tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377041740998843346.post5130344354702085360..comments2023-09-05T11:45:39.403-04:00Comments on Laurels and Lances: Kansas City's LRT plan unconstitutionalRDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01135696674274574449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377041740998843346.post-4684279355211168142007-02-14T22:55:00.000-05:002007-02-14T22:55:00.000-05:00kareem, KC's actions will hopefully benefit St Lou...kareem, KC's actions will hopefully benefit St Louis by finally convincing state-level officials to help with funding for future expansion of rail systems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377041740998843346.post-42104366199127274022007-02-01T14:16:00.000-05:002007-02-01T14:16:00.000-05:00Fair point. I wasn't immediately aware he was fro...Fair point. I wasn't immediately aware he was from Virginia. That just makes the situation all the more ridiculous. <br /><br />The "lance" is rightly deserved.Kareemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10353360763010787317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377041740998843346.post-19896751195832582912007-01-29T22:20:00.000-05:002007-01-29T22:20:00.000-05:00Kareem, the rail fiasco in KC is the result of an ...Kareem, the rail fiasco in KC is the result of an outsider that came in.<br /><br />Clay Chastain isn't from Kansas City, MO. He's from Bedford, VA.<br /><br />He's the typical radical pro-rail idiot that marches into a city, makes tons of promises to get the people to push for an LRT line but never has to deal with the consequenses of his selfish act.<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.kansascity.com/unfettered_letters/2007/01/lightrail_plan.html">http://blogs.kansascity.com/unfettered_letters/2007/01/lightrail_plan.html</a>RDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135696674274574449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377041740998843346.post-82304977907039522352007-01-23T14:20:00.000-05:002007-01-23T14:20:00.000-05:00KC is trying to keep up with St. Louis. Whatever ...KC is trying to keep up with St. Louis. Whatever St. Louis has, KC has to have too. KC has been sort of the also ran in Missouri, being one of the younger cities in the state. So when lightrail (and its associated problems) came to St. Louis, KC naturally wanted a piece of the action.<br /><br />In their haste (St. Louis had been planing a lightrail system since the late 70s and early 80s), the came up with an ill-conceived plan and the rest is history.<br /><br />Typical Missouri politics.Kareemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10353360763010787317noreply@blogger.com