HOW BADLY DOES THE "CAPTAIN TACO" CONTROVERSY HURT DEB HERMANN IN THE KANSAS CITY MAYORAL PRIMARY?!?!
Seriously, I didn't think The Star had the guts to go with this story:
"Fifteen years ago, when Kansas City mayoral candidate Deb Hermann helped run a Northland community policing center, she referred to an Hispanic officer as “Captain Taco,” former officers say.
Hermann strongly denies that and other allegations"
Just like so many unsubstantiated rumors about Alvin Brooks last time around, I thought this one was gonna stay buried. I heard there was audio tape but didn't believe it.
For many Latinos leaders, this story was a big part of the reason they didn't give their endorsement to Deb.
On my part, I tend to be a bit more practical on this thing . . .
Here's my reasoning:
1. Deb just earned her "Conservative" credentials.
2. Council Lady Hermann was never going to get widespread support in the urban core or minority communities so the "direct" impact of this one might be negligible.
However . . . Thinking about this rationally . . .
THE YEARS OLD ACCUSATION OF RACIST TALK MIGHT HAVE JUST KILLED HERMANN'S CHANCES AT THE PRIMARY!!!
It all depends . . .
Again, I hear there is audiotape on this still out there and hearing Hermann say those words after her denial is going to end her candidacy . . . Even better, I don't think the other white lady who hangs around the Westside is going to take the fall for her and if it comes down to a blame game scenario . . . That's just uglier for everybody and worse for Hermann. She could pull that one off though considering they both kind of sound alike . . .
Manny Lopez of the beloved Manny's Restaurant and his support might help on this one but his political group doesn't do any canvassing or campaign work among Latinos. They are good at making interesting position statements though . . .
Still, this morning there's nothing to talk about but the impact of this revelation and Deb Hermann's chances at mayor.
Strangely, this is still about white people since minorities were never gonna vote for her to begin with . . .
The question to you d-bags: Will liberals and moderates on the South side of the river (i.e. most of Kansas City) back away from Deb Hermann and her run for Mayor because of the alleged racial remarks?
I can't really answer that question . . . But I will assume this won't really impact her votes in The Great White North and may even strengthen her rep when it comes to winning folks who are frustrated with Mayor Funky but don't like anybody else.
However, in the final analysis, my life experience in Kansas City tells me that nobody is really going to be upset or stand in defense of Latinos against alleged racism. We'll see.
She's out.
ReplyDeleteDeb Herman is a racist.
ReplyDeleteSomething she might have said fifteen years ago is being used to defeat her? Meh. I am more concerned with what she says and does now.
ReplyDeleteAs I type, there's a Funkhouser ad on tv--there's the real danger.
Deb is a racist and always has been. Her fight against and comments made in the effort by black church members to establish a northland place of worship were appalling. Her treatment of Wayne Cauthan was unacceptable and seemed based in part because of his race. This is not 15 years ago, it is NOW. ? In the early 90's Hermann was a GOP committee member and campaigned against Bill Clinton and Mel Carnahan. How much more do you need to know.
ReplyDeleteI was neutral on Hermann, but now I think if it is her and Flunk, he wins! What a terrible thing that would be. But recall---Deb supported his appointment of Frances Semler. She has a history on race as we are finding out and it ain't pretty.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder Mike Sanders endorsed her. This endorsement will haunt "Captain Hair Club."
ReplyDeleteSorry, I don't buy it. Seriously, this supposedly happened 15 years ago and it comes out now? Dirty politics. Deb is not a racist.
ReplyDeleteIf she admitted she said it and admitted she was wrong to say it I would feel better about her than when she tries to run from it.
ReplyDeleteThe Sanders comment is very true.
It also makes me wonder why Sandy Mayer would work for Mike Sanders who obviously disrespects her community? Also, why did Sandy take sides against the community when Mike Sanders attacked GCI funding?
Bye, bye
ReplyDeleteIf the Latino "leaders" won't vote for someone because of something like this, they're dumber than I thought.
ReplyDeleteFirst, you might find out where that name came from and what the officer involved thought of it.
And this "everybody's a racist crap really gets old. To have REAL relationships with people, you have to have enough understanding and appreciation for their points of veiw that there can be candid conversations which are both serious and fun.
All these oversensitive types who see prejudice under every rock would have a very hard time in a Navy fighter squadron where everyone has a call sign and a nickname.
Either lighten up, or keep to yourself!
Of course, we all know that navy fighter squadrons are hotbeds of bigotry Will. You are living proof.
ReplyDelete6:56 AM
ReplyDeleteAre you serious??????
"because of something like this, they're dumber than I thought"
Sounds like something Deb Hermann would say.
Low turnout, name rec and general appearance is what will doom Deb. This deal doesn't help though.
ReplyDeleteWhy did Sanders endorse that woman? I know Tony will not tell us because he is in the tank for Deb Hermann.
ReplyDeleteSomebody who reads this must know something about that endorsement.
It would be as if Sanders endorsed Frances Semler. There must be a story here.
Yea 6:56am, are you serious?
ReplyDeleteDon't you know that elected officials' jobs are simply to shovel taxpayers' money to special interest groups, not demand any results, and shut up? Or not do anything to round up the thugs terrorizing the east side or be accused of racial profilinf?
Making your ethnic identidy the most important part of yourself relieves you of any repsonsiblities and qualifiys you to get "your fair share". Look at how well that startegy has worked on the east side. Don't you want your community to be just like that? And look at the millions of dollares that poured through the KCMSD into the pockets of family members and friends.
And if you say anything about this, you're a racist. What a tired old worn out joke!
City heading towards fiscal insolvency and this is what we are arguing about? Two tickets to Titsville via political correctness.......
ReplyDeleteDeb is always trying to show how tough she is. She should step up, admit what she did and apologize, which would show her strength.
ReplyDeleteActually, I think she had Tony leak this story to reaffirm her "conservative credentials," and the easiest way to verify your conservatism is to say something bigoted.
who gives a shit,everybody is a racist...when the new black guys moves in next to you with the five kids you may be nice to him but your already trying to figure out how to get out..black people are no differentmost think they are owed something from the white man..pure bullshit..crackers,niggers,spics,wetbacks,mics,jews..at least she has the guts to say it most of you girls only say it behind clsed doors...which is better?
ReplyDeleteExcuse me, but . . .
ReplyDeleteNo videotape? No witness to the comments?
So, it's just rumor?
Ah, I see -- it must be true.
BTW, Deb told Funk not to appoint Semler.
Disclosure: I support James.
ReplyDeleteNow, to the rest of the commenters, such as 7:46 and others, are you stupid? Why would Hermann admit to something she obviously didn't say? Ortega is a known Rowland supporter. Ortega has publicly crowed about getting La Raza to support Rowland. Now he is bringing up 15 year old accusations with no evidence of prrof. And The Star asked Hermann to prove she didn't say something?
The real question is, how much did Glorioso and Gray pay Kraske to use this race-baiting rubbish to smear a candidate? What dirt will they throw at James if he emerges from the primary? Will it be race-baiting too? Or will they back off to help their endorsed candidate? I hope so, but the way The Star lets their editorial side run their reporting side, who knows.
Hatchet job, Kraske. I thought you were better than that.
2/16/11 7:51 AM
ReplyDeleteReally? I just moved into a house next to a black family to the west, and a brown family to the east. Your logic is flawed.
7:25 here's your answer. Deb and her handlers have been "all yes all the time". Those who know the other candidates know that they can not be assured of cooperation on their issues all of the time....the quid pro quo is not available. Big $ - special interest people are motivated by the "yes" factor and it's evident with Deb's candidacy.
ReplyDeleteShe's not wealthy or very employable and needs the job. They know she'll need it even more after she goes up over $100k so that assures 8 years of "yes" if she's re-elected. It's a "Queenmaker" play where they'll be a tremendous number of control points behind the scenes. Not a scenario that applies to any of the other candidates.
Scherer hated community policing -- and he hated the fact that he was relegated to supervising it. There was a community policing office in Gracemor where Deb lived.
ReplyDeleteSo, Scherer butted heads with Deb == because he didn't want to be there.
So, who's bad here?
And, I agree -- nobody first-hand heard Deb say it, no tape produced -- I don't buy it.
Someone out there is desperate.
I think this is beneath Kraske to print this unsubstantiated rumor.
ReplyDeleteSome comments here need to be addressed because the people who wrote them are lying.
ReplyDelete6:24- Hermann did not oppose a "place of worship" in the northland that was a black church. She, along with other council members opposed all of the federal housing dollars being given to the church to build a SENIOR LIVING FACILITY! Why? Because the Northland already has a glut of senior living, and every one of the Northland's housing dollars went to one place in Clay County. No other neighborhood agencies received a dime. Platte County received no money. No Northland council members were consulted; their housing dollars were just hijacked. Do you think for one moment if Northland council members harnessed all of the housing funding for south of the river to build something that wasn't needed, that the third district wouldn't scream bloody murder? Of course they would.
6:27, you are 100% wrong. Hermann did NOT support Semler for park board. No ifs ands or buts.
7:25, Sanders endorsed Hermann because of her qualities and credentials. Since Deb didn't support Semler's appointment, there isn't, as you claim, a story here.
Yes I am a Hermann supporter and proud of it. She does not have a racist bone in her body. I hope she wins, but if by some awful chance she does not, it should be because voters made a choice based on true information and not this disgusting mudslinging. Ortega should be ashamed of himself.
Interesting fact...Vince Ortega desperately wanted to be on the park board and was furious when he didn't get selected both before Semler and again after she quit.
Well absent a tape, we'll never know if she really said it. However, she worked against the City's civil rights ordinances in two terms. Top it off with her viciousness against Cauthen and a pattern does emerge. Maybe it won't matter after all since there is still a racist element in KC that continues to hang on like athelet's foot. Don't think so? Think back to all the times you've read racist bullshit on these blogs from douche bags who do know better but continue to spew that crap. Its out there and Deb will get their votes like some Grand Dragon of the Klan.
ReplyDeleteI think this eleventh hour smearing is just a little chickenshit.
ReplyDeleteShame on the Star... getting played by those who are running against her.
That was a sucker punch and I'd love to know who tipped the Star... THAT's the news. THAT's the candidate y'all should vote NO. That's business as usual at Shitty Hall!
Sounds as if Tony knew about it. Since he didn't go with it, he should tell us who was trying to get someone to bite on it.
Its' a real dilemma... burn an anonymous tipster (uh asshole) to tell what's the REALLY BIG story here... or keep quiet and keep those chickenshit cards, letters, and hate emails coming in!
Would Tee be man enough to hand the story to someone else just to make sure it gets out?
is she German or did she just marry one?
ReplyDeleteHey 7:25 I don't know if you support Burke but he is very quid pro quo. When he was not-so-quietly running during the Funk recall times, he was promising potential supporters everything from park board appointments and port authority gigs to office positions and commissions. He even proposed hiring Hermann if she would stay out of the race. So don't delude yourself that the other candidates aren't playing the quid pro quo game. Burke practically invented it.
ReplyDeleteChicago Mayor's race. Rahm Emanuel 66% - Burke?
ReplyDeletedeb herman a northland keep the Hispanics out politician.
ReplyDelete'Captain Taco'? This is ridiculous. Cops cut on each other like this all the time. It's been going on forever and it ain't gonna stop.
ReplyDeleteAll you uber-PC pusses need to jump down a manhole, so you can become one with your natural element.
Let's see . . . Ortega supports a candidate. Deb is a threat to that candidate. So, suddenly, Ortega remembers hearing a tape fifteen years ago that doesn't exist but supposedly damages Deb.
ReplyDeleteRight.
7:59 is right...unfortunately. It's a shame because Deb has some good qualities. The other top candidates don't fit the profile that applies to the bundling that has occurred. It'll be interesting to see where the $ goes in the general. As always, follow the $ and you'll find the insiders and the number of "control points" that are in play.
ReplyDeleteI heard a tape where Ortega said he was going to claim there was a tape where Deb made a damaging statement.
ReplyDeleteI hope the tape I heard still exists too.
Radioman, I agree. Someone set Deb up and we don't have to loom far for the "tipster" AKA Brutus. Glorioso is on Rowland's payroll. Ortega helped deliver La Raza to Rowland. Ortega, who was not the best cop ever in blue, has been mad at Hermann for years about community policing. How convenient that he now brings up these slanderous comments. Deb has served on city boards and commissions. She ran and won twice for a city-wide seat. Where was the damaged Ortega during these elections and appointments? If these ludicrous charges for which no proof exists, were true, shouldnt Ortega have brought them up during Deb's first election? Or did it take a little grease from Glorioso to jog his memory? God knows when it comes to grease, Glorioso has the corner on the market.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I know for sure first hand is that Deb calls people Dip=S--t and she is a my way or the highway kind of person. So two out of three makes the odds of Captain Taco good. The people that keep saying there is no evidence are ignoring the fact that Ortega heard the tape and shared his response at the time. Plus, she said they were in conflict and then said it was in "fun". When you tease someone in fun it is usually in affection, not conflict. Of all the candidates in the race, Deb will clearly be the most difficult personality to work with. For all those people out there salivating as she promises you everything you ask for, the joke is on you.
ReplyDeleteEmanuel-Burke in Chicago Mayoral run off
ReplyDeleteTo all of the folks who claim the firing of Wayne Cauthen was a racist move by Hermann, get clue and get over it. Cauthen systematically destroyed departments in City Hall. He discriminated against non-blacks and treated everyone from department heads on down like trash. He showed utter disdain for appointed persons and for residents of KC. Hell, he showed disdain for the entire city! Under Cauthen, people in high level positions stole money from the city, used city credit cards for personal gain, surfed porn sites during work hoirsnon city computers, gave out sweetheart contracts to friends, and basically tried to dismantle everything he couldn't absolutely control.
ReplyDeleteIt took seven votes to get rid of Cauthen. Four came from south of the river. Does that make Jan, Beth, Cindy and Funk racist too?
Deb held Cauthen to high standards, as she does herself and those around her. Caution was an incompetent thug who mismanaged our city and left its finances in a wreck. Does holding him accountable make someone a racist?
Clinton Adams, Ken Bacchus and others in the black community wanted Cauthen out too. Are they 'Uncle Toms"?
8:33 does that mean you figured out Burke isnstanding in front of a Chicago skyline? I couldn't tell if it was Chicago or a mix of Chicago and NYC.
ReplyDelete8:32, Deb never said the alleged comment was in fun. She saidnthe person who said it thought they were being funny. Deb said she was horrified. She didn't make the comment and was never claiming it was fun. Go back and read the story again.
ReplyDeleteTony, you have reached an all time low. You know that this story is bullshit. Where are the tapes? Bring them on. I have stuck by you for a long time, but I think I'm done now. Bye, Bye.
ReplyDeleteIgnorant haters.
ReplyDeleteYou should hear the things her campaign treasuruer, lawyer Dan Fowler, has said about minority litigants in lawsuits alleging discriminatory employment practices.
ReplyDeleteAPPALLING!!
Actually, and this sounds so racist, when we all have to deal with racial interest groups... its just natural to be somewhat disrespectful of them for the pressure they bring to bear.
ReplyDeleteIs it sexist to diss Now and the feminists who always have a viewpoint?
or the spicks? or gicks? or japs? or the blacks? and the taco eaters?
everybody's got a fuckin agenda and they'd screw everyone else to promote their own!
I just grow tired of racist interest groups screaming 'racism!' if ya don't roll over to please them!
Put another way, ya can't have it both ways!
Actually, and this sounds so racist, when we all have to deal with racial interest groups... its just natural to be somewhat disrespectful of them for the pressure they bring to bear.
ReplyDeleteIs it sexist to diss Now and the feminists who always have a viewpoint?
or the spicks? or gicks? or japs? or the blacks? and the taco eaters?
everybody's got a fuckin agenda and they'd screw everyone else to promote their own!
I just grow tired of racist interest groups screaming 'racism!' if ya don't roll over to please them!
Put another way, ya can't have it both ways!
Tony, this isnsuch a lame and disgusting attempt to slander and libelnthe frontrunner. The south of the river vote is going to be carved up between Rowland, Funk, James, and some even to Wheeler, Klein and Burke. the south groups have already been bought and paid for (The Call, Freedom), or bribed (Citizens) and there is no one candidate who sticks out. Rowland knows he'll sucknfor votes North and is determined to keep any south votes from going to Hermann.
ReplyDeleteHas anybody asked themselves this: why is The Star, as well as commenters on this blog, demanding that Deb prove a negative? It is impossible to do, and even our courts don't demand it. You are innocent until proof is offered to the contrary. No proof has been offered here, just innuendo and rumor from people with something to gain. I hope the KC voters are smart enough to catch on. It doesn't seem like Tony and some of his readers are.
Same un-self-aware hardheadedness, can't accept responsibility for mistakes, isolated from the real world and what is happening in people's lives, ignorance of the way neighborhoods work NOW (not 20 years ago when she was extorting Hunt Midwest).
ReplyDeleteHermann is an out of touch bigot.
Dan Fowler is a well-respected lawyer and a fair and equitable human being. He is not a candidate and to label him a racist is disgusting and wrong.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to talk about treasurers, look at Burke's treasurer. A bigger Republican cannot be found. Oh wait, she is African American so we overlook that.
Tony is just pissed 'cuz he ain't been promoted to El Capitan, himself.
ReplyDeleteJust read the complete report in the Star. Deputy Chief's have good political bearings and great memories. If the story gets picked up by TV she's toast. If not...she may still have a chance but the story will be the poison pill in the General. The problem for Deb in this report can not be under estimated.
ReplyDeleteGlorioso is selling his soul all over the city. Annie Presly, Roe, Freedom,Rowland. He cant be trusted.
ReplyDeleteThis is petty bs. Kc is a mess.
ReplyDeleteProves one thing above all to me: Jeff Roe, love him or hate him, is a genius.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear Hermann's campaign treasurer is well thought of by Deb and her supporters, 8:58.
ReplyDeleteThat sure offers a lot of comfort.
I'm sure you can point to many pro bono activities and projects that Fowler has been involved with to benefit the minority community.
And trying to defend Deb by attempting to re-direct this issue to one of political party affiliation is laughable. And hypocritical.
Captain Taco. No to minority churches. Defends those who characterize minorities as lawsuit happy.
Now Dan Fowler is a racist?? Give me a F ing break. You people are sick. I don't know why anybody wants to put their neck out for this position. Kansas City, you will reap what you sow.
ReplyDelete"she worked against the City's civil rights ordinances" Name one ORDINANCE dealing with a civil rights issue she didn't support. I know of at least one she DID support.
ReplyDeleteBest Post on Hermann's role to keep Ford.
ReplyDeleteProbably not Deb Hermann. The phone rang all afternoon from other campaigns and lawmakers who think her claim that she “led the effort” to save the Ford Claycomo plant is at best an exaggeration.
Remember: The incentive that “saved the plant” came from the state. And several lawmakers intimately involved said her role was not any more significant than others involved in the effort, although she did meet, did testify, did contribute.
“She was supportive,” said former state Rep. Tim Flook, a Liberty Republican.
But, he added, “She didn’t have any more involvement on it than Funkhouser did on it or any more involvement than (KC council members) Bill Skaggs or Ed Ford.”
Added former state Rep. Jason Grill, a Parkville Democrat: “I don’t think that’s an accurate statement. If anyone led the regional effort, it was (state Rep.) Jerry Nolte.”
Nolte: “She didn’t lead any organized activities…She was on the team, and she did her part as a team member.”
And see this, from Sen. Luann Ridgeway: “If anybody was leading the effort down here in Jefferson City it was Jerry Nolte, the governor, and me and the Ford people and the department of Economic Development…It is not my recollection that she led the effort, nor do I think it’s a fair characterization for her to say that she led the effort.”
Claycomo, btw, isn’t in Kansas City.
In an interview, Hermann said the claim refers to the city’s efforts for the Claycomo plant, not the entire push.
“I led the City Council. I led the city. A lot of people led,” Hermann said. “There wasn’t anyone else from the city working on it. Nobody.”
And, she added: “I didn’t say I did it.”
It could be a matter of tone: Had Hermann said “I helped lead the effort to save” the plant it might have escaped criticism. Instead, she said “I led the effort….”
And now see this: a Hermann mailer, with this quote: “We don’t need to be snowed anymore…by the exaggerated claims of those running for mayor about what they have done before….” Hmmm…..
Not the time for a distraction.
Read more: http://midwestdemocracyproject.org/blogs/entries/breakfast-buzz-feb-15/#ixzz1E2JODxx9
2/15/11 8:06 AM
I heard a tape where Glorioso convinced Ortega to claim that he might have heard a tape.
ReplyDeleteI really hope the tape I heard exists.
I wonder if the Star will print my story too.
Deb knows her only chance to win is with a White backlash in the far north and far south of the City.
ReplyDeleteShe is loving this report that she used a racist slur.
2/16/11 9:29 AM
ReplyDeleteLGBT Equality
6:52 & 7:46: What if she didn't say it?
ReplyDelete7:59: Her not being wealthy is a plus in my book. Look where Kay Barnes left us.
8:12: What if she was opposed to Cauthen because he was incompetent?
Even if she did say it, and frankly I would have problems remembering everything I said 15 days ago, let alone 15 years ago, so what? If this is the worst that her opponents can dig up, she's in better shape than most of us.
The Missouri River is the North/South equivalent to Troost (although the minorities are gaining ground slowly but surely).
ReplyDeleteMight even have to re-draw that line to Vivon Road (watch out Anita).
I still support Deb Hermann because she bought my support and I stay bought! (This might cost you some more cash Deb.)
ReplyDeleteIf she loses now this will be a huge black eye for Mike Sanders. Once again, Mike tried to telegraph that he is a conservative by backing a mean, hateful candidate with a tendency toward bigotry. If Hermann loses, Mike Sanders loses BIG.
ReplyDeleteMike Sanders you will learn someday that when you lay with pigs you are going to pick up the stink.
Don't forget the Mahoney veracity story too. Looks like all of the early $ got the train going down the tracks pretty fast and there wasn't an effort to cleanse prior messes and vet honesty. Deb's done.
ReplyDeleteNutter brought us Crystal and Theresa both crooks. No thanks Deb tired of Nutter playing politics with bad candidates.
ReplyDeleteImagine This:
ReplyDelete"Welcome to D. Hermanns International Cafe Bistro Azteca de Soul"
"I think I'd like two captain tacos with a a side of rio grande sauce and a watermelon sandwich with chitterling du jour"
"Would you like something to drink"
"Yeah, let me try the tequila monkey juice kool-aid with lemon. I can't have milk because I'm lactose intolerant"
"Sir, that will be $18.65 at the first window. Do you need our all new amistad food holder"
"No, I'd like one of those collectible auschwitz reuseable green bags. Thank you. Oh, where can I get one of those nice pointy white hats"
"They are for employees only sir. Do come again"
Leave it to the Funks to dig for dirt and make up all the lies that they can about a wonderful woman. They are using things that they have been found guilty of doing as dirty pool.
ReplyDeleteDeb is a wonderful no nonsense person and will tell you the truth without name calling and mud slinging this is not her style.
The Funky Funks need to pack up and head for the hills.
Burke - kust give it up.
Sly is the only honest man that stands a chance against Deb. That's where the real Mayoral race is. Two honest people running a decent campaign.
Leave the name calling and mud slinging where it belongs in the park with toddlers playing.
I get so tired of this kind of crap during election season.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Deb wants to face Sly in the general.
ReplyDeletePut that boy in his place, eh Deb?
Go Deb! Our next mayor, if we're smart enough to vote for her.
ReplyDelete68 comments and no one thinks that Deb might have released it through a straw man, to she could PICK UP SOME VOTES??
ReplyDeleteDon't look behind the curtain.
I am not saying she did, but if you time it right, and say the right things, you might be able to manipulate and energise one power base, while not entirely destroying the other.
By the way, I love the comments that Ms. Herman was "Horrified" by the slur. Wow. Life changing. Jeeze.
Typical shit, I hope for once, someone is manipulating the voters with racial acusations that are designed to backfire on the same old liars and scum who use the term "racist" to scare people who have done nothing wrong.
9:26 you are full of it. Another poster explained clearly the issue with the minority church. And Deb has never defended Squitiro or Semler. Are you as big a liar as Glorioso or Roe?
ReplyDeleteExcept for Deb's mishap with taking credit for Ford I think she has been straightforward. Sly has two. They are the cream of the crop.
ReplyDeleteGood god you conspiracy theorists who think Deb would actually leak this cockamamie story are unreal. The only conspiracy nut I know of that beats this bunch is Jack Cashill, the big anti-Obama birther. Oh and also an advisor and a supporter of Funk and a friend to Jeff Roe.
ReplyDeleteDeb DiD lead the city's efforts to save Ford. Not to take anything away from Jerry Nolte who worked very hard, but no one in Jeff will even take Funkhouser's calls. Deb helped make the push with state people and led the city. Nuff said.
ReplyDeleteCampaign says "Deb led the regional effort".
ReplyDeleteFucking apologists, admit the mistake and move on.
If the point of Deb's ad was to show her leadership capabilities, she should have focused on the City budget process, not by taking credit for something where she was only a peripheral player.
ReplyDeleteIf the point was to show her commitment and connection to working folks, creating jobs and economic development, surely there is something else she has done the last 8 years she could point to.
In any event, this is a slap in the face to the many folks who were really out there on the front line and who made it happen (e.g. Notle, Nixon).
Deb was the only leader from our City to stand up and be a part of the Team that saved the Ford Plant, which is what she says repeatedly. I didn't see any of the other wanna be Mayors fighting for Claycomo. Where was Funky? In the Hills? Looking at More wedding dresses? Hiding from more lawsuits?
ReplyDeleteI applaud her for stepping up and being part of the team - if people would listen to her words and read her fliers, then they would know and understand that she was the only KC LEADER to be part of the team to LEAD and save the Ford Plant and keep the jobs and people here and help our City and the City of Claycomo.
We already have enough problems with KC's relationships in Jeff City.
ReplyDeleteWonder how Deb's slapjacking of credit for Ford, that is rightly deserved by state lawmakers, will play in Jeff City should she be elected Mayor of KC.
Uh, yeah, THAT'S what she meant.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she should have put that in her flyer, too.
10:25 thanks for the humor. this blog needs another laugh.
ReplyDeleteOrtega covered for a "family friend " to be a cop after this said cop got caught in several lies and still got hired. This said cop is now on the run with a 20,000 cash only warrant for Domestic Violence assault. And said former cop is hispanic. Go figure
ReplyDeleteI am so sick of these fake allegations of racism.
ReplyDeleteWhy should I expend energy getting "upset or stand[ing] in defense of Latinos against alleged racism" when I should really be worried about ACTUAL racism?
ReplyDeleteIn other words: why should I believe this happened, and why should I care?
Deb must have some chance of winning if people are crawling out from under rocks and making these allegations.
ReplyDeleteGood Conversation Tony. No other place in town has the guts to joke about this stuff.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it took everyone this log to appreciate your photo.
What's the problem? I like tacos.
ReplyDeleteSly James once ordered tacos for lunch.
ReplyDeleteTwo more shoes yet to drop on Miss Deb.
ReplyDeleteStay tuned!!
Taco Dinner Fundraiser
ReplyDeleteLocation: Guadelupe Centers Inc. 1015 Avenida Cesar E. Chavez KCMO)
Info: 4 Tacos and Rice $6.00 Call 816-421-1015 or come by GCI to order yours. Proceeds benefit GCI's Youth Baseball Program
If it was all you can eat, I'd be there.
ReplyDeleteI am disappointed that Mike Sanders has chosen to associate himself with an enemy of the Latino Community again.
ReplyDeleteSo, if Deb would have said "I helped lead the effort as a representative of Kansas City-" That would have been okay? Seriously, why would anyone think that she was representing anything other than the city? Obviously she wasn't representing the state. (Or the Girl Scouts, or the AMA.)
ReplyDeleteI find it offensive that you claim to be offended by a reference to me.
ReplyDeleteShow some pride!
@ 8:38 - to answer your question: as it relates to the other councilmembers:yes. As it relates to the so called "leaders" in the African American Community: yes and do forget self serving.
ReplyDelete96 COMMENTS! Did anyone actually read all those? I sure as hell didn't.
ReplyDeleteSo did she get mayor's job? Oh. election hasnt happened yet. sigh. call me when it's over with!
OK, years ago Deb was community council president of the Gracemore neighborhood. Her council sued hunt midwest mining and received $1.2 million dollars which help fund the community pool she ran, supposedly with alot of volunteers. One volunteer was paid for his time worked, but since he was on disability, they paid his wife under her name. Cant prove it, but I know it is true, cuz i heard it right from her mouth. She used to call a friend of mine who was tanned and had black hair-A BURRITO. Called her that several times, cant prove it, but I heard it! The house behind hers in Gracemor,two men who were gay lived there. She didnt want anyone to know about that they were gay and they were friends, cuz some old timers on the council would be mad or offended. Cant prove it but heard it. Also heard that the CAN officers (community action n-something or another) that she had working out of the school in Gracmor, had a whole lot of 1-900 sex calls placed from their office. Cant prove it, but heard it. She also had the officers running all over the neighborhood doing stuff for her. She had them look up private info on certain residents and then made them not tell anyone. Cant prove it, but heard it. She would tall about peoples kid's calling them names and making fun of them. She would sit up at the pool late hours of the nights with her cronies and drink beer and smoke her cigs and rant and rave about residents she didnt like in her gruff old voice. She only does what makes her look good and what she can get credit for. Not a good mayor candidate at all-will vote for the funk!
ReplyDelete@ 10:27 - Nice try with the underhanded compliment to Sly James. Yeah, pretty clever to want Herman and James in the general. He's more prone to be the victim of race baiting than the other candidates and she's guaranteed to beat him in the Northland and thus win the election. Thanks but no thanks.
ReplyDeleteCan't prove it -- then why believe it?
ReplyDeleteI live in Gracemor, and I know that your stuff is garbage.
You know what? I heard it and thats all that matters to me. I know what kind of person she is. She is a fake, a phoney, a racist. I know the real Deb Hermann from Hermannville.
ReplyDeleteSo are you saying Deb doesn't smoke or have a gruff old voice?
ReplyDeleteThese allegations do not surprise me. Deb's reputation for making racist comments is nothing new. People have been saying this for years (since she has been on the council). Word is the drunker she gets, the more disparaging her comments are. hmph, kinda like Michael Fletcher. Plus, take a look at her record. She claims to be a friend to neighborhoods but she has only started attending neighborhood meetings east of Troost since her bid for Mayor... not even an appearance at the City Budget Meetings in the predominately black districts until of late. Typical and disgraceful. Deb, just go away.
ReplyDeleteso if you live in gracemore, did you know about the hunt midwest mining lawsuit filed on behalf of the entire neighborhood? or were you one of the individuals that received under the table money for your house to get fixed up? You also must be the ones who works at the pool or maybe you are a special volunteer that gets a special volunteer appreciation dinner once a year paid for by the money from hunt midwest. did you house cave in or foundation crack? did you street cave in or backyard? do you even know about this money? say yes or no? did you know that when people buy a house in HERMANNVILLE that the realtors DO NOT HAVE TO DISCLOSE UNDERGROUND BLASTING. She made this a requisite in the lawsuit. do you even know how much money they are receiving? how much money they get for limestone blasted in wight? do you know where the sizemograph monitors are located and have you seen the readings? do you know if the blasting ever went above the allowed magnitude that it is suppose to stay under? well if you live in gracemor, you should know all those answers, so answer them for everyone to see how much she is keeping from the residents of HERMANNVILLE.
ReplyDeleteDeb is a mean, lying, backstabbing, vindictive, never-wrong old cur who thinks much too highly of herself.
ReplyDeleteA vote for her is tantamount to a vote for four more years of what we just had with Funky.
Deb thought that because people turned to her to fight against the incompetent Funkhouser that it meant they liked her.
ReplyDeleteNo, they just recognized that you fight fire with fire.
Once Funky is gone, Deb can go, too.
10:27: Good point. Gloria's remarks cost the city $600K and counting. Even if Hermann did this dastardly deed, it cost the city nothing.
ReplyDelete10:42: NOBODY is a big a liar as Glorioso or Roe.
Even if Deb is guilty, this is not a big deal. Her opponents must be downright desperate if this is the best they've got.
TO ANY GRACEMOR RESIDENT (HERMANNVILLE)
ReplyDeleteANSWER THESE PLEASE:
Do you know about the Hunt Midwest Mining Settlement of $1.2 million dollars and also the money they receive for the pounds and inches of the limestone?
Do you know about the money being put into Piper Jaffrey stocks?
Do you know about the sizemograph monitors and where they are located in Gracemor?
Have you seen the recordings from the monitors?
Do you know how many years they are continuing to blast?
Were you informed as a homeowner that the Community Council was going to sue on your behalf and that you would not receive any money?
Do you know that realotors do not have to disclose the blasting to any home buyer?
Do you know that they pool was being funded by this money?
Was your home ever damaged due to foundation cracking?
DEB HERMANN.....PLS ANSWER THESE:
ReplyDeleteHow much money did the Community Council receive from the lawsuit and where did it go?
Has any homeowner in Gracemor ever received money due to structural damage from the blasting?
Does the Council receive money for every in and pound of limestone blasted out under our homes?
Where are the missing pages of the lawsuit disclosing all the financial information that is suppose to be at the courthouse?
If King & Hershey were to be asked about their copies, would anyone be able to view the financial disclosure papers?
Was the CAN office phones ever used for 900 sex line phone calls?
Were any officers ever asked to run background checks on residents residing in Gracemor?
Was Carl’s wife’s name used for his payroll from working at the pool so that he could still collect disability? Hahaha and you know just what I mean!
Hey Deb, I remember you driving up and down the streets of Gracmor with a police scanner listening to residents private phone calls on their cordless phones-back in early 2000's. What a way to keep on top of things as President of Community Council. Glad now everyone uses cell phones, or have you found a way to listen to those as well? Your character is out of whack.
ReplyDeleteI always though she was kind of racist. She only works with white guys and has nothing good to say about anybody else.
ReplyDeleteDeb Hermann would be just like Funkhouser but without the PHD.
Yeah, no answers....thats what I thought. You are probably trying to get ahold of Deb to see what you should say.....you are a cronie. You live in Hermannville. You do what Deb tells you to do or what she tells you to say. You cannot think on your own. You are probably a senior citizen and think she is just God's gift to the elderly. Well you are a fool. She has lied to everyone in that damn neighborhood for years. i really want you to look at those questions and think about just what she didnt tell you and what has gone one right under your front porch.
ReplyDeleteI too remmber Deb Hermann driving up and down my street and stopping to listen to my cordless phone call with that police scanner
ReplyDeleteI was at a Gracmore community meeting about 15 years ago that was held at the Gracmore school. I was engaged in a conversation with the Gracmore P.T.A. President when Deb Hemann came across the room and said while pointing her finger at me "You come to these meetings and suck down the free cookies and lemonade with your belly hanging over your jeans you are an exaple of what my mother would call poor breeding.You are nothing but trailor trash You just bring your kids to the pool and I will show them the Hatreaed."
ReplyDelete"Scanner dropping" is a pursuit best enjoyed with a smoke and a beer.
ReplyDeleteTony: I am deeply, deeply offended by the Captain Taco illustration.
ReplyDeleteGive Deb a break.
ReplyDeleteThose meetings can be long and Deb gets testy when suffering from nicotine withdrawal.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteI was at a Gracmore community meeting about 15 years ago that was held at the Gracmore school. I was engaged in a conversation with the Gracmore P.T.A. President when Deb Hemann came across the room and said while pointing her finger at me "You come to these meetings and suck down the free cookies and lemonade with your belly hanging over your jeans you are an exaple of what my mother would call poor breeding.You are nothing but trailor trash You just bring your kids to the pool and I will show them the Hatreaed."
2/16/11 3:35 PM
LOT OF MISSPELLED WORDS HERE. DID DEB MISSPELL THEM OR WAS IT ANONYMOUS?
Sorry, just envisioning Deb at the pool.
ReplyDeleteHelp me- two-piece or one (please say one)?
I did bring my Children to the pool and Deb Hermann made good on her threat. My 6 your old daughter fell into the pool and hit her head on the side as she fell in the life gaurd who did a wonderful job at helping her out and making sure she was ok. I packed up our stuff and gathered the other children in our group and as we were leaving Deb Hermann started clapping and laughing and said "What ever gets you out of here early is good" All my 6 year old remmbers is Deb Hermann laughed and clapped when she got hurt. The funny thing is now my daughter is 20 and lives in Kansas city and can vote guess who she won't be voting for.
ReplyDeleteI am not a great speller bet I do think you got what i was saying. Oh I don't think Deb Hermann ever had a swim suit. I don't care how long a meeting is I would not treat people of my community that way bet Miss Hermann was the President at the time she shouldn't talk to anybody that way.
ReplyDeleteHaha good one. I am so sorry about your daughter though. That is a mean thing to do to a kid. We moved out of Hermanville years ago. Feel sorry for the unsuspecting homeowners that live there now under her reign of terror.
ReplyDeleteIKnow all about the Hunt midwest blasting and the stocks and I know that no residents can get there hands on that money even if their foundation is crumbling around them. I know of many who applied to get this money to fix there house but you first have to prove that it is damaged caused by the blasting. She does use the money for what ever she wants but she and the other board members took a buy out
ReplyDeleteCaptin Taco???? I'm known as Capt'n I Cum In Your Mothers Mouth!
ReplyDeleteIf Deb loses that is just another in a long line of losses for Mike Sanders endorsed candidates.
ReplyDeleteIf Deb wins Gracemor will prosper and evrywhere else will get blighted.
ReplyDeleteIf Deb wins Gracemor will prosper and evrywhere else will get blighted.
ReplyDeleteAre you saying Deb is the antichrist?
ReplyDeleteSuper Taco!
ReplyDeleteSome funny and some lame comments here. Mostly false accusations. But I will be happy knowing that Deb will never be able to eat tacos again without taking a bittersweet moment to think about what might have been.
ReplyDelete3:47: You're right. You're not a great speller. Or even a good one.
ReplyDeletetacos and burritos
ReplyDeleteOrtega retired from KCPD as a Deputy Chief. He is a serious, honest man. If he confirmed the allegations you bet your ass he has corroborating evidence... and not just notes.
ReplyDeleteEvery Mexican in this town who belongs to LaRaza (the race) should apologize for being a racist, because if they belong to LaRaza...they are.
ReplyDelete^&**&^^&
ReplyDeleteDEB HERMAN IS SHOUTING "GREEN BALLOONS!!! GREEN BALLOONS, DAMN IT!!!!!!"
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Hey TKC, throw up your Captain Taco-Batman light!!! we need help!!!
Deb Hermann has a good of chance at winning the Mayoral race as Clay Chastain.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever been to the Gracemore neighborhood she apparently ran? It's a fucking dump. I have seen where "Squatty Deb" lives and it's also a dirty piece of shit. Frankly, I can't believe how she made it on the city council. She is an embarassment to the city.
Ole Capt. Taco! Ole! LOL!
I am a neighborhood leader and I have known Deb for years on the neighborhood council. I always suspected her reasons for wanting Cauthen gone because they started so soon after he was hired. It wasn't because he was a bad City Manager (he eventually was) it was too early to know and she was promoting getting rid of him. She was mad about some of the people he replaced as directors. I also remember getting calls from her slinging mud against her fellow City Council Members. She would say they were against neighborhoods and were not supporting her. She named one council woman that I always saw at meetings all over town and I said that she was very active in supporting neighborhoods and was always in attendence and she replied, "She voted against me on the housing issue and no one is more pro neighborhood than I am so she is against neighborhoods". I swear that's what she said. Turns out in the end Cauthen was right about that housing mess and so was the council members who voted with him and against her when she tried to defend her housing program. I thought she sounded a little crazy to say that anyone who voted against her on issues was against neighborhoods because she "was" neighborhoods. Truth is, she was her neighborhood first and foremost. She always had a sarcastic tone and a temper if you didn't agree with her. That's her.
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