TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! MAYOR FUNKY TAKES MONEY FROM CONTROVERSIAL ROCK CHALK CHARACTERS!!!

Following Mayor Funky's money trail is always kind of fun because so many interesting names come up . . . A rather AWESOME TKC TIPSTER sent us a note about a high profile connection that has gone unnoticed so far.

This post is part of a collaboration that should shed some light on so many Kansas City Funky Mayoral missteps.

The most important part of the discussion:

MAYOR FUNKY'S CAMPAIGN ACCEPTED A LARGE CONTRIBUTION FROM AN INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATED BY KU ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AUDITORS FOR A POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE CONTRACT WITH EMBATTLED FORMER KU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR LEW PERKINS.

Here's the story. See if you agree with the KU Chancellor.

According to the campaign disclosure filed for the period Funky received an $1800 contribution on September 7, 2010 from a James D. Badzin in Leawood, Ks.

Badzin is the President of Ceebrook Creative Concepts, a private printing and promotional products supplier based out of Overland Park, Ks.

Last year Badzin and Ceebrook, a vendor that bids on work supplying promotional items to the University of Kansas, were at the center of an ethics investigation after auditors of the KU Athletic Program questioned an $18,000 PER YEAR CONSULTING CONTRACT paid to former KU Athletic Director Lew Perkins of the scandal-plagued University of Kansas athletic department.

Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little subsequently stated that the consulting contract violated no university policy, and Perkins retired this fall after scandals involving millions of dollars of ticket sales and other insider dealings came to light.

Of course, it should come as no surprise, as in the past Badzin supported Sam Graves for Congress- the same Sam Graves that gave Funkhouser’s main man Jeff Roe his start in the biz.

The money machine just keeps going round and round . . .