The most promising thing I've heard about 6th District At-large Council Candidate Tracy Ward's campaign strategy is that she doesn't have one.
AT THIS POINT IN THE CAMPAIGN WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT TRACY WARD IS THAT SHE'S ONE OF VERY FEW CANDIDATES WHO ISN'T BACKED UP BY A PERSONAL FORTUNE OR SPECIAL INTERESTS!!!
This is important because Special Interests have run Kansas City politicos for most of this town's modern history which is why so much talk of hope, change or a City That Works has really been nothing more than a marketing tactic.
So, instead of big money for billboards, an army of paid staffers or a corporate phone bank . . . Tracy is just trying to talk to as many people as possible about her ideas for Kansas City.
The photo featured above was taken at Ugly Joe's in South KC where Tracy took a few minutes to remind me about her grassroots strategy while quite a few people interrupted and and expressed their support. It's really an interesting vibe . . . Tracy is kind of an approachable Kansas City political rock star in the sense that people seem to wonder if she's real.
She is.
Even better, Tracy Ward and her commitment to City Council accountability and transparency are backed up by her ongoing refusal to align herself with so many special interests who have now sought her out (seriously) and her continued effort to keep her campaign a grassroots endeavor.
No plan, no clue, no way.
ReplyDelete20 years from now, Tracy Ward, KC Political doyenne, will look back on her ascendence this year, and soon to be KC political apotheosis and thank Tony and his good offices for same.
ReplyDeleteTony is not always wrong.
New blood, new ideas, and new eyes are needed in local govt.
Sly, Tracy and a new group of heretofore mentioned candidates are Spring in Kansas City. The grass is green, the world and the worm turns.
God bless them, and god bless their mandate, as proffered by the electorate.
The city, could be, once again, tumuscent with hope and possibility.
Bukkake Partay
ReplyDeleteVote for "Racy" Ward!
ReplyDeleteAll we know for sure is that she wants to get rid of a tax that covers 40% of our revenue without any idea of how to replace it... she sounds real serious to me.
ReplyDeleteCome now, Tee.
ReplyDeleteYou getting mellow?
Since when was Bill Nigro not a special interest?
Lose some weight, show some tit and I'll vote for ya.
ReplyDeleteShe needs to be ass raped.
ReplyDeleteBukkake Ward at it again!
ReplyDeleteWell i like Tracy and she will win big !!
ReplyDeleteTony: Let's talk strategy Tracy
ReplyDeleteTracy: Alright, what's on your mind Tony?
Tony: I need to change my hand to ass strategy to something that works
Tracy: I see
Tony: My right hand isn't doing the job anymore
Tracy: Go on...
Tony: Well...I beat off so much with my right hand that I seem to have damaged some nerves in my right arm and I can't really wipe my ass like I used to.
Tracy: And you want me to help?
Tony: Yes. Any suggestions?
Tracy: Have you tried wiping your ass with your left hand?
Tony: Yes, but it's clumsy as hell. That's the hand I sit on when I want to pretend I'm getting a reach-around from a stranger. I always end up with shit on my face.
Tracy: Have you tried a surrogate ass-wiper?
Tony: No, what's that?
Tracy: Have someone else do it for you.
Tony: Like who, my mom?
Tracy: No Tony. You can be such a retard sometimes.
Tony: Well who?
Tracy: Why don't you hire Clay Chastain to do it?
Tony: Mmmm. I like that idea and he does need a job.
Tracy: Sure Tony. I bet he'd be a natural.
Tony: Do you think he'd do it?
Tracy: Sure, why not. He's a piece of shit anyway. He doesn't know the difference between light rail and between your ass cheeks. It's all the same to him.
Tony: I like it! I'm gonna give him a call, but what if he can't make it 10 times a day to wipe my ass? Is there a backup plan?
Tracy: Sort of, but you're not gonna like it.
Tony: Let's have it.
Tracy: Well, I've been thinking long and hard, but what about the Gruesome Twosome?
tony: No! Absolutely not.
Tracy: C'mon Tony have a heart.
Tony: I couldn't stomach the thought of them two wiping my ass.
Tracy: Look Tony, someone's got to do it and they're the most qualified. Plus... they need the money now that they're gonna be out of a job very soon.
Tony: I guess you're right, they do have experience either being up in each other asses or kissing asses or just them two gassing out City Hall and they are the biggest asses in town. Call 'em up and let's see if we can get a deal done tonight.
Tracy: I'm on it.
I voted absentee today and voted for Tracy she is going to carry the Northland like funk did 4 years ago. Hang in there Tracy !!!
ReplyDeleteGo Tracy!
ReplyDeleteGo Tracy!
ReplyDeleteBill Nigro is a special interest of the worst kind. He absolutely expect payback for his agenda. Either that or Tracy must be screwing him in one of his sleezy apartment buildings around Westport. Hope his trophy wife doesn't find out!
ReplyDeleteBill hasn't given Tracy any money yet. Tell cheap Bill to make out a check and then we'll talk.
ReplyDeleteTracy Ward is quite overrated. She spoke at our neighborhood meeting last night and I swear she was stoned! She can't even form complete sentences. She advocates that Lowes and Home Depot , you know, the private sector, will pay for things like painting programs that benefit the poor and elderly instead of government. Yeah right. There was a guy who chewed her ass. I loved it. The only thing she can do is repeat a couple talking points. 1. Things are broken at City Hall 2. We need to save money - i.e. no e-tax. You'll think differently when your house is on fire and there isn't anyone to put it out!
ReplyDelete11:52, maybe lowes and home depot can give some hoses out and the holiday inn express will donate some water from their pool to put the fires out. When we're all driving on dirt roads because the asphalt companies don't want to work for free, it won't matter if there's no fire department because they wouldn't be able to navigate the muddy roads anyway.
ReplyDeleteIf Ward thinks spending is out of control, will she work for free or will she take the paychecks and benefits from the Council job, in the far flung chance she gets more than 5% of the vote?
seriously someone took the time to create a full conversation between tony and tracy. i'm not voting for her but that is just weird.
ReplyDeleteYa Tony... you must be really hard up to make us all think a beautiful woman will actually sit with you. I noticed you worked in there that it was YOU who took that picture... all to prove she gave you the time of day.
ReplyDeleteYou must have REALLY wanted to impress us... at the expense of admitting you took that HORRIBLE HORRIBLE PICTURE!
For gods sake peeps, all you who he gives you free press. Chip in and Buy him a decent little digital camera for the election. Or give him one of your old ones. But he just can't do blog photography with his cellphone!!!
I'll send him a short free online course on how NOT to make you people look horrible. (Lighting, posing, staying sober enough to hold the camera steady...don't shoot in dark bars ... ya know, basics.)
btw, chuckster, that one msg was funny but very tacky.
ReplyDelete"Ugly Joe's" seems like an appropriate name for a place where Tony and Tracy would meet.
ReplyDeleteThe only way Tracy will carry the Northland is if she does not appear at any candidate forums up there.
ReplyDeleteBecause once you get past her sounds bites, there is no substance.
4:44 - FTW!!!
ReplyDeleteBill Nigro not a special interest?? Come on, Tony! Get a clue!! He whores himself around City Hall like he owns the place. The ethics of an alley cat......
ReplyDeleteOn Ward's Web site, where she urges us to "bare with us," she promises an "open door policy" while saying that "all meetings and minutes with lobbyists should be made public on the city Web site."
ReplyDeleteGreat Tracy. Be prepared to take lots of minutes, because every one who walks through your open door will be lobbying for something.
She also wants to "remove the bureaucracy, red tape, licenses and fees required to upstart a small business."
Great Tracy. I want to sell liquor out of my home to high school kids. When can I start?
I can't blame Tony for being Tracy's de facto campaign manager.
ReplyDeleteHe's angling for free back stage passes to all FoH shows and a gratis bar tab at all Bill Nigro-owned venues.
Maybe you can even get a rent-free crash pad thrown in, TEE! It never hurts to ask.
6:58 - "Campaign manager"?
ReplyDeleteTry the more appropriate "pimp".
I think Tracy should run for School Board on the platform that she will de-fund and eliminate public schools because they are nothing more than - how did she put it?- prisons for children.
ReplyDeleteno...they're cages fo monkeys and apes! There isn't any learning goin on.
ReplyDeleteMr.Jolly has less to say. Vote Tracy.
ReplyDeleteAnyway you cut it, Tracy is the one, this is a new day for Kansas City. IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE! CLEAN HOUSE, BRING IN ALL NEW LEADERS, any that have been there before(ANY), NO THANK YOU, as for the choices of Mayor, neither is worth much, we know their stripes.
ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to voting for Tracy Ward. With all the other Council-Persons being the big-government types that they are she will be sure to keep things interesting in the next few years.
ReplyDeleteTRACY WARD FOR KANSAS CITY!
She finished a distant second in the primary...
ReplyDeleteThings were interesting under Funk.
ReplyDeleteBut not a damn thing got done.
I'll take a boring puddin' head lawyer who gets it done over a fun-to-blog-about know-nothing libertarian bimbette every time.
Unless, of course, the bimbette is doing me (right Bill? ;-)).
Time for change? Like on the federal level? Wow, look where that got us, unless your a liberal Dem, then take off your rose colored glasses.
ReplyDeleteShe finished a distant second in the primary.
ReplyDeleteMr Jolly has this one in the bag, bought and paid for, Tracy and the Bukkake Crew are fucked! I would like her to win, but she is too crazy and has scared away all the old white people that will elect Jolly!
ReplyDeleteOh darn the flamer dude in northeast who thinks there is no miracle that can't be accomplished if we just give govt thugs enough power and money, thinks Tracy is "stoned" because she doesn't think it's the government's job to paint peoples houses, and has the audacity to suggest that private businesses might be willing to donate paint for charitable projects. I've got news for you - private businesses donate a ton and lots of people donate their time, and they'd do a lot more if they weren't crowded out and over-taxed and over-regulated by government.
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