(From the Missouri Independent)
The donation, the first major contribution the team made in Missouri this year, comes roughly two months after the legislature approved a $1.5 billion stadium funding plan aimed at convincing the Chiefs and Royals to stay in Missouri.
Last year, the team spent more than $3 million supporting a ballot measure seeking to extend a three-eights-cent sales tax to finance a renovation of Arrowhead Stadium and the construction of a new downtown ballpark for the Royals.
The Royals donated around $2.5 million to the effort, as well as $260,000 to various local political organizations.
However, voters resoundingly rejected the extension of the sales tax.
Tuesday’s $25,000 check went to the House Republican Campaign Committee. The same day, the PAC received $30,000 from Missouri Soybean Association; $10,000 from Mo Medical PAC; and $5,500 from state Rep. Dean Van Schoiack.
The Chiefs and Royals have played in side-by-side stadiums for five decades and share a lease at the Truman Sports Complex that runs through Jan. 31, 2031. As the expiration date nears, legislators in Missouri and Kansas have battled to present the best financial framework to attract the teams to their respective sides of the state line.
Missouri lawmakers approved legislation to allocate state taxes collected from economic activity at Arrowhead and Kauffman to bond payments for renovations at Arrowhead and a new stadium for the Royals in either Jackson or Clay counties.
The cost is estimated at close to $1.5 billion over 30 years and could cover up to half the costs of stadium construction.
Two Republican state legislators filed a lawsuit late last month asking a judge to declare the incentives package unconstitutional because it also includes provisions unrelated to stadium funding.
Kansas lawmakers have put a deal on the table that would use state incentives to pay for up to 70% of the costs of new stadiums. That deal originally expired June 30, but Chiefs President Mark Donovan successfully lobbied for the deadline to be extended in order to continue negotiations with Kansas on building a stadium, team headquarters, practice facility and related business developments.
(Missouri Independent photo)
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"Aye, but to debase myself thus were unworthy of me." "That," said Epictetus, "is for you to consider, not for me. You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. "
Epictetus circa 135 AD
If this money can be donated to sway politicians and to get votes then it should go towards the stadium, if the owners cant afford to keep up the stadium they need to not pay the players so much and tax payers should not have to pay for it. I hate sports and should not have to be forced to keep something up that I don't go to. I work hard for my money and do not want to fund a damn stadium cause the owners have fancy houses and cars and dont want to fork out the money to fix it. If they want to go out of state Goodbye
Take notice this "gift" went to the right wing base. They can be bought.
Suppose a needy football team wanting some government 'help' with their $3 billion dollar stadium approaches a 'family values' political party in a bar and asks if they would be willing to spend some time with them 'listening' to their problems. Just after the 'listening' the needy team gives the 'family values' party a $25,000 donation.
Or perhaps it's like that except suppose the needy football team donates $25,000 to the 'family values' political party just before asking the party to 'listen' to their $3 billion dollar stadium problems.
Whether the 'family values' party gets paid just before or just after 'listening', that's apparently how things get done now.
The 'family values' political party considers that it's worth it for a $25,000, and accepts the donation.
Suppose the needy football team then suggests that they immediately sneak into the unisex bathroom for another $5 donation. The 'family values' political party would probably be shocked and insulted, and might say something like 'That’s disgusting! The unisex bathroom! What kind of people do you think we are?' The fable ends something like 'We’ve already decided that. Now we’re just haggling over the price..'
The point being: If you get paid for it, you’re a prostitute - no matter what you charge.
I wonder how much money I could get if I donated 50k to each party, it looks like I’d get 6 million in return if we use the same formula, that’s like Pelosi money right there.
Nancy is an American hero. Stood up with courage to a 34x convicted seditious sexual predator. How about those epstein files 751?
American hero you are delusional
How about those epstein files 620?....try as you may, you can't change the narrative. Stupid is as stupid does.
11:38 yea stupid is as stupid does. A few quick examples DEI,Pronouns,Gender delusions, Thinking there are more than 1 genders you know simple stuff
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