Five Good Reasons To Reject New KCI Terminal
Having labored an entire year, the airport advisory group that Kansas City Mayor Sly James appointed has brought forth a...
Blame Canada Washington!
Austin Alonzo, of the Kansas City Business Journal, recently reported that Kansas City Mayor Sly James argued that a door-to-door public outreach...
Kansas City To Spend 27 Percent Of All Regional Transportation Funds On Streetcar
In a recent article, the Midtown KC Post reported that Kansas City officials reached an agreement with the Missouri Department of...
Kansas City’s War On The Future
With all the political rhetoric floating around Kansas City, one would think the city is embracing high technology and forward-looking,...
Corporate Welfare Defense: ‘We Could Have Taken More’
Burns & McDonnell, a successful top-20 engineering firm based in Kansas City, is poor. So poor, that in order to...
Kansas City Streetcar Economic Development Claims Don’t Add Up . . . Literally
Perhaps in reaction to the Show-Me Institute’s assertion that there are no studies supporting the claim that streetcars alone cause...
Tell Taxpayers Where Their Money Is Going
On Thursday, the mayor of Kansas City, Mo., disclosed that the city is ponying up another $65,000 to woo the...
Kansas City Streetcar Robs Poor to Pay … Rich?
The Robin Hood of legend was renowned for robbing from the rich to give to the poor. Liberals have heralded...
Airport Advisory Group Not Really Interested In Input
A previous post detailed the Kansas City Airport Terminal Advisory Group’s effort to avoid open records laws in their meetings with Kansas...
Mayor James’ Corporate Welfare Handouts
The Kansas City Star reported that Burns & McDonnell, the successful architectural and engineering firm headquartered in Kansas City, is...
The Kansas City Streetcar Advisory Panel Is Just For Show
The panel appointed to advise Kansas City Mayor Sly James about the best route for the southern extension of the...
Ask Not For Whom The Bell Clangs
It clangs not for thee, according to Kansas City Mayor Sly James. If you are reading this, the streetcar is...
Yes, Kansas City Government Uses Airport Funds
Some members of the Kansas City mayor’s airport advisory group spent the end of their Feb. 11 meeting hand-wringing about...
Kansas City Streetcar: Tax Now, Answer Questions Later
Kansas City Mayor Sly James told a meeting of streetcar opponents a couple of weeks ago that the effort to...
An Open Letter To Streetcar Supporters
At the recent meeting of the Kansas City Save the Trolley Trail, supporters of an expanded streetcar system dismissed assertions from the Show-Me...
Who Is Alicia Stephens And Why Should Kansas City Care?
Alicia Stephens is the executive director of the Platte County Economic Development Council (EDC), described on its website as “a nonprofit organization [founded]...
The Airport’s Self-Dealing
Imagine you have applied to the city for a building permit. The project is complicated and the city wants outside advice before giving...
‘This Is What Airports Do,’ Part 1
As part of Kansas City officials’ effort to convince voters that we need a new airport terminal, Mayor Sly James...
It Is Hip To Be Square
Kansas City leaders have sacrificed much at the altar of cool. But arguably the coolest thing to happen to the...
The Emperor’s New Airport
At a recent Kansas City Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, Aviation Department Director Mark VanLoh walked the committee through a...
