Mark Funkhouser is a crappy, ineffective and corrupt Mayor . . . I was blogging this back when the dude first took office and now it's pretty much common knowledge.
You're welcome.
Still, as the story of his political demise unfolds . . . It's important to document the variety of ways in which he has been one of Kansas City's biggest political disappointments in the modern era.
Here's the latest:
MAYOR FUNKY'S POLITICAL OPPONENTS WILL SOON CITE A PATTERN OF NEPOTISM IN HIS OFFICE BEYOND CO-MAYOR GLORIA SQUITIRO'S BARE FEET!!!
DeAnn Smith did a damn fine job documenting the details of a strange connection between Mayor Funky, Chief of Staff Kendrick Blackwood and his dad former Council dude George Blackwood.
Noted that former Councilman George Blackwood — Funkhouser’s new business partner — is vice chairman of the Global Trade Commission, which works with the international affairs office.Translation = The International Business Dude Daddy of the New Chief of Staff was closely involved with a City Department and he's also a business partner with Mayor Funky - I guess that's a City that Works . . . For whom I have no idea.
Funkhouser denied that his business relationship and friendship with Blackwood affected his support for the office’s funding.
And then there's Former Chief of Staff Ed Wolf's son and his sweet Port Authority gig.
That never became a big issue but KICKASS TKC TIPSTERS are saying it might resurface as more people are hoping that the City Council will move to request a Nepotism investigation of Mayor Funky from Attorney General Chris Koster.
Come to think of it . . . One of the things that clued me into Mayor Funky being full of it was the lottery mentality among his acolytes when they won the office by a thin margin. Now all the perks, high salaries and favors might be used against them . . . At the very least, Mayor Funky now very closely resembles the same kind of politico he campaigned and railed against . . . Only those folks weren't also suing the City to keep barefoot, racial slur using wives at their side and serving as Co-Mayor.
oh kittehs
ReplyDeleteGood luck in court, Tony, because if I were mayor, I'd already have a good lawyer lined up gathering evidence for my libel suit against you. This post is almost an actionable offense.
ReplyDeleteAs I understand it, this is already the case.
For those of you watching at home unfamiliar with libel laws, when you call someone "corrupt," you are disparaging the business, trade, office or profession of an individual. On it's face, that's what TKC is doing here: libeling the mayor!
It probably won't be until the mayor's term is over, but it's something you can count on.
Give it a rest Siettmann. Public figures like your boss are held to a different standard when it comes to libel. Besides, Funknut has already been fined by the MO Ethics Commission. That makes him... "corrupt".
ReplyDeleteI'd buy that for a dollar.
ReplyDeletecor·rupt (k-rpt)
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1. Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
2. Venal; dishonest: a corrupt mayor.
3. Containing errors or alterations, as a text: a corrupt translation.
4. Archaic Tainted; putrid.
Sounds like Funk to me.
Siettmann shut up.
Mr. Funky is anything but a leader.
ReplyDeleteGet him out of the leadership position.
It always cracks me up when people try to threaten Tony with civil lawsuits. Now THAT is a joke! It will never happen.
ReplyDeleteBesides making me snicker, the idea of Mayor McCheesehouser suing anyone for calling him "corrupt" is laughable. It reminds me of an old joke:
ReplyDeleteAt an all-black evangelical church, the preacher was proud of his choir and its new choir master, a somewhat slight and effeminate man. At the conclusion of a rousing hymn the preacher said, "How about an 'amen' for our wonderful choir under the director of Brother Brown."
A response of "amens" followed from the congregation, but from the back of the sanctuary came a solitary voice uttering "cocksucker!"
Shocked and angry, the preacher shouted, "Which one of you called our Brother Brown a cocksucker?"
The church was filled with silence, so the preacher pounded the pulpit and again demanded to know who among his flock had disparaged Brother Brown. Again there was silence. "We will remain here all day until the guilty person comes forth and admits to calling our choir master Brother Brown a cocksucker!" the preacher said.
Finally a voice arose timidly from the back of the church: "And I want to know who called that cocksucker a choir master."
Slettmann?
ReplyDeleteMayor McCheesehouser - Funniest thing on this blog today.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you'll get scare tactic traction here jackass. It's ALL on THE RECORD. George Blackwood was put on the Global Trade Commission JUST IN TIME to take the China trip on our dime. Fact. Kendrick filled out the form. Fact. This appointment was HURRIDLY PUSHED THROUGH BY FUNKHOUSER AND KENDRICK. Fact.
ReplyDeleteEd Wolf pushed through his son's spot on the Port Authority. Fact.
These two moochers were shoved WAY ahead of the line by the mayor, his chief of staff and whatever Kendrick is. FACT. Hell, George Blackwood didn't even sign up, he was just put on board.
The only supporter of this miserable mayor who has not gotten anything is Bill Drummond the ass itcher. FACT.
Nobody is trying to stop this absurd mayor from changing the way city hall is run. This mayor is corrupt. Fact, undeniable fact.
Yep, sounds like a whole lotta nepotism going on!
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