The TKC Costume Party!!! Honestly, I don't really care if you have a Happy Halloween!!!

I was thinking that if any of the folks checking out TKC (including me) had friends or people who cared about them then they wouldn't be sitting at home reading a blog. So rather than simply avoiding the crowds of adults pretending to be clever and other assorted ghouls roaming through this town . . . It's much more productive to make fun of everybody in Kansas City . . . And just to rub it in, I'll note that while you d-bags are at home watching re-runs and pouting, I'm gonna be hosting an awesome costume party and not just wasting my life, talent and energy on the Internets . . . Here's a list of the interesting people and costumes showing up to TKC's kickass costume party that's just about to start:



Sarah Palin lookalikes . . . This is truly the best costume of the year and all it requires is a smoking hot bod, some glasses and absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of politics or foreign policy.



People wearing the Gloria Squitiro costume . . . It doesn't really matter what you're wearing as long as you're barefoot . . . And maybe using a racial slur.



Light Rail Advocates Crash the TKC Costume Party!!! Clay Chastain couldn't show up because he doesn't live in this town so in his place are the people who currently want light rail in Kansas City . . . I'm advising all of the folks who run into them to be VERY CAREFUL because they'll want to borrow money and they don't have a solid plan or any idea of how they're going to pay it back.



Sluts!!! Costume and clothing is optional.



Media people with lots of credibility!!! Hey, it doesn't matter that most newsies get a great deal of their content ideas from blogs nowadays and then badmouth the Internets in their spare time . . . Media has always been about hypocrisy . . . So all of the metro newsies (especially those in print media) are invited to my shindig to talk a great game while their news organizations continue to bleed red ink and fire employees.



No party in Kansas City is complete without crooks!!! They're everywhere and their numbers are growing. Violent Kansas City criminals seemingly rule the street as this town's murder rate reaches a record number . . . So there's no way that I wouldn't invite a few of these folks to my costume party.



White people with minority friends are invited to the TKC Costume Party!!! White folks who couldn't possibly be racist because of their minority friends are still in abundance in this town despite the fact that everybody else in the nation dropped this lame excuse to justify subtle bigotry years ago . . . Still, they're invited to tonight's TKC costume party . . . However they must bring along their companion and stay no more than 3 feet apart at all times. Limit 2.



Kansas City Hipsters wear their costume all year long!!! I guess I'll have to let a few of these d-bags through the door just to make sure some photos show up on Flickr.



Can we get the worst columnist in Kansas City to attend the TKC monster bash? Yes we can!!! Jeneé Osterheldt is walking though the door dressed as a pirate without a doubt . . . Only one obnoxious hoop earring tonight!!!



Last but not least MISSING WHITE WOMEN ARE INVITED TO THE TKC COSTUME PARTY!!! Since media watchers are forced to sit through newsies going crazy over white women who disappear while minority deaths are treated casually I guess the best thing to do is find as many missing white women possible to attend the party and then hope and pray that they make it home safely to avoid even more coverage . . .

That's pretty much the whole cast of characters . . . The party is getting started now so I better go . . . I don't really care if any Halloween creeps in Kansas City have a good time but I always try to be a good host.

The rest of you d-bags should be sure to have a safe and fun Halloween. Don't be scared.

The "Renaissance" is kinda working: Kansas City's Downtown attracts younger crooks

A teenage girl and a juvenile accomplice have been charged with first-degree armed robbery in Downtown Kansas City.

Show Me the most kickass plot for a Lifetime movie: Rapist gets deadly surprise the second time around!!!

Police say a rape victim killed her attacker with a shotgun when he returned to her apartment to assault her a second time.

Volatile stock market scares off Kansas City Movie Company!!!

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. won't proceed with plans for a public stock offering.

Kansas City Halloween Link Collection

Here's some of the best links I'm reading this evening while hiding in the basement with the lights off so I don't have to give away any of my candy:

Upcoming Star Editorial: KANSAS CITY'S MISSING MAYOR!!!

A fool for a client in Kansas City: Convicted murderer Richard D. Davis told a Clay County judge today that he wants to represent himself in an upcoming, capital-murder trial.

Try your hardest to care about this neighborhood fight: Ivanhoe neighborhood beats city agency in court

KCK spooked out this morning: HAZMAT crews responded to a vacant lot near the Wyandotte Plaza shopping center on State Avenue Friday morning after four or five one-gallon containers holding an unknown substance were found there.

This county is blowing up (except the economy of course): Authorities surrounded a house in rural Jackson County Friday evening after officers found explosive materials.

The Constitution protects people who claim that God hates everything: A federal appeals court said Missouri should be barred from enforcing a state law limiting protests near funerals until it can be determined whether the law is constitutional.

I hear that jail is not X-citing: KC Man Sentenced for Role in Distributing Ecstasy Pills

So long, suckers: Farewell Message From Dr. John Martin

Not quite Karma in Kansas City: Woman Sentenced in Her Own Shooting

Local Halloween SUV Crash: A metro driver lost control of his SUV and crashed into a Kansas City home.

Weird ass Halloween costume Kendra Wilkinson links

Just Cara kicks ass

A flurry of posting today from this lady reminds us all why she's one of the best bloggers in Kansas City . . . With a book deal to prove it.

The recession is here: One more local construction project grinds to a halt

Mission's $300 Million Gateway Project Stalled

Playing by a different set of rules: Spitting on women = minor inconvenience for LJ

Larry Johnson Suspended 1 Game By NFL

Funky Accusations!!! Gloria Squitiro references criticism over the Mayor's home office as a "witch hunt" in her newsletter!!!

There are a great many D-bags who say that the Mayor's wife is going to stop making news now that she has been kicked out of City Hall like a hobo.

Think again!!!

The Latest Funky Newsletter features Squitiro firing back at The Star!!!! (Along with a snub to everyone else who has noticed the Mayor doesn't show up to work anymore and remembers his promises of accesibility and transparency)

Check it:

Are meetings at the Mayor’s home unusual? No. Funk has been holding meetings here since the beginning of his term in office. It’s just that no one has cared to notice before. Some people have told us that an old-fashioned witch-hunt is going on. We wouldn’t know about that.

Yes, the people of this town are bastards and I can't believe they would expect the Mayor to actually show up to his office once in awhile . . . I'm looking forward my X-mas letter . . . Hoping Dr. Sausage Fingers is doing well.

KANSAS CITY NAME CALLING!!!

Recently, a light rail tax supporter called Light Rail tax opponents "Flat Earthers."

Thinking that they're clever and media watchers couldn't completely see through their promotion of the insult, The Star published the remark and gave it primo placement.

So, if this political debate over a billion dollars and a significant increase of taxes on Kansas City residents is going to result in nothing more than name calling . . . I want in on the action!!!

Allow TKC to present:

The Top Five Slurs to use against Light Rail supporters!!!



1. RACIST - Light rail offers only a measly extension for the Eastside, and it completely ignores the Latino Community. Let's not forget . . . Historically Kansas City has seen that these big construction projects NEVER include minority contractors. The current plan for light rail is nothing more than a luxury line for The Plaza to Downtown that will cost a billion dollars but only benefit the people who are building it and maybe a few rich tourists and hipsters for the first few months they decide to ride the thing. Eventually, they'll give up on it too given that minorities and po'folk aren't banned from the place like the Power & White District.

2. DEADBEATS - The light rail tax plan isn't about a "Lack of vision" it's about people in Kansas City wanting real improvements for their money . . . This light rail toy train set is expensive and will ruin Kansas City's bond rating because ultimately the same taxpayer base is responsible for backing both ATA bonds and those of KC. Put simply, It all comes out of the same pocket and Light Rail Tax proponents are the same people who have spent this town into oblivion and now want to turn KC bonds into junk.

3. On the take - The "economics of light rail" are simple and as dirty as any other Kansas City political ploy: "Citizens for Light Rail reported receiving $208,350 in contributions in recent weeks, with much of it coming from companies that could benefit financially from light rail."

4. LAWYERS - Every big law firm in Kansas City has given money to promote the light rail tax . . . These are the same people who try to influence a great deal of local politics and they're really pushing this tax increase as if it was a messy divorce, a nasty lawsuit or just another bit of human misery from which lawyers profit.

5. Filthy hippies - Get it straight, light rail is not a "green transit solution" because it has NEVER INSPIRED PEOPLE TO CONSISTENTLY GET OUT OF THEIR CARS!!! Overall, Light Rail will increase the overall carbon footprint of Kansas City's transit system and only twisted hippie logic would call a years long construction project powered by huge diesel trucks spitting exhaust into the sky . . . A "green" effort.

In the end, just about everything in Kansas City politics boils down to name calling and I'm actually surprised that the pro-tax side started out with something so weak. Normally, when people want cash they resort to flattery and the willingness to resort to name calling shows the desperation of the pro-light rail tax side . . . Whereas the insults of TKC are just another delightful way to describe the d-bags who want this town to build yet another expensive and wasteful monster.

The Po-po get creative on Halloween!!!

Operation Bad Candy nets 32 suspects

Teams of police and other Clay County law-enforcement officers went knocking on doors Halloween morning, but they were not looking for candy.

They were searching for criminals.

“Operation Bad Candy” culminated an eight-month undercover operation by the Clay County Drug Task Force. By 10:30 a.m., authorities had rounded up 32 people wanted on outstanding drug warrants.

It sounds like a fun and ironic way to not only celebrate this holiday but also contribute to the prison industrial complex by putting away a few dozen people while the drug war has been raging for decades and for the most part drugs in this town are still as easy to get as candy.

Kansas City Economy Completely Laid Out

Things aren't getting better . . . No matter how much the locals hope for change, ignore the obvious or bury their head in the sand:

Economy batters KC Life Insurance: "Kansas City Life Insurance Co. reported a $15.2 million third-quarter loss and a 28 percent revenue decrease compared with the same period last year, which it attributed to 'the broad and deep economic downturn' and the 'recent default and regulatory takeover of high-profile federal agencies and financial institutions.'"

Manufacturing tanks in KC Fed district

So, as d-bags in the metro "search for a bottom" (no homo?) to this financial mess it's important to remember that folks looking to make a buck or sell something are just a little more desperate and a lot more dependent on making everyone else think that the downturn in the economy doesn't have a real impact on this town.

TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! The white people of Lee's Summit fail at political intrigue, forge voter signatures and settle a nasty lawsuit!!!

Some nasty business in Lee's Summit politics has finally been settled. I would label this story an "exclusive" but I find suburbanites so boring that I'll simply report the facts (way before anybody else in KC. Natch).

Credit KC Blue Blog with bringing this start of the scandal to everyone's attention last year.

Now here's the stunning conclusion of suburbanite nastiness, here's an excerpt from a PDF that was sent my way:

Political Committee settles identity theft and invasion of privacy suit.

A group of local residents agreed to settle a lawsuit filed last year alleging invasion of privacy and identity theft against a committee to recall a Lee's Summit city council member.

The Defendants, who included members of The Committee to Recall Kathy Hofmann, paid a confidential amount in settlement of the claims against them, but in doing so did not admit any liability as to the substance of the lawsuit against them.

The eleven plaintiffs claimed that their signatures were forged on a ballot access petition seeking the recall of Lee's Summit Councilmember Kathy Hofmann. Plaintiffs legal claim was that by publishing the forged signatures, the Committee misappropriated Plaintiffs identities as registered voters.

"Invasion of privacy was a natural theory to advance to hold the committee responsible for what we saw as unconscionable conduct. While they didn't admit anything in this settlement, we felt the confidential settlement was in the best interest of our clients and that is what we are responsible for," said Patrick E. White, Senior Member of White & Napier, LLC.

The Committee to Recall Kathy Hofmann was established in October of 2006, according to documents filed with the State of Missouri. The Committee's first two attempts to get the recall issue on the ballot failed when the Jackson County Election Board determined they did not have enough valid to qualify 252 names on the ballot were struck by the election board as "wrong signature."

The Committee then sued the City of Lee's Summit to force the recall issue onto the ballot. The Committee argued, among other things, that voters who claimed their signatures were forged should not be able to have their names removed from the ballot access petition.

Now this is interesting . . .

Apparently all of this suburban intrigue is connected to Republican interests on the losing side of a voter fraud settlement:

"Represented by Todd Graves, the Committee was able to get the recall issue on the April 3, 2007 ballot."

Even more interesting . . . REPUBLICAN POLITICO JEFF ROE FOUND HIMSELF ON THE LOSING END OF THIS SUBURBAN SCANDAL AND IS EVEN OWED SOME CASH BY THESE FOLKS!!!

Axiom Strategies provided $17,780 worth of services to the Committee's recall effort. Jeff Roe's political consultancy group was still owed $14,765.48 for services according to the termination of Committee report filed with the Jackson County Election Board on August 10, 2007. Despite the Committee's best efforts, the recall vote failed - with approximately 75% of voters opposing the recall of Hofmann.

Conclusion: White people and Republicans love to represent voter fraud as an issue that exists only in the urban core among people of color . . .

HOWEVER, THIS CASE PROVES THAT SUBURBAN, MIDDLE-CLASS WHITE PEOPLE ARE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF SCREWING WITH VOTER IDENTITIES!!!

This case never made the news like charges against ACORN but the suburban intrigue clearly demonstrates that just about everyone is capable of screwing around with voter names . . . Especially middle-class white people represented by prominent Republicans.

Even more hate and violence aimed at Kansas City Obama supporters!!!

Vandals hit Barack Obama's Kansas City campaign headquarters for a second time in a week. Early Friday morning, police said someone threw a brick through the window of the building at 31st Street and Gillham Plaza.

Kansas City Against Carjacking

KMBC: Bystanders Thwart Attempted Carjacking

Kansas City's middle-class can't hide from the recession: Shiraz is closing!!!

The KC Guy reports that one more posh local hangout is about to disappear while a few politicos in Kansas City want this town to pay out 1 BILLION Dollars for a train that goes nowhere and has no definite plan.

PopFree Radio Turns 2!!!

Happy Birthday to Kansas City's best Internet Radio station!!!

THE KANSAS CITY STAR COVERS MAYOR FUNKY'S NEW HOME OFFICE!!!

There's a great article in The Star today regarding Mayor Funky's new policy of working at home along with some of the ramifications.

The article is well written with a lot of great quotes from City Council people along with legal experts.

TKC has also written about this odd behavior by Mayor Funky. Check it:

TKC told you first!!! More people notice Kansas City Mayor working from home!!!

Is Mayor Funky working from home?

Kansas City's Mayor works from home!!!

TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! MAYOR FUNKY ONCE AGAIN PUTS KANSAS CITY AT RISK WITH HIS HORRIBLE JUDGMENT!!!

The Kansas City Bedtime Post

I'm wondering if I'll stay up tonight and do a little blogging, go to the casino and give Missouri schools a bit of my money or maybe just watch cartoons.

The streets are safer because there's one less human trafficking, violent d-bag out there but there's always a huge supply of shady characters in the Kansas City area.

Or maybe I'll just sleep and dream of a time when Kansas City is no longer ruled by a stubborn, incompetent, clumsy jerk. I've never had any illusions that Kansas City could even come close to resembling a "City upon a Hill" but I will admit that I've always hoped that people in this town would become more skeptical of their leaders, more involved in their public institutions, less trusting of the big media and drop the inferiority complex that makes charlatans so hopeful that they can sell big ticket items while people ignore more pressing problem. Of course, all of these thoughts and dreams occur only in the brief intervals in between my imagination pondering unspeakable acts committed by, to and with busty British glamor models.

Mayor Funky's Light Rail Efforts Sinking

Here's the word from the Mayor's light rail stunt today:

NOBODY SHOWED UP!!!

Here's the money quote from the NBC ACTION NEWS story:

"Only four people rode the trolley. They were Jim Glover, the mayor and his wife, and the political consultant for the campaign."

For some time the Mayor's critics have noted that he is unable to form a consensus and unwilling compromise in order to make progress . . . Today's PR stunt that hosted NOBODY is a clear example that Mayor Mark Funkhouser is a not a leader, he's nothing more than a guy using the City's top office to self-promote and betray every promise he ever made to the people of Kansas City.

KC Downtown: Dangerous and damn weird

File this one under "sleepy town still finds time for crime" - A woman wearing pajama bottoms is accused of robbing a woman after asking to use her cell phone.

TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! CITY ATTORNEY MEMO ON POLITICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN KANSAS CITY!!!

Kansas City's Mayor has already been under fire for his behavior and his use of City resources during the election to promote light rail.

There have been some consistent allegations that he ignored warnings form the City Attorney about the way local politicos are legally required to conduct themselves and their offices during the election.

NOW TKC READERS CAN JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES ACCORDING TO LOCAL GUIDELINES DISTRIBUTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY!!!

Be sure to read the guidelines carefully and compare the behavior of Mayor Funky and his cronies.

I'm seeing a ton of violations of these guidelines already from Mayor Funky's people but thousands of folks who subscribe to the Mayor's e-mail have already noted the following. The guideline state:

City employees must not use City Computers, word processing equipment or software programs to compose, edit or store campaign literature, mailing lists, phone lists or other campaign materials.

SO FAR THE MAYOR HAS SENT OUT NEARLY HALF A DOZEN E-MAIL ALERTS USING A CITY HALL E-MAIL ACCOUNT TO NOTIFY CONSTITUENTS ABOUT HIS APPEARANCES PROMOTING LIGHT RAIL!!!

It gets worse:

City employees and officals must not require another person to support or contribute to campaign . . .

MAYOR FUNKY MAKING CHANNEL 2 EMPLOYEES SET UP HIS PRESS CONFERENCES SEEMS TO DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THIS GUIDELINE!!!

Mayor Funky and his incompetent PR team are playing fast and loose with City Hall rules . . . Maybe because his new office is in Brookside the Mayor doesn't feel he has to obey campaign guidelines set forth by legal experts.

TKC readers are encouraged to do their own comparisons.

A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO TKC TIPSTERS (STAND UP!!!) WHO HAVE OFFERED THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC SO WE CAN MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THE ETHICAL BEHAVIOR (OR LACK THEREOF) FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS!!!

TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! EARLY VOTERS ARE SPOOKED THAT LIGHT RAIL QUESTION IS BURIED IN THE BALLOT AND MIGHT BE SKIPPED!!!

Opponents of the Kansas City Light Rail tax are telling TKC the they're a bit concerned that the Light Rail question is so far down the ballot.

They're wondering if all of the new Obama voters might just cast an incomplete ballot for Obama, Nixon and then skip the 1 Billion Dollar Kansas City Question.

THEY'RE REMINDING NEW VOTERS TO TURN OVER THE BALLOT AND VOTE AGAINST ONE BILLION BUCKS FOR A HORRIBLE LIGHT RAIL PLAN EVEN IF THEY PASS OVER EVERYTHING ELSE!!!

I only use electronic voting nowadays so I had not even thought of this angle but the fact that light rail opponents are already on top of this one speaks well of their organization and efforts to get the vote out and avoid a billion dollar mistake.

Kansas City Chiefs female-smackdown artist sidelined once again before he's traded

Sporting Life: "CHIEFS SET TO MISS JOHNSON AGAIN" . . . Correction: Considering that LJ hasn't had a really good game in more than a year and all that he really runs well is his mouth . . . The Chiefs will not use him as a running back but I doubt anybody will really miss him.

Meet the next construction company to get frustrated with Mr. Bernstein

Walton Construction steps in for West Edge project

Bursting with Kansas City Blogger Opinion

Here are some of the best posts from the Kansas City Blogopshere today:

HAPPY ONE YEAR BLOGGER ANNIVERSARY TO THE MIDTOWN MISCREANT!!!

Classic Kansas City Stabbing Coverage from RDM: "Cold Cuts, anyone?"

A MUST READ KANSAS CITY BLOGGER POST: "I'll soon be canceling my subscription to The Star."

Ancillary Adams connects Chiefs high hopes to Republican departure from reality.

Local blogger Lynn: "I am voting against Proposition A."

State of the Line continues to completely take part Conservative columnist Jack Cashill

Take a peak at some really great Kansas City photos from the life of local paranormal author and blogger Mac Tonnies.

Tasty Afternoon Kansas City Links

Here are the links I'm looking at this afternoon:

STAY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MOTORCYCLE BANDIT WITH BAD POLITICAL MANNERS!!! Video Catches Motorcyclist Spray Painting Political Sign in JoCo!!! Seriously, only petty people trying to make a point really worry about dumbass political signs.

Everything about election day seems scary: KC Plans Election Day Command Post

State Board of Education in Kansas turns anti-ghey . . . I guess hating the dinosaurs wasn't good enough.

Yet another immigration problem people shouldn't worry about: Ladybugs Invade Kansas and Missouri

Missouri is no longer a bellwether . . . I know I'm right because a columnist from The Star disagrees with me.

Please be careful dear . . . (This is only interesting to me because all of my girlfriends have been afraid of this kind of accident): Deer-Related Accidents on the Rise

Hail to the bus drivers who sadly don't get to drink and cuss while diving the bus: ATA Honors Metro Bus Drivers

4 Injured in Serious OP Wreck

Cute photos of Heidi Klum doing a "got milk" . . . Get your mind out of the gutter pervs.

Newsies get a semi

Not the most important story . . . I just like the headline. Here are the details from MyFoxKC: An overturned semi closed the northbound I-35 ramp at I-635 on Thursday afternoon. They have live video online if watching the aftermath traffic accidents is your thing.

71 Highway gets even more screwed up

NBC Action News Reports big changes ahead for the already perilous local route: "Crews will close various lanes of southbound Route 71 between Blue Ridge Boulevard and 155th Street on Saturday. They will place barriers and restripe the road to reroute traffic. When the pattern change is complete, northbound and southbound traffic will share the current northbound lanes and be restricted to 2 lanes in each direction. The new pattern will remain in place for the next 18 months to allow for removal and replacement of the Route 71 bridge at Route 150"

A first: JoCo Jerk Admits wrongdoing!!!

Found on Crime Scene KC: For the first time, Johnson County Commissioner John Toplikar admitted today that he took his opponent's campaign signs and said he shouldn't have done it. Mark it on your calender, it'll be a long time before another local politico admits a specific mistake.

TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! TOP OFFICIALS IN KANSAS CITY WORKING ON AN OBAMA RIOT CONTINGENCY PLAN!!!

The Presidential race that seems to be only about race is getting closer . . . A great many folks remember that the Republicans stole the election in 2000. With so much interest, excitement and hard feelings regarding this election it's clear that a few extra precautions might be necessary. This is all new territory for Kansas City because normally nobody votes in this town.

KICKASS TKC TIPSTERS (STAND UP!!!) have recently told me that officials at the highest levels in Kansas City have met and discussed plans as to what steps might be taken if a riot breaks out in Kansas City because of the election.

Talk of rioting has been dismissed by the mainstream media and most people (like me) are hoping that cooler heads prevail but the truth is that the level of hate, racial animosity and divisive rhetoric has been at an all time high during this election and leaders in KC are doing the right thing to consider the possibility that violence might erupt. TKC has heard of these plans from various sources and last night when talking to a high ranking politico in KC . . . He didn't want to relay information through e-mail and preferred to talk on the phone given the sensitive nature of the questions.

As usual, I don't have any specifics regarding the details of Kansas City's contingency plan regarding the election . . . All I know is that I'll be hiding in my basement should Barack Obama lose under suspicious circumstances.

One more ethics violation for Mayor Funky?!?!?!? Kansas City's Mayor using taxpayer resources to push light rail!!!

By now everybody knows that Mayor Funky is facing yet another serious question about his ethics . . . Let's not forget that Mayor Funky has already been fined by the Missouri Ethics Commission. So much for his claims that he is a politician who governs on his principle.

Officials are allowed to endorse and campaign for a ballot measure. But an anti-light rail advocate noted that, under state law, they are not allowed to use city staff, emails, phones, the city's cable TV program or other resources to advocate for a particular cause . . . Funkhouser appeared in his office, in a city-produced video on the city Web site, to clearly advocate for the light rail proposal . . . Also cited examples of Miller, a full-time city employee, distributing light rail press releases on official city letterhead from his City Hall email, and appearing on city time at press conferences.

Now, we all know Mayor Funky's last remaining acolytes are going to lie for him.

WORD IS THAT PR FLAK JOE MILLER AND CHIEF OF STAFF KENDRICK BLACKWOOD ARE SAYING THEY WERE ON THEIR LUNCH BREAK WHEN THEY DID THEIR WORK FOR THE LIGHT RAIL INITIATIVE!!!

Not only is that a lame excuse but it's not exactly the "principled" leadership that Mayor Funky has touted throughout the course of his Administration. Unfortunately, this tactic also overlooks the impressive amount of video work and City Hall personnel who have helped Mayor Funky set up his lame press conferences; I doubt very much they're also willing to come up with inventive excuses for the Mayor's benefit. There's also other City resources the Mayor has been photographed using like the podium that belongs to City Hall . . . It's all pretty sordid stuff and looks like Mayor Funky hasn't learned his lesson from his first run in with the Ethics Commission.

TKC told you first!!! More people notice Kansas City Mayor working from home!!!

Mayor Funky is phoning it in and I think that sooner or later his constituents are going to notice that he never promised he would be the "work from home" Mayor.

The Pitch: "The Mayor's Chief of Staff confirmed that Wednesday-afternoon staff meetings now take place at Funkhouser's residence" . . . They offer a photo of the Mayor's top two white guys and claim they are "confirming rumors" but fail to mention those rumors were first published here on TKC!!! Natch.

Kansas Watch . . . Just Wondering: Can KC Mayor Funky Run a Home Business from Chez Funk?

This is obviously one of Mayor Funky's worst moves but it also represents a chance to rework his campaign slogan . . .

A CITY THAT WORKS (FROM HOME)!!!

It's also just a bit ironic that Mayor Funky is now working from home just like a blogger . . . I wonder: Does he works out of the basement as well?

Big price tag for more Kansas City cops

An interesting headline from The Star today: "KC police seek $45 million more to boost crime fighting"

Considering the murder rate this year, rampant property crime and more violence in the downtown area . . . This would probably be money well spent . . .

SADLY, MAYOR FUNKY IS FAR MORE CONCERNED WITH GETTING CASH FOR LIGHT RAIL!!!

Kansas City's current Mayor ran on promises that he would be "smart with the money" and kept on referring to his "principles" during the first months of his Administration . . . Now he's promoting a huge payout for a toy train set which basically indicates that the only thing he ever really cared about was self-promotion . . . And, of course, his wife's feet.

Financial geniuses throwing away good money after bad in Kansas City

Proponents of light rail said in a news conference Wednesday that light rail would further spur economic development in downtown Kansas City.

Let's see . . .

The Sprint Center was supposed to revive Downtown . . . It didn't. And there's still no anchor tenant.

The P&L District was supposed to draw transform the downtown economy . . . It hasn't. In fact, it has only helped to close a lot of neighboring businesses.

And now light rail is the latest BILLION DOLLAR SCHEME devised to save Downtown . . . Here's a simple TKC QUESTION:

IF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF TAXPAYER INVESTMENT INTO DOWNTOWN HASN'T MADE MUCH OF AN IMPROVEMENT, WHY SHOULD KANSAS CITY SPEND ANOTHER BILLION ON A BAD PLAN?

And yet again, this topic ignores the fact that Kansas City needs cash to pay for crumbling sewers and maybe just a bit of investment into long forgotten local neighborhoods.

Taggers in Northeast Kansas City take less than 72 hours to ruin almost everything new in that neighborhood

From the Northeast News: "Less than three days after volunteers from around Northeast painted a mural at Budd Park Pool, vandals struck, marring the artwork."

Hat Tip: The Northeast Guy!!!

Arcane copyright laws (and fees) imposed on Kansas City Cookie Shop

KMBC: Waldo Cafe Threatened After Playing CDs . . . BMI Charges Music Licensing Fee

Cagey Kansas City Morning Links

Here are the links I'm looking at this morning:

Kansas City's favorite throaty singer gets the national spotlight: David Cook to appear on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" this week.

Today's cutting edge local news: One person was stabbed and seriously hurt in the 4600 block of Norton Avenue, police say.

A closer look at the local vote: Feds to Monitor Voting in KC

Giving cash to homeless bums who read is much better than wasting it on bums who lose baseball games: Kauffman Foundation gives $4 million to KC library

McCain Supporters Rally in KC . . . All 5 of them.

Pill popping payback: Kansas medical board files disciplinary petition against Leawood psychiatrist

Not ready to kill small bars and restaurants yet: A survey of Bonner Springs City Council members indicates a majority of the council would prefer a countywide smoking ban rather than passing one just for the Bonner Springs.

Obama-rama in the Northland as well: A Northland family was one of four families highlighted in the Democratic presidential nominee 30 minute commercial.

One more great Zombie Walk Photo Set

The people of Kansas City love a hopeless cause: KC firms have role as Greensburg, Kan., rebuilds a school

I have no idea why this photo set starts out with Lucy Pinder in a cage, but I like it too much to ask questions.

Cheap gas could mean that the need for Light Rail isn't quite an emergency

$1.98 Gas in KC Proper . . . Still a lot cheaper than a vanity construction project that doesn't really transport anyone at the cost of $1 BILLION DOLLARS!!!

More Police at Overland Park Polls

I've gotta give white people credit . . . They're the least likely to get disenfranchised of all voters and that's mostly because they take this Democracy thing very seriously (at least in the suburbs).