The TKC Saturday Night Podcast: A new Kansas City low! The weekend we all spent talking about the Mayor's ass!!!

I'm thinking that this could be a defining moment for the Funkhouser Administration.

The guy was utterly beaten and smacked down by the local Black leadership for consistently ignoring their concerns, he has lost fans over his initiative to kill light rail, he has created an adversarial relationship with most of the City Council . . . And just when things looked as if they were going to get better, just as it seemed that he might be catching a break . . . His wife puts the details of his prostate exam on public display along with bawdy talk about their sex life.



It's not really important what I think about it . . . Funkhouser and his unelected wife have lived down to almost every one of my expectations . . . They would literally have to make love on Channel 2 in order surprise me.

However, I was really interested in what Kansas City bloggers thought about the subject.

Here's the best of what I found:

KC Blue Blog has a flurry of laugh lines in his post about the Funk and his butt . . . Also, when was the last time anyone thought KC politics would get this stinky and nasty?

Some perspective on the issue from a newish KC blog: "While Kansas City is in a titter over Funkhouser's prostate exam and Cauthen's career shenanigans, City Hall continues to rot."

Landsberg offers the Mayor a bit of friendly advice from a PR perspective: FUNK'S HOLIDAY LETTER LATEST EMBARRASSMENT

And of course there's the requisite defense of Funkhouser (and his prostate - which is thankfully doing fine on its own) from local blogger Dan, a member of Funkhouser's kitchen cabinet. Actually, I'm starting to admire the guy's loyalty - I don't have (nor do I want) any dudes giving me such a steadfast and earnest prostate massage.

It gets stranger still . . . Andrew Squitiro, the Mayor's son, apparently posted on the Star's blog about the story. Here's his take on the subject:

When I came home and heard DeAnn on the answering machine ("Uh... we got a copy of your christmas letter here... Just want to talk to you... Call me back...") I didn't believe The Star was ACTUALLY going to publish something that superficial. This letter does not reflect in any way the efficacy of my father's public administration. This should not be anyone's business, and The Star should consider themselves completely and utterly ashamed. If I were DeAnn I'd have a hard time telling people "I'm a journalist" with a straight face.

And if you didn't think the letter was funny you may need a prostate exam, I'm just not sure if anyone could get their fingers in.

From what I hear, the comment is the real deal. Personally, I don't have a bad thing to say about the kid because he is just a kid with no real role in politics. (Also, I saw Juno today so I'm feeling generous - It was surprisingly a good movie if the problems of lower middle-class white people are your thing) The response from the young man set off an additional firestorm that only served to encourage more hits and readers on the Star's page.

Anyhoo, what has surprised me more regarding this story is how much play it's not getting in the local media. I think most people expected at least a Fark link on the front page (instead of the stinky back page) and more TV coverage at least in the bottom half of the broadcast good for a couple of cheap laughs. To Mayor Funky's benefit, the story seems mostly silent but deadly in that it could be confined only to Kansas City's political set which number only a few thousand.

Still, there's no reason that we can't all cherish and treasure the love of Kansas City's King and Queen first couple.

As a benefit to TKC the story gave me an excuse to neglect the blog over the weekend, I could've searched far and wide but there was nothing better than this story over the weekend and DeAnn Smith of The Star deserves a lot of credit for sniffing this one out and having the courage to post it.

Therefore, I'm going to end this week of posting with songs in celebration of the Mayor's prostate exam. I'm glad that guy is doing good and the fact that his wife is one of this City's biggest embarrassments only makes for more traffic for this blog and won't get really serious until Kansas City is forced to pay (even more) for her mistakes, which have already cost Kansas City a few million and the price will continue to rise for the co-mayor that nobody elected.

Thank you for reading. Have a fun and safe weekend.