Perfect Ending

Mayor Funkhouser's veto of the rezoning of the Country Club Plaza site to allow construction of the office building for the Polsinelli law firm is the perfect ending for the long controversy. Funkhouser leaves office as a stinker in the eyes of many, but it brings finality to the dispute. Polsinelli has already decided not to build at the location in question. But the council voted in favor of the re-zoning, putting the city in a better light, so that the city can concentrate on a new site in KCMO for the building. And the threat of a referendum is avoided. The new council should not override the veto. I think our new mayor and council are going to really get things moving for Kansas City.