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QUESTION 2 ASKS VOTER APPROVAL
TO TAX NONPROFIT CONVENTIONS IN KANSAS CITY. UNLIKE EVERY OTHER CITY IN
MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY EXEMPTS NON-PROFIT CONVENTIONS FROM PAYING THE CITY'S CONVENTION
TAX, COSTING THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR. SOMEBODY THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD
IDEA AT ONE TIME, WHY ELSE WOULD IT BE THERE? LYNN HORSLEY?
THEY DON'T REMEMBER WHY. IT DATED TO 1989, NOBODY CAN REMEMBER WHY THIS IS AND WHY
KANSAS CITY IS THE ONLY CITY THAT EXEMPTS NONPROFIT. INCH NONPROFIT CHURCHES OR OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS GO TO ST. LOUIS OR BRANSON OR IN
THE JOHNSON CITY OF KANSAS THEY ARE NOT EXEMPTED
PAYING THE LOCAL HOTEL. WE HAVE LOTS OF NONPROFIT GROUPS, BAPTISTS AND OTHERS,
WILL THEY NOT GO HERE. THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS ASSOCIATION IS NOT CONCERNED,
THEY SAY THE CITY CAN PUT THIS MONEY TO GOOD USE, IT CAN BE USED FOR MAINTENANCE FOR BARTLES
HALL AND IT WILL FUND THE MAYBE OR HOOD FUND. ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT?
THE REVENUE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IT AND THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED FOUR YEARS, NOT
NINE. IF NOBODY CAN REMEMBER WHY WE DID IT, WE SHOULD GET RID OF IT.