Showing posts with label Union Station In Dire Straits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Union Station In Dire Straits. Show all posts

Monday, September 14, 2009

Union Station In Dire Straits



P
erhaps a free concert by that band could help the refurbished Union Station's financial difficulties- but prolly not.



Sunday- The KANSAS CITY STAR reported how America's 2nd-largest train station is suffering a severe budget crunch.

Union Station was refurbished in 1999 after bi-state approval of a tax- now the station has run through their $40-million endowment in 10 years.

Unbelievably- the Union Station people have been drinking the politician's Kool-Aid: these people want to ask Metro Kansas City residents for yet ANOTHER tax to keep the place open.


Kind of like subsidizing a drug addict who refuses to get their problem properly treated I say....
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