TOPEKA, Kan. (KWCH) – Some Kansas lawmakers are questioning the state’s plan to move the Kansas City Chiefs to Kansas, saying the plan is too vague and takes money away from people living in Kansas.
In January, the move was credited by Governor Kelly as a bipartisan triumph for the state, and Republican leadership said the deal was a win for Kansas.
Senator Cindy Holscher doesn’t agree.
Holscher says the deal would use STAR bonds, or sales tax and revenue bonds, to fund the stadium. She says it would take money away from Kansans, and 100% of the revenue from the stadium would go back to the Chiefs.
Lawmakers are supposed to vote on two bills that would detail how the deal would be implemented on the local level – a bill that looks at STAR bonds, and then the Stadium Authority bill.
“That’s where there’s gonna be some details that could be very revealing in terms of what this is going to mean for the local areas. That’s the part we are still waiting on,” Holscher said. “We were initially told we would have those bills in February and be voting then… We still have not seen the Stadium Authority bill.”
Holscher says this concern isn’t just coming from Democrats. She said she’s heard similar sentiments from her Republican colleagues, and that both sides just want answers.
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