TKC BREAKING NEWS!!! THE REAL STORY BEHIND KANSAS CITY COUNCILMAN BILL SKAGGS CONFRONTING A JEFF ROE CAMERA DUDE!!!
In a few hours The Kansas City Star is getting ready to run a hit piece courtesy of Missouri's GOP Machiavelli Jeff Roe.
The incident involves a run-in with Robin Carnahan, a pushy Internet Camera dude and Mayor Pro-Tem Bill Skaggs.
Because I've heard a few of the details floating around about this story and folks are worried about the spin the so-called paper-of-record is going to take, I think it's worth it to set the record straight BEFORE the Kansas City Star runs their account that seems to be informed primarily from the Roe camp.
Just got off the phone with Mayor Pro Tem Skaggs and here's why he says:
"Nobody likes a bully. One of Jeff Roe's trackers was putting this camera in Robin Carnahan's face and seemed to be very confrontational. When he turned the camera my way, I just told him to get out of my face."
The direct quote is something to the effect of "Get that shit out of my face" and in this mass media era that's probably a sentiment that most people respect or even admire.
Regarding the language, Skaggs replies, "I do regret cussing. Vulgarity isn't usually part of my language but seeing this tracker behave in such a manner and acting like a bully just didn't sit right with me."
The confrontation continued with Skaggs and some other gentleman using the same tactic to shield Carnahan that is often used to deflect the protests of The Phelps Clan. Apparently, Skaggs and some of his colleagues grabbed campaign signs and blocked the view of the camera clearing a way for Carnahan.
"We wanted to make sure she could pass without being intimidated," Skaggs said.
I don't know that Roe & Crew can convince the public to take the side of a political paparazzi but I'm anxious to see the footage of Council Dude Skaggs pretty much embodying public sentiment and telling the tracker where to go.
DEVELOPING . . .
Good for him.
ReplyDeleteThat tracker was near death. Putting a camera in Bill Skaggs face is like putting one in the face of Chuck Norris.
ReplyDeleteI do not like Jeff Roes tactics. Thats why I dislike the Co-mayors.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that public officials think that they have any right not to be recorded when they are in public!
ReplyDeleteIf you want privacy, stay out of public office, and stay home for that matter, eh?
Jeff Roe talk. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteJeff Roe is a bully of the ilk that came to power in Germany in the early 1930's. Pure brownshirt, nation beware!
ReplyDeleteCouncilman Skaggs is one of the few people at City Hall left with ethics and integrity. They had to have been seriously tripping to make him mad.
ReplyDeleteMy assessment of Skaggs just went way up. Good for him!
ReplyDeleteA good tracker doesn't do that shit.
ReplyDeleteA good tracker sits back and waits tell the candidate screws up, which is much more likely to happen if the candidate doesn't feel directly threatened by the tracker.
A friend of mine used to be a tracker following Bachmann, and my camera was used to catch Akin when he joked about lynching other members of congress.
Roe should go back to prank calling candidates after hours, its more professional than this.
Is he still a Co Mayor employee? Enough said.
ReplyDeleteWrite LESS... and write what you DO write, BETTER!
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