Original sentence: Businesses without such close connection to the municipal government got very little if anything from the eminent domain action.Cordish has also been criticized for being ungrateful for opposing festival licensing for other Kansas City businesses, festival licensing that it was granted to allow patrons to possess alcohol on the streets in the district.In addition, Cordish CEO David Cordish has been criticized for repeatedly requesting additional taxpayer subsidies and police for the district.Local Kansas City rapper Tech N9ne wrote a song about the controversy called "Let Me In", released in 2009.Numerous private stakeholders with close connections to the city council such as DST Realty and UMB Bank (which underwrote the construction bonds) profited from the sale of downtown real estate to a municipal government whose upper echelons they maintained close personal ties.The Power and Light District has also been criticized for the strong handed tactics utilized in condemning a major part of downtown Kansas City, MO via eminent domain.The district has also drawn criticism for having long lines, and for being corporate.The song received, at best, luke-warm reception and minimal airplay.The tone of the requests was labeled "petulant", "greedy", and "uninformed" as it was noted that the company had already received over $300 million in taxpayer subsidies yet failed to open on schedule.This caused City officials to criticize the company for its "secretiveness and slowness
Edited sentence: Dress codes are common in upscale entertainment venues and have been held legal in countless cases.It is important for people in KC to keep perspective about the P&L district.It is more likely that this is actually an example of people crying "racism" whenever they do not like a rule.It represents the most major entertainment upgrade that KC has seen in decades.On the night of the alleged DJ Jazzy Jeff incident, a multi-racial crowd of several thousand were in attendance, and everyone appeared to be having a fantastic time.Reports of controversy have been greatly exaggerated.While some have suggested that the code is designed to exclude black males there is no evidence of this occurring, nor have there been any complaints filed