A Sly Tax

If you are a Weatherbean who pays KCMO earnings tax you knew the deck was stacked against you. Why wouldn't the residents of KCMO vote to continue to lay some of their tax burden on your back?  The results were in before it started.  You get taxed but have no say so, a great example of a tax without representation.  Just like our cousins on the other side of the state, St Louis.  In the meantime, KCMO merrily provides huge tax breaks in the form of TIFs, eroding the property tax base, in some cases for years (Sly didn't mention that in his tax campaign).

But, not so fast.

While Sly celebrated the state legislature is seeking a number of avenues to impede or stop the earnings tax.  So for now chalk up a victory for Sly, but he may not get the last laugh.  One last thought, if the citizens of KCMO were voting only to tax themselves rather than the 40% plus of those outside the city...would it pass.  They may get to find out.