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KCMO Mayor Calls Partnership Off with County Over Joint Detention Center
The partnership between the city of Kansas City, Mo. and Jackson County is off Mayor Lucas announced early today (Thursday). Instead, Lucas says the City will build its own detention center.
He sent the note to Jackson County Executive Frank White in a tweet outlining the reasons for the decision.
Lucas says the city cannot accept the undetermined financial liability that th...