Christal Watson, the mayor and CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, joined Up To Date to discuss the Chiefs moving to her county, concerns from her constituents about property taxes and much more. The Kansas sports authority that will own and control the new Chiefs stadium in western Wyandotte County, plus the team’s practice facility in Olathe, could soon count the mayors of those two governments as voting board members. The Kansas House recently passed an amendment to the sports authority include the two local leaders in its decision making process. Watson told KCUR’s Up To Date on Friday that she was disappointed to not be included as a voting member of the board in the initial bill, but she trusted that would get fixed.
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