Because of you, KC will remain alive!
Keep Kansas City Alive,
Keep Vital Services Funded in Our City!
Vote YES Tuesday, April 5 -- The votes are in... KC will keep the earnings tax!
The earnings tax is the lifeblood of Kansas City. It generates approximately $200 million annually, accounting for nearly 40% of our city’s general fund, which pays for vital and essential city services. Without it, the City would be required to drastically reduce police and fire protection, ambulance service and other public safety services, such as 911. Funding for essential services, such as street maintenance (fixing pot holes and removing snow) would be reduced. Maintenance of our parks, boulevards, community centers and fountains would be cut. Trash collection and recycling will, by necessity, become fee-based. Funding for many arts, cultural and social service programs would be eliminated.
More than 50% of the workers who pay this one percent tax on wages and salaries are persons who work in the city, but who live outside the city limits, in Johnson County, Kansas, and elsewhere. This tax does not apply to social security, investments or other retirement income. Retired citizens, for instance, do not pay the earnings tax.
By voting YES on April 5, you will be approving continuation of the earnings tax, funding for vital and essential services, for five more years.
Endorsing Organizations
You can join the growing list of enthusiastic organizations that have endorsed retention of the earnings tax in Kansas City. View Sample Resolution here.
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• AFSCME, Local 500
• American Jazz Museum
• Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City
• Baptist Ministers Union
• Beacon Hill Neighborhood
• Blue Hills Community Services
• Briarcliff Community Alliance
• Broadway Westport Council
• Brookside Business Association
• Brush Creek Community Partners
• Builders Association of Greater Kansas City
• Carpenters District Council
• The Call
• CCO
• City of Fountains Foundation
• The Centurions
• Citizens Association
• Clay County Democratic Central Committee
• Civic Council of Greater Kansas City
• Clay County EDC
• Committee for County Progress
• Concerned Clergy Coalition
• Dos Mundos
• Downtown Council of Kansas City
• Downtowners Association
• Downtown Neighborhood Association
• Economic Development Corporation
• Ethnic Enrichment Commission
• Forward Kansas City
• Four Freedoms Democratic Club
• Friends of the ZOO
• Freedom Inc.
• The Globe
• Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO
• Guadalupe Centers, Inc.
• Heavy Constructors Association of Greater Kansas City
• The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Hispanic Biz PAC
• IAFF, Local 3808
• IAFF, Local 42
• Irish Museum and Cultural Center
• Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council
• Jackson County, Missouri
• Jackson County Democratic Committee
• Jobs With Justice
• Jewish Community Relations Bureau
• Kansas City Black Architects and Engineers
• Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association
• Kansas City Hispanic News
• Kansas City Industrial Council
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• The Kansas City Star
• KC Bike.Info
• KC Women's Political Caucus
• Kansas City Federation of Teachers and School-Related Personnel (KCFT & SRP, AFT 691)
• Kansas City Progress Committee
• Kansas City Sports Commission
• Labor Management Council
• LaRaza Political Club
• League of Women Voters of Kansas City, Missouri
• Liberty Area Economic Development Corp.(EDC)
• Liberty Memorial Association - National World War Museum
• Mattie Rhodes Center
• McFeeder Neighborhood
• Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation
• Missouri Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)
• Missouri State Council of Fire Fighters
• MORE2
• NAACP
• National Native American Chamber of Commerce
• Northeast Industrial Association
• Northeast Chamber of Commerce
• Northland Democratic Club
• Northland Betterment Committee
• Northland Neighborhoods Inc.
• Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Paseo West Neighborhood Association
• Pendleton Heights Neighborhood Association
• Platte County Democratic Central Committee
• Platte Co. EDC
• Public Safety Concern
• reStart, Inc.
• Rockhill Homes Association
• Rockhill Gardens Neighborhood Association
• The Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City
• Shamrock Democratic Club
• Sierra Club (New! E-Tax Report)
• Silver Haired City Council
• South Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
• South Oakwood Neighborhood Association
• Southtown Council
• Starlight Theatre Association Inc.
• Taxpayers Unlimited (firefighters)
• Teamsters Local 41
• Town Fork Creek Neighborhood Association
• Urban League of Kansas City
• Volker Neighborhood Association
• Waldo Area Business Association
• Ward Parkway Homes Association
• Westport Landing Democratic Club
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