Lower Murder Rate Be Damned....

WE WANT A SUPER BOWL!!!! Soon, the residents of Kansas City will be voting on whether or not to raise taxes for a proposed renivation of our two pro sports stadiums. If our teams were worth this trouble, I'd be fine with this. But since the Chiefs can't make it past the first game of the playoffs, EVER, and the Royals are just unbelievably horrible, I do take some issue with even the idea of a tax.

When we hit 100 murders last year, did anyone propose raising taxes to help the police department? When we hit 130 murders last year, did anyone say let's raise money to promote jobs in our poorest areas? Let's stop the gangs? Do everything we can do ensure everyone in Kansas City has the same opportunities for education and employment?

Or, has anyone said yes to a bill to raise taxes for our dismal public school system. I have 15 kids in my youth group. They go to 5 different private schools. Our school's are horrible. The teachers don't get paid, the kids don't have the resources, they are vacant school buildings all over the place. NO, every time a bill comes up it gets tossed back down.

But, we love our Chiefs don't we. And for some reason that God, or maybe the devil, only knows we stick by our Royals. And everybody knows building on to the stadiums will be great job opps, for about a year. And a Super Bowl will bring in lots of tourism dollars, for ONE DAY!!!!

Come on, people, Brad