There's an internal struggle going on right now in the Kansas City political scene that not many people want to acknowledge but it may determine the course of the next mayoral election.
KANSAS CITY NORTHLAND POLITICOS WANT TO DISTANCE ACTING CITY MANAGER TROY SCHULTE FROM THE FAILED ADMINISTRATION OF CO-MAYORS FUNKY AND SQUITIRO!!!By all accounts, Troy Schulte is a skilled City Hall worker with a solid rep. Even Former City Manager Wayne Cauthen's supporters expressed a bit of relief that Schulte was taking over the job.
City Hall insiders know that Schulte's role had to be secured by The Council in order to garner enough "YES" votes to oust Cathen . . . Which included the Mayor's voice at the last minute.
But now as Mayor Funky desperately reaches for re-election there's an interesting divide between The Northland and The Mayor that has heretofore gone untold.
GLORIA SQUITIRO IS DOING HER BEST TO CLAIM SCHULTE'S REPUTATION IN SERVICE OF THE MAYOR'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN!!! AND NOW SHE'S GETTING SOME PUSHBACK!!!In the
pivotal Darla Jaye Interview Gloria Squitiro called Schulte "The Mayor's City Manager."
In a recent newsletter
Squitiro seemingly referred to Schulte as part of the Mayor's "new team" and touted the Mayor's pathetic tag-a-long role on a bond rating tour in order to duck tragic KC statistical data that revealed his complete lack of leadership.
A chat with a Northland politico revealed the strategy to me as
the Co-Mayor effort to ride "on the coattails of competence."From what I hear Schulte lives in the Northland and the contingent that put him in office definitely makes their home across the river . . . So it's interesting that the group who put this power play together now no longer sees the Mayor as necessary to their success. More importantly, among Kansas City politicos the word is out:
Schulte isn't the Mayor's homeboy.Look for astute Mayoral Candidates to ingratiate themselves to goodwill Schulte has going for him in the Northland as the Mayor and his shoeless wife desperately cling to any semblance of credibility they can find.
