Royals lease negotiations could be 'detrimental' to parks: Former commissioner

Royals lease negotiations could be 'detrimental' to parks: Former commissioner

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Former Parks and Recreation Commissioner David Mecklenburg is concerned the five-member board will become political if Royals lease negotiations at Washington Square Park go a certain way. Questions remain about where the team will be playing in 2031. Overland Park mayor, challenger comment on Royals possibility Washington Square Park is a Parks and Recreation piece of property, so if the Royals were to build there, the…