Kansas City Council Candidates Promise Jobs They Can't Deliver

This morning we share a public service message and desperately needed fact check as Kansas City campaign season rhetoric reaches its climax.

Here's our TKC caution . . .

RIGHT NOW DESPERATE KANSAS CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES PROMISE LOCAL SUPPORTERS JOBS IN RETURN FOR SUPPORT!!! SADLY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DELIVER IN THE UNLIKELY EVEN THEY'RE ELECTED!!!

Allow us to explain . . .

The plebs might mistakenly think that council members can make a call and garner employment for friends & acolytes. 

Our fact check . . .

- If job candidates even mention political connections during interviews with KCMO, they're automatically disqualified. 

- Any elected official who interferes in KCMO hiring process doesn't just risk an ethics violation but might endure investigation from authorities higher up the food chain. Yes, men in bad suits do look into this kind of stuff. 

- These promises are mostly a sign of desperation. Jobs for votes requires suspension of disbelief and a great deal of false hope.

TKC reality check . . .

Most KCMO council candidates have already filled their staffer positions with trusted allies and cronies. 

More to the point . . . 

KC COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SO POWERLESS THAT THEY CAN'T EVEN GET THEIR FRIENDS A JOB PICKING UP TRASH!!!

The position is merely one of 13 votes and NEARLY ALL of the candidates currently running for office have already engaged in a myriad of commitments so that their influence on most topics is  already assured. Translation: Council members don't have very much autonomy: They're taking orders from funding bosses just like everybody else. The benefits of the job are merely a steady salary for otherwise unqualified people who have a knack for public bullsh*tting speaking, pension and free tickets to local events. 

Sadly . . . 

We've now heard more than a few off-record stories about newbie council candidates making big promises about their ability to deliver jobs and part of our mission here at www.TonysKansasCity.com is to dissuade locals from believing this kind of municipal fantasy that preys upon cash-strapped voters. 

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