KC Mayor takes the stage with crackhead!!!



While every white person in North Kansas City is celebrating their savior Mayor Mark Funkhouser, the rest of the city is soon to get a cold hard look at reality as a Mayor with NO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EXPERIENCE whatsoever has proven that the only thing he's really good at (just like former mayor Kay) is showing up for press conferences.

Last Night Mayor Funky introduced George Clinton and the remains of Parliament Funkadelic at Crossroads KC - A place that local "artist" (read: scumbag) Stretch set up in order to lift even more shekels off of KC's hipster community.

I saw the video clip on Channel 9 and noticed that not only did the (small) crowd not even seem to care but I also remembered that Clinton had been arrested a few years ago for cocaine possession.

So I guess that's what things have come to here in KC: In order to secure the Mayor's liberal, friendly image (while he kowtows to the ruling class up North) he'll appear with anybody who will contribute to his hipster cred no matter what their background.

Get used to these fun and meaningless appearances because they are the only thing this Mayor is good for . . . Put simply, HE IS ALL TALK.

He won't face the political hit and fix the sewers or KC's water infrastructure, HE WON'T EVEN SPEAK TO THE ISSUE OF CRIME, he has no plan to put an anchor tenant in the Sprint Center and he's counting of Johnson County (bi-state taxes - good luck) to handle the light rail fiasco that Clay Chastain has sunk this City into . . . Seems as if they only thing his amateurish and inexperienced camp led by his wife is good at doing is coming up with commercial ideas and nifty PR appearances.

Here's an example . . . The Westside has undergone a rash of burglaries and other instances of crime as of late (which I reported on earlier in the week), last night there was a meeting to discuss what neighbors and police can do about the problem. That's a far more pressing issue then who is going to introduce the bands for Stetch's money making scheme . . . Yet this situation isn't even going to be addressed by The Mayor's office until somebody is killed. Already, several of those high dollar houses on the Westside area have sold at HUGE LOSSES and it's clear that condo living close to Downtown KC isn't all it's cracked up to be . . This town's real estate bubble has burst and the Mayor is still striking campaign poses. I understand that the guy was just sworn in . . . But how long is it going to take for him to do something of consequence?

P.S. - The Red Bridge thing doesn't count considering that all Mayor Funky did was say a few kind words while Cathy Jolly and John Sharp actually put their name on the line and signed the petition to stop (delay) the thing.

Comments

  1. Care to share any evidence supporting your claim about HUGE LOSSES or is this just yet another "fact" that you conjured out of thin air to bolster your racism and hatred of white people?

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  2. You are an angry little man. I find it hilarious that if your mom got the job she wanted from "Mayor Funky," (dream on) then the man you trash daily simply because he's white would be signing the paycheck that puts a roof over your (jobless) head. Snipe on.

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  3. "I saw the video clip on Channel 9..."

    Dude, do you ever leave your basement? Pathetic.
    I recommend that you step out sometime, get some fresh air, listen to some good music, have a beer and chill out. Stretch's place is pretty cool.

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  4. "While every white person in North Kansas City is celebrating their savior Mayor Mark Funkhouser..."

    MAN, I can't get no respect! For the zillionth time people, "North Kansas City" is ITS OWN CITY!!

    http://www.nkc.org/

    You should be bagging on the awkwardly-named Kansas City North. (Don't be using "the Northland" either and dragging the rest of us into your messes.)

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  5. Tony only leaves his mom's basement to attend illegal immigrant rallies.

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  6. There you go again Baggin gon Stretch...I'm telling you just because he is white and you're not doesn't mean he is a bad guy. His sammich's are good, beer is good and George Clinton rock no matter where or who he is dragging with him. So move that stack of comic books, find the staircase and get out of the basement for a while. Shit you didn't even bother to show for a rousing good time with the rest of the Blog dorks at Harry's.

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  7. stretch may be a worthy artist and the pizza's great.. just hope that all of the good that he's done for the crossroads stays that way b/c if we are going by his many reprehensible actions, then his bad karma may sink the whole area.. how cool is a punching a random girl smack in the face sound (unknown customer at his venue)? yep- that one's on public record..

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  8. I live like 4 blocks away and I was too lazy last night to see GEORGE CLINTON (although to my defense I saw him twice before). It would have sealed it if I'd known the mayor would have introduced him.

    grr. Too bad.

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  9. Care to share any evidence supporting your claim about HUGE LOSSES or is this just yet another "fact" that you conjured out of thin air to bolster your racism and hatred of white people?
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    Hey, I posted at 2:39pm. I can tell you that when in college I was responsible for booking medium sized and regional acts for my radio station and my social house.

    We asked about George Clinton and his fee for 2 hours was $25,000. I think part of the reason why he was 2 to 3 times more than others of comparable fame is that so many people are in P-Funk you have to spread that cash around too thin. Either that or George has a ginormous coke problem.

    We ended up booking the Skatalites for $5000. They played for 3 hours and were awesome. Real professional guys.

    So unless those tickets were real expensive and the place was sold out I think that was a money loser no matter what. Unless George has gotten cheaper over the years.

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  10. Alright, I'll bite: Why does everyone hate that sculpture guy? There was something in the pitch last week ragging on that pizza joint of his too.

    Whose toes did he step on or is he just a butthole?

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  11. 2:46 anon? 7:18 anon is talking about Tony's claim of all the new homes on the west side selling at huge losses in the second to last paragraph. No where does he talk about whether the concert was a financial success.

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  12. like one of the anonymous commenters above I wanna know about this Stretch guy... I've never met him. (So I'm either too hip, or not hip enough.)

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  13. Tony telling us that Funkhouser is a hoot. What has Tony done other than whine on this blog?

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  14. anybody else think george clinton looks like an ewok in that pic?

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  15. Hey Tony, Why don't you let the new Mayor actually try to do his job, before you call him a complete failure?!!
    Let's see..he's been Mayor for 9 days, and he hasn't fixed every single problem left by Kay Barnes? What the hell is wrong with him?

    Geesh Tony...give the guy a chance, and then you can continue your I hate The Great White Funk Campaign!
    Darla

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  16. To my knowledge, the Mayor wasn't asked to sign the petition that lead to the repeal of the condemnation ordinance Chuck Eddy rammed through at the last minute. If he wasn't asked, he shouldn't be blamed for not signing. Also, other council members have said it was difficult to vote with Sharp and Jolly because they had just agreed not to rush into repealing the past council's ordinances. If the mayor hadn't made his speech about supporting the new ordinance before the vote was taken, I'm not sure there would have been the support for it. At the very least, it wouldn't have been unanimous. I think the Red Bridge folks owe the Mayor a debt of gratitude.

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