BigFoot

Thursday, Jan 28, KC Star
Editorial by Yael Abouhalkah

Interesting piece documenting the KCMO moves to annex the Lake at Tomahawke subdivision in Platte County. Our good friend Ed Ford is one of the sponsors of the legislation to make it happen. He claims to have the votes and so BigFoot gets bigger...wish we could say better...but we know better. KCMO does what it does because it views itself as the Godzilla of the Metro. A good example is the current food fight between Jackson County and KCMO regarding TIF. Jackson County has filed a lawsuit because of the arbitrary way KCMO is administering TIF. Who cares, right?

We should, we being the City of WL and WLIC. Who has routinely ignored or delayed requests regarding sewage spills? By Mayor Bos' own public admission we have been routinely stiffed by KCMO. Discussions about Barry Road? KCMO has gone out of their way to be a good partner...right? In this case, past performance does predict our future.

Addendum:
The original post was written yesterday...today's KC Star "TIF Legal Dispute To End". The KCMO City Council votes to approve measure to settle "legal spat" over TIF. Jackson County Exec Mike Sanders "said the county negotiated with city officials without progress". "We felt we had no choice but to sue". Apparently when Bigfoot gets stepped on hard enough things happen.