Politicians like to spend citizens’ money. But what about those citizens? They tend to want to spend their own money, and not give it up to politicians to spend. Thus, one of the great political tensions of our time. Click on over to Townhall.com for this week’s foray into local politics and the idea of citizens being in charge.
Then come back here for more reading:
- Kansas City Star: Dan Coffey, spokesman for KC citizens group, fights City Hall with gusto
- Kansas City Star: Fight could be brewing over convention hotel petitions
- Kansas City Star: Kansas City streetcar plan stopped in its tracks
- Kansas City Star: Group delivers more signatures on petitions seeking vote on KCI plan
- KSHB TV-41: KCI panel meeting draws protestors at Union Station, one told to leave
- Wikipedia: Mayor Sly James
- Facebook: Citizens for Responsible Government