Release Those Records, Kansas City!
According to documents received from Clay County through an open records request, the Royals suspended negotiations regarding a new stadium...
Documents Give Conflicting Numbers on the Cost of a New Stadium
The other day I asked in a post about the missing Populous report about Kauffman Stadium. I still don’t have...
Details of the Negotiations Between the Royals and Clay County
Given that Jackson County voters rejected the proposed 40-year 3/8 cent sales tax that would have funded a downtown baseball...
Royals Officially Probably Staying in Jackson County
With loyalty like this, who needs wins? After flirting for a new stadium with suitors like Clay County and even...
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Pay for Your Own Stadium
Yesterday I wrote about an interview I did with KMBC 9 on the Royals’ latest announcement that they had new...
“The Kansas City Royals of North Kansas City”?
With the expiration of the leases for the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals creeping ever closer, there’s been...
Clay County Should Reduce Its Commercial Property Tax Surcharge
A version of this commentary appeared in the Clay County Courier-Tribune. This November, Clay County residents will vote on...
WATCH: Clay County Voters to Decide on Tax Reduction
In November, voters in Clay County (and also Laclede County) will have the opportunity be the first counties in Missouri...
Laclede County Proposes Its Own Tax Cut
Patrick Ishmael and I have been writing and talking a lot about the proposal on the ballot in Clay County...
