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For My Local Town it’s Almost Exactly 55% to 45% cop Funding to Everything Else. What’s Yours?
(lemmy.world)
That does include parking enforcement. Which is done through that half of Townhall. Oh yeah, that’s the other part. They get literally half the real estate of town hall which is delightfully unsubtle.
But yeah, remember specifically that freaking the cops taking on all of these duties, or having these duties thrust upon them outside of their control whatever version of this that you buy into,. Having a whole bunch of unrelated social functions being addressed under the regions of the police forces is the criticism, it’s not some separate part. Why, does parking enforcement or local security or non union road crews get organized and paid from the police department instead of the local government?
Our city stopped spending money on cops, so the state passed a law saying that the city had to pay even more money to the cops. Then the city voters passed a law that basically said, "nuh uh!"
So then the state passed a constitutional amendment that mandated spending levels for our city, and only our city. The whole state got to vote on an issue that they weren't even involved in.
And that's how Kansas City lost free public transportation.
That’s both sad and unsurprising. Except for the part where it seems like every blue city outside my stupid state at least gets to try having good public transportation.
Laughs nervously in a Boston accent….
Can you please make a post here or message me with more information? That kind of local knowledge is desperately tricky to write about.
Wait, didn't KC renew the free bus service for the coming year? Or are you referring to something else?
KC also still has the free trolley last I checked although that has a pretty limited range.