KC's now-infamous economic development study had to politically protect subsidies against interference by “citizen petitioners.” That email directive from a TIF insider was passed among officials to those doing the study. The KC Chamber of Commerce then used the study against the same “citizen petitioners” trying to cap tax increment financing incentives. We are the citizen petitioners. We are not going away. The following opinion piece is from the Kansas City Star, May 24, 2

To view the questions and the candidates' responses along with the individual scores given by the 8 participating graders, please click here We'll be highlighting these in more detail in the coming days and encourage you to also do your own research on the importance of economic development reform. #Mayor #EconomicDevelopmentReform #KansasCity #MayoralRace #TIF #TaxIncentives #News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RE: Ordinance No. 180928 The Coalition for Kansas City Economic Development Reform has released the following statement (and official request) to City Hall regarding our ordinance to limit tax incentives for luxury housing: "Allowing the citizens of Kansas City to have a voice in deciding whether or not to continue subsidizing wealthy developers in lieu of supporting our schools, libraries and mental health organizations is critical. It’s time for a vote

After several months of Mayoral Forums, our candidates are now starting to differentiate their platforms from each other (slightly). Yesterday's forum at Northeast High School is available online for your viewing pleasure. Questions pertaining to the Tax Incentives like TIF and whether these candidates support the Pre-K Sales tax can be found around the 1 hour 30 minute mark. #CandidateForum #TaxIncentives #KansasCity #Mayor #MayoralRace #EconomicDevelopmentReform

The following blog post has been re-published with permission from it's original writer, Angie Lile and does not reflect the opinions of the Coalition for Kansas City Economic Development Reform as a whole. We can not endorse one candidate over the other, but wanted to share Mrs. Lile's opinion here because she is an active community leader in the Waldo Neighborhood. She owns a business and advocates regularly for Kansas City Public Schools and economic development reform as

KC's now-infamous economic development study had to politically protect subsidies against interference by “citizen petitioners.” That email directive from a TIF insider was passed among officials to those doing the study. The KC Chamber of Commerce then used the study against the same “citizen petitioners” trying to cap tax increment financing incentives. We are the citizen petitioners. We are not going away. The following opinion piece is from the Kansas City Star, May 24, 2

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RE: Ordinance No. 180928 The Coalition for Kansas City Economic Development Reform has released the following statement (and official request) to City Hall regarding our ordinance to limit tax incentives for luxury housing: "Allowing the citizens of Kansas City to have a voice in deciding whether or not to continue subsidizing wealthy developers in lieu of supporting our schools, libraries and mental health organizations is critical. It’s time for a vote