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Re: Now What?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:13 am
by kcdcchef
bahua wrote:
Please feel free to quote me on this:
I don't expect any appreciable work to be done on the stadiums with this money. The ballot language doesn't require or enforce it. I expect the money we're handing them to become as lost as Jimmy Hoffa.
I also expect that they'll be demanding more money before the decade is out.
Kansas City forsook itself, and for that, I am supremely disappointed.
oh my god. i really thought when one passed the lunacy would stop. amazing. now you are thinking that the onwers are just going to build nothing and pocket the dough. yeah. sure.
Re: Now What?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:16 am
by KCPowercat
bahua.....well hopefully there is proper oversight....but if that's what you think, why would a tax for a new stadium be much different?
There obviously needs to be controls in place to make sure this money is spent the right way....I really don't think they are simply going to add new paint to the walls and call it good.
Re: Now What?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:18 am
by bahua
KCPowercat wrote:
bahua.....well hopefully there is proper oversight....but if that's what you think, why would a tax for a new stadium be much different?
There obviously needs to be controls in place to make sure this money is spent the right way....I really don't think they are simply going to add new paint to the walls and call it good.
I don't think they're going to rewire the stadiums either. Why is it in their hands, anyway? Shouldn't *we* be the ones responsible for that?
Re: Now What?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:40 am
by kard
KCPowercat wrote:
What was it? The lack of another plan. If there was a downtown groundswell, the leadership should have had the balls to stand up, piss off a few people, and let that plan be known.
There isn't any leadership. Sometimes the people need to step up and correct things. I've heard numerous people today say "I voted yes because there was nothing better out here." Saying the lesser of two evils is still evil is ok.
Re: Now What?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:02 am
by mean
bahua wrote:
I don't expect any appreciable work to be done on the stadiums with this money. The ballot language doesn't require or enforce it.
Oh, I imagine they'll do some pretty serious cosmetic work, add some revenue-generating luxury suites, and improve the locker rooms. I'm not sure that will account for all the money, though. I'm more worried about what will happen to the money the tax will generate above and beyond the payoff.
Oh yeah, and KC's sewers.
Re: Now What?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:26 am
by Steve52
That giant sucking sound of KC Taxpayer dollars mysteriously evaporating into the ether.
Re: Now What?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:29 am
by 49r
There'll be plenty to talk about with all the construction that will be going on out at TSC. This forum will be just as informative as the P&L district forum.
When does construction begin?
Re: Now What?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:05 am
by shinatoo
49r wrote:
There'll be plenty to talk about with all the construction that will be going on out at TSC. This forum will be just as informative as the P&L district forum.
When does construction begin?
I would guess on the K as soon as the season is over. (October 1st by all accounts). I would guess they will let the contracts in phases. It will take most of the summer to do the design work and let the contracts. The demolition and foundation contracts could be on line by the end of September.
Re: Now What?
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:07 am
by Steve52
49r wrote:
There'll be plenty to talk about with all the construction that will be going on out at TSC. This forum will be just as informative as the P&L district forum.
When does construction begin?
You mean Constructing Championship Teams that will be big draws and revenue producers?