Billionaire Ballpark? Vote No!

KC Tenants leaders after a forum on the stadium sales tax at the Plaza Library on March 19. Credit: KC Tenants KANSAS CITY, MO – On April 2, voters in Jackson County will be asked to tax themselves $2 billion for over 40 years. And for what? To pay for stadiums that will make money for billionaires. The team owners are hiding a bad deal behind good players and a campaign of threats. Don’t fall for it. Don’t let billionaires bully you for your money.& KC Tenants issued a formal position on the stadium sales tax on February 19, with the following message:& We love our city. Because of that love, we refuse to pay for our own displacement. The proposed sales tax to fund the stadium would cost our neighbors $50 million each year for 40 years… This tax revenue, plus a future incentive deal with the city… would be among the largest transfers of public money to private corporations in our region’s history… KC Tenants has been invited to discuss the project, but we have refused to engage in negotiations while details of the deal remain inaccessible to the public. “Negotiations” without transparency are not negotiations at all;...