KCRag Forum

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 3:15 pm

beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 11:21 am I don't guess I see much of a slowdown. Covid definitely knocked things down a bit but I don't see how Q can take the blame for that. Several office to residential conversions, streetcar expansion, Riverfront development, airport rebuild, an attempt wrestle police control away from the state, hired Platt who has done some great things, convention center built, Bond bridge, movement on highway removals, possible DT baseball stadium. What did Sly accomplish? He implemented some of Barnes items like Sprint Center and P&L. I'm sure a lot of these items overlap.

I'm starting to regret starting this convo about a slight dry-spell. It unleashed the demons of pessimism, of which there were already too many of on this board, and now it's just annoying like always.

daGOAT wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 3:56 pm
Pessimism or realism? Its totally cool to question how well our civic leaders perform especially when they hold back a high potential city that we all love.

Not every mayor's goal is this forum's goal. Gotta be okay with that. Doesn't make them bad mayors

Funk was a bad mayor

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 4:37 pm

daGOAT wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 3:56 pm
Pessimism or realism? Its totally cool to question how well our civic leaders perform especially when they hold back a high potential city that we all love.

Pessimism.

daGOAT wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:48 am

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 4:37 pm

daGOAT wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 3:56 pm
Pessimism or realism? Its totally cool to question how well our civic leaders perform especially when they hold back a high potential city that we all love.

Pessimism.

You gotta think it takes a certain kinda individual to ask the hard questions and try to find a solution. I'm not sold there are very many of those types of individuals in City Hall rn and it def. holds back the city. The pessimism comes from the depressive unconfident individuals who don't have much heart, confidence, or understanding to begin with. Then again I don't get shook up very easy so I'm biased but I think a guy like me could do the mayors job, as a matter of fact if I was a career politician I bet I would do a better job than Q under the exact same circumstances. To put it bluntly, a guy like me would get shit done.

Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 6:43 am

daGOAT wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:48 am

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 4:37 pm

Pessimism.

You gotta think it takes a certain kinda individual to ask the hard questions and try to find a solution. I'm not sold there are very many of those types of individuals in City Hall rn and it def. holds back the city. The pessimism comes from the depressive unconfident individuals who don't have much heart, confidence, or understanding to begin with. Then again I don't get shook up very easy so I'm biased but I think a guy like me could do the mayors job, as a matter of fact if I was a career politician I bet I would do a better job than Q under the exact same circumstances. To put it bluntly, a guy like me would get shit done.

When’s the campaign start?

SilentSpades24 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 4:46 pm I just wish more people in local politics actually had a spine to stand up and actually take charge and look for ways to get stuff done, rather than collapsing or giving in to the loudest person in the room.

I also wish our politicians in general were more aggressive in getting things done, but we can only wish.

normalthings wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 12:19 pm KC Current stadium will be expandable to 20,500 seats. I think that’s a jump from before

normalthings wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:51 pm Riverfront hotel incentives approved

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:18 pm

normalthings wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:51 pm Riverfront hotel incentives approved

..the Lux Living giant complex ones?

Chris Stritzel wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 5:26 pm

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:18 pm

normalthings wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:51 pm Riverfront hotel incentives approved

..the Lux Living giant complex ones?

The Origin Hotel on the parcel that’s just east of the Union building.

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 5:37 pm

Chris Stritzel wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 5:26 pm

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 4:18 pm

..the Lux Living giant complex ones?

The Origin Hotel on the parcel that’s just east of the Union building.

How does that get incentives but not Lux?

Walker wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:06 pm Development plan for the st. louis developer project was canceled

GRID wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:57 pm

Walker wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:06 pm Development plan for the st. louis developer project was canceled

That big dense project next to the streetcar line? So they approved a little motel with a parking lot, but not that? I don't get it. The stadium will be nice down there I guess, but man that riverfront is not turning out anything like what I would have hoped for.

Chris Stritzel wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:36 pm

GRID wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:57 pm

Walker wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:06 pm Development plan for the st. louis developer project was canceled

That big dense project next to the streetcar line? So they approved a little motel with a parking lot, but not that? I don't get it. The stadium will be nice down there I guess, but man that riverfront is not turning out anything like what I would have hoped for.

I keep thinking that if it was fully canceled, then they're probably refocusing efforts on the Freighthouse project (which already has incentives attached to it). If Lux walked away from the Riverfront, I fully expect someone else to step in and take over that site.