Stadium tax hearings

Posted on Oct 4, 2005 by BlogKC

The Jackson County Legislature is holding hearings in the county’s 6 legislative districts where citizens can provided feedback on proposals for a sales tax increase to improve the Truman Sports Complex. The first meeting was held last night night in Lee’s Summit and featured a lot of skepticism about the scope of the renovations and the relative sizes of the taxpayer and team owner contributions. Supporters of a Downtown baseball stadium will be at the Oct. 11 hearing to state their case that moving baseball Downtown would yield more revenue for the Royals and a greater return on taxpayers’ investment. Continue reading for hearing locations this week and next.

Tuesday October 4th
2nd District
L.H. Bluford Public Library, 3050 Prospect
Kansas City, MO
For directions: 701-3482

Wednesday October 5th
3rd District
Truman Room, Truman Memorial Building, 416 W. Maple
Independence, MO
For directions: 325-7843

Tuesday October 11
1st District
Westport Roanoke Community Center, 3601 Roanoke Rd
Kansas City, MO
For directions: 784-5200

Wednesday October 12
5th District
Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce, 1000 Main St.
Blue Springs, MO
For directions: 229-8558

Tuesday October 18
4th District
Grandview Community Center (called the View) 13500 Byars Rd
Grandview, MO
For directions: 316-4888

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One Response to Stadium tax hearings

  1. JenniferM says:
    Oct 17, 2005 at 3:39 pm

    I attended the forum in Lee’s Summit. What a waste of time. Some guy from the anti-bistate2 group stood up and read a statement, some other guy from Johnson County stood up and told everyone why he voted against bistate2. Another guy started with good points then just thought he was really intelligent and kept talking about nothing to do with the discussion at hand. A real smart guy stood up and told the legislature that the price of gas will keep all those out of towners from coming here to see the Chiefs. Sorry, pal, you have no clue about the motivation or priorities of those season ticket holders.

    I expected to see some good discussion, instead all I heard was NO TAXES, LET THEM LEAVE! Absolutely no sense of reality to any of those in the audience. If these legislatures have to deal with this mentality of voter on a regular basis it is no wonder Jackson County is screwed up!