Not In Kansas Anymore

The proposed Wonderful World of Oz is Greater Kansas City's latest big battle over suburban sprawl.

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October 22, 2000, 2:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Developers...envision an Emerald City...an $861 million theme park complexpatterned after ''The Wizard of Oz'' that could attract 3.2million people a year to this rural area 25 miles west of Kansas City.'There's nothing wonderful about the "Wonderful World of Oz,' '' said Bill Sheldon, who heads a group opposed to theproject called TOTO (Taxpayers Opposed To Oz). "

Thanks to Dan Tasman

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