Mission Accomplished Mayor Funkhouser

There will be a lot of theories about the current Recall Effort underway in Kansas City . . .

I'd like to propose one . . . It was the Mayor's own arrogance that created the situation.

Allow me to quote a column in the Kansas City Star dated January 17, 2008 written by Mike "My Gosh you have a wonderful prostate Mr. Mayor" Hendricks:

Funkhouser concedes that the job of doing all this would be easier if the Semler mess would go away.

“But it doesn’t keep me from doing it,” he said.

Neither is he especially worried about future distractions, such as a rumored recall campaign.

“Bring it on,” he said.

There ya go.

When President Bush spoke these words, the U.S. had just been attacked, he was Commander in Chief over the most powerful army in the world and his approval rating was the highest of any President since the salad days of Reagan.

Mayor Funky won by less than 900 votes and his time in office has seen one horrible public relations disaster after the next. His major accomplishment so far has been a flip-flop on a Super TIF that so many have tried to spin - On the campaign trail Mayor Funky railed against TIF but as Mayor he simply wanted to get Kansas City "a better deal" . . . Not exactly inspiring considering the it once again helps the Billionaire Hunt Family and a team always at the lower end of attendance ranking in the MLS.

Anyhoo, in this instance the Mayor got what he asked for . . . His indignant pose is disingenuous considering that he, literally, brought this on himself.