TKC BREAKING NEWS!!! NEW KANSAS CITY MEDIA PARADIGM: MAYOR SLY IMPRESSES BY ANSWERING SNOW TWEETS DIRECTLY!!!
This morning we're answering questions that come this way and noting the evolution of Kansas City media . . .
To wit . . .
MAYOR SLY JAMES HAS EARNED A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FROM KANSAS CITY RESIDENTS BY ANSWERING THEIR SNOW TWEETS DIRECTLY AMID THE STATE OF EMERGENCY!!!
Even better . . .
@MayorSlyJames has been so successful that it has even spawned a few conspiracy theories.
Yesterday the Mayor did a slew of radio and TV interviews via phone and seemed busy firing off one tweet after the next.
However . . . The Mayor was so effective at knocking out media requests and answering questions from the public via the Internets that he didn't make an appearance in front of the cameras.
This lack of a traditional media presence raised a question about his whereabouts given that Kansas City residents have grown accustomed to seeing the Mayor on TV amid these tumultuous past two weeks.
More than a few Kansas City residents wanted to know: Where was the Mayor?
TKC is happy to provide an answer:
Yesterday Mayor Sly was hunkered down @ The Kansas City Emergency Ops Center where he took calls and changed the way traditional Kansas City news works via Twitter.
Insiders in the Mayor's office explained the absence of the Mayor's on camera presence this way: "We just didn't want to make TV news people drag down here in this mess and figured the phone interviews were an effective way of communicating the information we needed to get out there . . ."
The insider also offered what could be an explanation of the Kansas City suspicion: "Yes, the old guy had a tendency to be out of town during snow events but Mayor Sly James would never consider leaving Kansas City during a State Of Emergency."
Kansas City's State Of Emergency lasts until this afternoon but this time the streets aren't looking so bad at this moment.
And while the social media work of Mayor Sly has sparked a few conspiracy theories . . . The benefit to residents has been appreciated with the tag #slyjamestotherescue serving as evidence of this fact.
More later . . .
The snow wasn't really that bad this time. Weather people panic too much.
ReplyDeleteWill he answer tweets about the missing $15K?
ReplyDeleteHe's almost as much of an asshole as Barry Soetoro.
ReplyDeleteAlmost.
I disagree, 8:43. Tuesday's snow was wet and heavy, and caused widespread power outages.
ReplyDeleteWhat made it SEEM better is that the yahoos who insisted on driving and getting stuck Thursday, thus blocking snow removal, either chose to stay home this time, or can't find their cars which have been towed to the Truman Sports Complex.
I will say, however, that the overnight timing of this storm was much better than Thursday.
My five year old can blog better than this.
ReplyDeleteI agree 9:19. I love her work at HOT5yearoldforyou.com
ReplyDeleteScumbag Lawyer ---> Scumbag Politician ---> Scumbag Snow Twatter
ReplyDelete10:11 AM has been arrested and will be arraigned tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteshut up an leave de lil ho alone!
ReplyDeleteSly hid behind the equivalent of an electronic curtain (a la Th Wizard of Oz) instead of doing live press conferences, where Sly seems compelled to run his mouth about stuff he has no knowledge of; appears in front of the camera in inappropriate garb; or a reporter might ask a difficult question about another subject (i.e. JJs, the first snow fail, the latest murder, etc. etc.).
ReplyDeletestill no plow on side streets are a mess. our street was hand shovel in some places to get traction wheres the plows for residence. the last storm i saw one plow and he drove down the street with the plow up. and the taxpayers is paying for that
ReplyDeleteI wasn't that impressed.
ReplyDeleteSly sits on his ass in front of his computer. Big deal. Copy paste.
ReplyDeleteHave no idea where you live, but the side streets in KC are in pretty good shape, and you can drive on them just fine.
ReplyDeleteThat is, if you can avoid all those humongous piles of trash that keep breeding and multiplying in front of those Brookside homes of people who didn't get their butts out of bed in time Saturday and now want to blame the city for that, too.
All that fat ass did was drink coffee and ate all the good donuts (he would put 3or4 donuts on his paper plate every time I saw him)! Motherfucker ate ALL the apple fritters! AND he would hog the bathroom and take 30 minute shits!!! Yeah he was WORKING...next time GTFO and hang out somewhere else
ReplyDeleteJesus, 3:50.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever consider that just maybe the apple fritter dead lifts and deep squat shits were exercise toward his Points to Blue gift card?
More like Sly Games... wish he'd get off his rotund rump and do some work around here. Disgraceful.
ReplyDeleteWhen he tweets a response every-time someone gets murdered in this city, it might make more sense for a mayor to tweet, after all with all this snow the graves are covered and out of sight out of mind! but spring is coming and his tweets will melt like the snow he wished he looked like.
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