Kansas City Mayor Q Disputes Claim Brian Platt Told Spokesman To Lie

As we noted last night . . .

THE CITY MANAGER IS JUST ABOUT KAPUT IN KANSAS CITY BUT MAYOR Q SEEMS TO BE DOUBLING DOWN ON SUPPORT FOR THE EMBATTLED BUREAUCRAT!!!

Interestingly . . . He doesn't seem very adamant about throwing Platt overboard and over the years we've learned that Mayor Q hasn't ever shown much loyalty to his colleagues . . .

During an unrelated press event on Thursday, Lucas said he has “seen absolutely nothing to indicate that that would be accurate. 

“I don’t have that concern, I have not seen that. I’ve never actually seen that, or any suggestion related thereto,” the mayor said. “I don’t know the full details of the entire situation,” Lucas added. “All I know is I have faith that our entire staff is open, honest, transparent and we welcome anybody to look through our numbers and our data, and I think you’ll see that that’s verified.”

That's a solid milquetoast quote . . .

On the other side of the equation newsman JimmyC seems more fired up about the sitch . . .

"I trust, Chris Hernandez a lot more than Brian Platt. I do not believe Hernandez would accuse Platt of urging him to lie to the media if he had not done so.

"Not coming clean with the press is one thing; it happens. But telling your communications manager that lying to the media is part and parcel of a “media strategy”?

"No. That’s just plain wrong. It’s outrageous. It’s maddening."

Meanwhile . . .

From our end we're honestly surprised that the Mayor would stand in the way of this public smack down given that the city manager's performance and overall ineffectual approach to local governance hasn't created earned city hall a great deal of respect/love over Platt's two-year-tenure.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

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Brian Platt must go. Now.

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