Comments on: Taxpayers to cover $4 million P&L deficit. What else could that money buy?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:04:32 +0000

Having lived in cities beside Kansas City I’m always amazed when people throw money at ideas and expect them to work.

This part of town was dead for a reason, and there were certainly more subtle ways of bringing it back to life. This city needed light rail as a way to connect different ‘business’ and ‘entertainment’ corridors that already existed in KC. Most nightlife in other parts of the world are seamlessly connected through public transit, it makes for a more vibrant reality. P&L just looks like Disneyworld for drunk adults.

Instead of being a city that attracts intelligent professionals, it repels them…

By: Joe Medley

Joe Medley — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:11:11 +0000

“Be sure to thank Kay Barnes(D).

And tell us again, Kay, how much did the Cordish Company contribute to your congressional campaign?”

I’m not a Kay Barnes fan by any stretch of the imagination. We’re in a world-wide economic downturn and you jump to the conclusion that the problem is a Mayor who has been out of office for two years? Could you share your logic please. It escapes me.

By: inafunkaboutthefunk

inafunkaboutthefunk — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:45:41 +0000

Or we could buy 1/4 mile of light rail track and start it right in front of Mayor Smart With Nothinghouser’s ramshackle mortgaged for more than it’s market value house

By: alwaysfiredup

alwaysfiredup — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:02:31 +0000

I don’t get it: The place is constantly busy and crowded full on weekend nights. Why in the world isn’t it making a good profit? Is it because of outsize management fees being claimed by Cordish and/or others? (Don’t know this to be true, just guessing)

By: locomotivebreath1901

locomotivebreath1901 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:28:43 +0000

Be sure to thank Kay Barnes(D).

And tell us again, Kay, how much did the Cordish Company contribute to your congressional campaign?

By: brent

brent — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:44:53 +0000

Certainly seems odd given that the district was supposed to have been completed over a year ago. And then again 9 months ago. Of COURSE it’s not making as much money as projected with it sitting less than 1/2 open at this point.

And yes, there was a very thin margin for this — too thin of one for Cordish to not meet timelines.