Mucci said Tuesday the group had more questions than answers at this point about the customs project."We're in favor of economic development and jobs," she said. "But we are concerned about the sovereignty of the state of Missouri" and whether the facility will be considered to be on Mexican or U.S. soil. "The Mexican (customs) bottleneck will be moving here," Mucci said. "We're going to take on that extra burden. ... This has never been done before. We may get lucky, we may not."
Even though public schools stopped teaching geography a couple of decades ago, most Americans (especially residents of the Show Me state) are surprised to learn that Kansas City (where the only waves are "amber waves of grain") is a port. We are also surprised, and shocked, to discover that Mexico will be running its own inspection facility.And SmartPort's lackeys, of course, are only too glad to carry their water trough of lies.The plan, shrouded in secrecy, has been in the works for at least three years, but it is now coming to light because of the diligent use of Missouri's Sunshine law by concerned citizens. Joyce Mucci and Francis Semler forced the release of the emails from Kansas City to Mexico, including one admitting that "The space [in Kansas City] would need to be designated as Mexican sovereign territory."
SmartPort spokesmen are now running away from this written admission, blaming "the problems and pressure the media attention has created." However, the stubborn sovereignty issue won't go away; the plan does involve setting up Mexican customs officials in downtown Kansas City.....
Mexico running its own customs site on our soil? Isn’t that a little like the wolf guarding the hen house?