Altered light-rail ballot measure being circulated
Clay Chastain will hold a news conference Wednesday at noon — and then begin gathering signatures for a new light rail plan to go on the ballot sometime next year. The plan has changed since July, when Chastain offered a light rail blueprint that would be paid for in part by a 3/8ths cent, 25-year Kansas City sales tax. The biggest change: Chastain has dropped a proposed $500 million, 25-year contribution from “regional” governments, including Johnson and Wyandotte counties, as well as Lee’s Summit, Raytown, and other communities.