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Earlier at today’s George Floyd protest in Kansas City, Missouri at Mill Creek Park near the entrance to the Plaza:
29 Friday May 2020
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Earlier at today’s George Floyd protest in Kansas City, Missouri at Mill Creek Park near the entrance to the Plaza:
28 Saturday May 2011
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inThe initiative fundraising clash over the development of an office building on the Knasas City Plaza continues.
Previously: Campaign Finance: Kansas City “Decline to Sign Committee” – in support of the Plaza office building (May 16, 2011)
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION
A111104 DECLINE TO SIGN COMMITTEE [pdf] 5/27/2011
Highwoods Realty LTD. Partnership
3100 Smoketree Court, ste 600
Raleigh , NC 27604
5/27/2011
$25,500.00
[emphasis added]
Ah, the owner(s) of the Plaza:
…Since 1978, Highwoods Properties has been providing high-quality service and offering well-designed spaces for office, industrial and retail customers. As a publicly traded (NYSE:HIW) real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and a member of S&P MidCap 400 Index, Highwoods has nine local divisions that service 12 markets across the Southeast and Midwest United States, providing leasing, management, development, construction and other customer-related services for our properties and for third parties.
For more than 13 years, Highwoods has had a presence in Kansas City and currently owns, leases and manages more than 2.2 million square feet of office and retail space including the world-renowned Country Club Plaza….
And the Save Our Plaza campaign, the folks that don’t like the proposed office building:
CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION
C111009 SAVE OUR PLAZA [pdf] 5/27/2011
Suzanne Allen
6511 Seneca Rd.
Mission Hills, KS 66208
Retired
5/27/2011
$6,000.00
[emphasis added]
And the day before:
CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION
C111009 SAVE OUR PLAZA [pdf] 5/26/2011
James B Nutter Sr
1201 W 66th St
Kansas City, MO 64113
James B. Nutter and Company
5/24/2011
$9,500.00
[emphasis added]
16 Monday May 2011
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The struggle over a Kansas City Plaza office building for a law firm (or not) will evidently continue through a referendum process.
Council overrides Funkhouser veto, but referendum threat remains
Posted: 05/05/2011
By: Chris HernandezKANSAS CITY, Missouri – The Friends of the Plaza group says it has enough signatures to start a referendum process….
….Highwoods Properties, the owner of the Country Club Plaza, says it will launch a “Decline to Sign” campaign.
They’re already talking with a local political consultant.
“The referendum will be something we will fight. We think the people behind it should accept the decision of two separate city councils,” said Spencer Thomson, an attorney and spokesman for Highwoods.
The veto override allows the plaza project to move forward….
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION
A111104 DECLINE TO SIGN COMMITTEE 5/15/2011
Husch Blackwell
4801 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
5/14/2011
$25,000.00
[emphasis added]
Solidarity?
That’s a lot of bucks. But, we know from experience that city referendums can get really expensive.
CAMPAIGN Date Established: 5/10/2011
Date Terminated:
COMMITTEE: MECID: A111104
DECLINE TO SIGN COMMITTEE….
[emphasis added]
The committee filed its organization paperwork with the Missouri Ethics Commission on May 10, 2011, citing [pdf] their raison d’ĂȘtre under “Ballot Measure(s) Supported Or Opposed” as “Referendum on city ordinance” which would take place on November 8, 2011.