As somebody who really loves Kansas City, MO . . . I hate it when this town is surpassed by our neighbors.
Recently, KCK demonstrated that they have their priorities in line far better than our leadership which has consistently done nothing but ignore violence in KC . . . I'm guessing because a lot of it takes place on the Eastside and in minority communities.
Anyway, I found this to be pretty impressive:
The Mayors of Wyandotte County’s four cities are joining a national campaign against illegal guns.
Unified Government Mayor Joe Reardon, Bonner Springs Mayor Clausie Smith, Edwardsville Mayor Heinz Rodgers and Lake Quivira Mayor Larry Meeker have all signed the resolution.For more than a year TKC has tried to point people to "The Kansas City gun experiment" - an effort which used "intensive police patrols directed to an 80-block hotspot area where the homicide rate was 20 times the national average. Patrol officers seized guns by frisking individuals who were arrested and by making plain view sightings of firearms during routine traffic violation or safety stops. Traffic stops were most effective in locating illegal guns, with 1 gun found per 28 stops. Gun crimes, including drive-by shootings and homicides, declined significantly during the 29-week experimental period between July 1992 and January 1993."
Yet, all this talk of TIF, hybrids and stupid political appointments of cronies has distracted KC's inexperienced Mayor Funky . . . His lack of leadership has left Kansas City behind once again when it comes to the most important problem facing Kansas City, MO: Crime.
As KCK moves ahead in the fight against illegal guns, Mayor Funky is busy daydreaming about light rail, his wife's feet and serving the Northland before anyone else . . . In his most recent newsletter and many other City Hall communiques, his spokesman/wife/this town's real mayor reveals that crime is a barely visible number 7 on the Mayor's agenda.
In these past few months Mayor Funkhouser hasn't provided this town one single bit of leadership on the subject of fighting crime in Kansas City whereas folks in KCK are clearly making an effort as their mayors have united in a national movement to remove illegal guns from their streets.
hey dickhead- doing 2-6 will bring down crime
ReplyDeleteI see your point Tony, but the sad fact is these initiatives are not new. And statistically do not work. We have laws on the books now for gun owners, that cover the legal purchase of firearms of all sorts. It will not matter a gnats ass if city councils decide to get mad about it. Illegal guns have always been just that, illegal. You need to go after the source. The sellers and manufacturers. As a gun owner and fire arms instructor, I am fairly familiar with the regulations. But when I can go down on the East Side or wherever and drop just about $25 to get a gun from some thugs trunk it will never stop.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good fight.
Tony you're a putz crime is the last topic of conversation at City Hall right now. It's all about the gondolas asshole.
ReplyDeleteHow is funkhouser going to get the City's finances in order when Kay Barnes made sure this town is totally in debt for Electric Avenue? Is he going to force people to come down and shop or go to see Elton John?
ReplyDeleteAnd we really have to thank the MEDIA for all the attention it has given Mayor Funkhouser. I think in the whole alot of people are still piss off that Alvin Brooks didn't win. Get over it.
ReplyDeleteActually, I think the goals are all lacking. None give any indication of "how". There should at least be some indication of the direction needed to achieve the goal. Elementary goal setting 101.
ReplyDeleteExample: Reduce crime by eliminating the sources of illegal guns and drugs.
Travelingal,
ReplyDeleteGoal = what you want
Plan = how to achieve goal
I would be more concerned about what's not on the list as opposed to what's on it.
Tony,
ReplyDeletePlease move to KCK and quit bitching about KCMO. We'd all like it.
One trick Tony strikes again. What will Monday morning's baseless attack on Funkhouser be about? I can remember when this site was a daily visit - now it's been replaced by other, better blogs.
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of shocked that you would actually consider a police program that has a "targeted" area (read: black sections of town) where they apply unequal scrutiny levels.
ReplyDeleteIt's a program that encourages more questionable Terry Stops and encourages cutting corners with constitutional 4th amendment rights to take away guns. 'Plain View' is a joke.
Ever wonder why those dash cams are fixed in one place? So they can't contradict the officer's claim of the gun being in 'plain view'.
Funky ranks crime in the bottom half of his top ten concerns
ReplyDeleteI heard Funky rates your mama's bottom half in the top half!
Crime happens because the minorities are too lazy too work.
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