sep 23, 2023 12:50 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Capping the Loop
Replies: 2567
Views: 449250

Re: Capping the Loop

You keep using the word "investment," which is correct, but the way you use it makes it seem like you think it means "donation," which is not.
by phuqueue
Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:13 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Another KC's "best" BBQ Article
Replies: 12
Views: 6289

Re: Another KC's "best" BBQ Article

I realize this is sacrilegious and all, and in fairness I've only been to Texas once so it was all on the same trip, but I was in Austin for work a few years ago, got barbecue at three different places all recommended by locals (though not Franklin's, which was also recommended by locals, but, well:...
by phuqueue
Fri Aug 25, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics
Replies: 3287
Views: 608936

Re: Politics

Who else is there to better answer why we can't fill those roles than those currently in them or those who recently left them? 43% of the officers who left the Portland PD said the "defund" movement and how they were treated by the local government was a major factor in them leaving. Acco...
by phuqueue
Thu Aug 24, 2023 5:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics
Replies: 3287
Views: 608936

Re: Politics

The actual evidence is the responses they're getting from potential recruits and those who are leaving the profession. Also, most PD's are not asking for more money, they're not using this staffing shortage to get a larger budget, they'd just like to fill the existing roles they have open with the ...
by phuqueue
Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics
Replies: 3287
Views: 608936

Re: Politics

There is abundant independent evidence of climate change, not just scientists saying "trust us, this is definitely happening." Cops complaining that they can't hire new cops because of anti-cop sentiment don't seem to be presenting any actual evidence to substantiate that claim, they're ju...
by phuqueue
Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics
Replies: 3287
Views: 608936

Re: Politics

It’s not about “admitting.” I think it would be great if the left had a fraction of the power you attribute to it. If the police were willfully defunding themselves because they had been cowed by the defund movement, that would be super cool. Not as cool as a deliberate, democratically-controlled de...
by phuqueue
Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics
Replies: 3287
Views: 608936

Re: Politics

Well I for one am shocked that a bunch of cops think the problem with their profession is that people are too mean to cops
by phuqueue
Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics
Replies: 3287
Views: 608936

Re: Politics

It's more than sufficient to respond to the point that "you might die at work" Not really. It's sufficient to try and make your point but most people don't leave for work each day knowing that they might have to try and save a life by risking their own. And yet the entire defund movement ...
by phuqueue
Wed Aug 23, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics
Replies: 3287
Views: 608936

Re: Politics

It's more than sufficient to respond to the point that "you might die at work"
by phuqueue
Wed Aug 23, 2023 8:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics
Replies: 3287
Views: 608936

Re: Politics

According to BLS , refuse and recyclable material collectors are 2.5x more likely to die on the job than cops. I guess if you want to define "more dangerous" in a way that somehow excludes the risk of death, then sure, continue to not know that trash collectors have a more dangerous job th...
by phuqueue
Wed Aug 23, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics
Replies: 3287
Views: 608936

Re: Politics

You can die at work at any job, and it's a lot more likely to happen in plenty of other jobs than to cops. How much respect do you show to your garbage man? His job is much more dangerous than police work, and it's a more vital social service, too.
by phuqueue
Sun Aug 20, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8408
Views: 8115833

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

I can see the Royals dropping back down to the last few teams in attendance, but doing so that quickly was remarkable. Again, the team was still trying to figure out how to keep some of the players but attendance was dropping like a rock while they still had most of their WS team in tact. Rocks mus...
by phuqueue
Sat Aug 19, 2023 1:29 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8408
Views: 8115833

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Ok, I’m sure attendance will rebound as soon as you explain to Royals fans that they simply don’t understand the business of baseball. People will be relieved to learn that the Royals actually have not been notoriously terrible for decades, that they have just been subject to the same vagaries of sm...
by phuqueue
Fri Aug 18, 2023 5:25 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8408
Views: 8115833

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

The Royals went to back to back world series. The fans barely noticed the team doing well in 2014 and didn't really start showing up till the last couple of weeks of that year. The team didn’t do well in 2014 until the last few weeks of the season. They were under .500 until late July. They were a ...
by phuqueue
Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:25 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8408
Views: 8115833

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

I don't know what the answer is. But right now, the Royals should not be paying any attention to what the fans say or want. They should not matter at all because they are not and have not been supporting the team well enough to have a say. I just hope moving the stadium downtown will be the one thi...
by phuqueue
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:27 am
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Bike Lanes
Replies: 787
Views: 247717

Re: Bike Lanes

What does any of that have to do with turning Brookside Blvd (or any other city street) into a traffic sewer?
by phuqueue
Tue Aug 15, 2023 11:56 am
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Bike Lanes
Replies: 787
Views: 247717

Re: Bike Lanes

You seem to think that people don't want it, when actually, they've never had a choice. If enough wanted it, it would be there. Perhaps, you could say, "Not enough people know they want it.", but that just seems a bit pretentious. I ride the Gillham cycle track all the time. I never see p...
by phuqueue
Mon Aug 14, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Bike Lanes
Replies: 787
Views: 247717

Re: Bike Lanes

Well sticking to the specific issue of Brookside first (though we are no longer in that thread), if frequent crashes are an issue at 51st St, I would have to say that mitigating that trumps any concerns about knock-on effects for businesses, especially businesses in farther away neighborhoods where ...