@BlogKCSome organized opposition has surfaced to the Questions 1 & 2 water/sewer bonds. The Latin American Democratic Club has reservations about the distribution of funds and the unknown amount of rate increases needed to pay off the bonds. There is also the usual opposition from the “C.A.V.E.” crowd (citizens against virtually everything) – the Neighborhood Action Group and Lee’s Summit-based Jackson County Taxpayers Association.
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The Latin American Democratic Club? Google returned nothing KC specific. Who is this group? Since when is Kansas City in Latin America? Do they represent illegal ailens? If so, who cares what they think, they don’t vote or pay taxes anyway.
>The Latin American Democratic Club? Google returned nothing KC specific. Who is this group?
Considering most Latin Americans (legal and otherwise) live in the urban core, their opposition is well founded. This has nothing to do with taxes; we will all see rate increases to fund the bond payback.
I’ve gone through the spending proposals for both the sewer and the water sides of this deal and a large part is going toward new development.
And to make matters worse, they are out there laying new pipe at the same time northland development is causing stormwater overflow issues for those living downstream. The city’s liability to existing homeowners is just beginning to be tested. If memory serves me correctly, KC recently was forced to buy a home on the Fishing River watershed that was washed out due to runoff that was diectly attributable to inept planning on the part of the city.