TKC EXCLUSIVE!!! THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT!!! MAYOR FUNKY IS OUT OF TOWN FOR THE KANSAS CITY BLIZZARD!!!
While it may be futile to blame anyone for this snow blast, there is an important fact that THE MOST KICK-ASS TKC TIPSTERS want us to know that's currently going unreported in the mainstream media . . .
MAYOR FUNKY IS IN NASHVILLE RIGHT NOW AND DECLARED THE KANSAS CITY STATE OF EMERGENCY FROM OUT OF TOWN!!!
Luckily, competent people like City Manager Troy Schulte and Mayor Pro Tem Bill Skaggs are in charge but Kansas City's Mayor checked out awhile ago . . . I'm not sure that's just a metaphor.
The Mayor needs to be held accountable, TV weather newsies have predicted this snow storm since LAST WEEK and Mark Funkhouser didn't put his commitments here first. I can confirm that he was in town as late as Saturday afternoon when TV newscasts had switched to nothing but storm coverage previews.
THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ANY BUSINESS MORE IMPORTANT AS A KANSAS CITY CITY STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR WHICH THE MAYOR IS ABSENT!!!
TKC FUN FACT: The weather is gonna get worse in Nashville, Tennessee but right now it's 53 degrees where Mark Funkhouser is staying.
The Mayor declaring this emergency from out of town was supposed to be a political win but it simply highlights his legacy of FAIL.
Making his declaration out of town simply shows that this Mayor doesn't have the streets and the people of Kansas City as his first concern. This is the latest of many examples as to why he doesn't deserve to lead Kansas City. During this crisis, Kansas City's Mayor is out of town.
Powerful ciphering Jethro.
ReplyDeleteToo funny! If only he would stay in Nashville permanently.
ReplyDeleteand????????????
ReplyDeleteHe smarter than he looks.
ReplyDeleteHow has his absence during the blizzard been any different than his last 4 years in office?
ReplyDelete"Brownie is doin' a heck of a job."
ReplyDeleteI believe for Funky's administration, "Brownie" would be Kendrick "The Brown-Noser".
He was seen outside a grocery store in Nashville, passing petitions to run for mayor. Their election is in June.
ReplyDeleteIt's been snowing nearly 12 hours and "The City" still hasn't plowed my residential street.
ReplyDeleteTHAT'S an emergency.
Attaching the word "accountable" to anyone or anything at 12th and Oak is an oxymoron!
ReplyDeleteHe's just makin' a little extra scratch for his upcoming retirement from gub-ment service.
ReplyDeleteFrom his website:
January 31, 2011: "Honest, Competent Government: The Promise of Performance Auditing," Full-Day Workshop, The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Nashville Chapter's Annual Auditors & Accountants Awareness Seminar in Nashville, Tennessee.
Maybe we can convince Troy Schulte not to plow the runways at KCI until February 23.
ReplyDeleteFunky SNOWED OUT of his own City- PRICELESS!!
ReplyDeleteBet the guys and gals at the emergency operations center are relieved Funky's not here.
ReplyDeleteHe was a raging snow removal lunatic the first two storms.
You know Funkhouser is just sick right now as he thinks about all the free media coverage he missed.
ReplyDelete"Accountable" has nothing to do with it.
ReplyDeleteFunky is in Nashville talking about.....HONEST COMPETENT GOVERNMENT!!!!! ROFLMAO at the irony......
Must be one of those "here's what not to do" speeches.
"It's been snowing nearly 12 hours and "The City" still hasn't plowed my residential street"
ReplyDeleteMoDOT hasn't cleared I-70 yet dipshit.
"It's been snowing nearly 12 hours and "The City" still hasn't plowed my residential street"
ReplyDeleteMoDOT hasn't cleared I-70 yet dipshit.
It's been snowing nearly 12 hours and "The City" still hasn't plowed my residential street and MoDOT hasn't cleared I-70 yet either.
ReplyDeleteIt's never too early to provide performance feedback, especially when dealing with City and State officials.
ReplyDeleteIt's a fucking blizzard people. You really need to lower your expectations.
ReplyDeleteThat's right, 7:21.
ReplyDeleteThe learning curve can be steep, even for the smartest and best educated.
After all, it took Funky 4 YEARS to "get this job figured out".
7:23
ReplyDeleteIs that a little cabin fever setting in already?
Lighten up and get a sense of humor.
The words "cabin fever" have an extra special disgust when I think of the words in relationship to the Funkhouser/Squitiro bunch.
ReplyDeleteGive funk a break - he's going to need the outside connections to get his next job.
ReplyDeleteI don't know which is more sad... another typical Funk failure such as this, or the fact that a bunch of internal auditors probably paid money to hear that failure of a human being and mayor give a workshop.
ReplyDelete7:38... I'd give him a break if he deserved a break, and he does not. The only break this guy deserves is in his neck.
ReplyDeleteTony's just pissed because Funk cut town for warmer climes. You'd be an idiot not to, given a chance.
ReplyDeleteKudos to Anon for "It's a fucking blizzard people. You really need to lower your expectations." True Dat. And get a clue, too. MO has deluded themselves into believing real winter will never visit them. Further west and north, this snowstorm would have been all but unnoticed.
Anon 7:56, you're just wrong. The only reason Tony might be pissed is because Funk's ticket to Nashville was round trip. And I've lived up north... a storm like this would definitely be noticed. just like Jesse Ventura was noticed.
ReplyDeleteI was out at 12:30 PM today. I drove down Warnall Road between 63rd and Gregory -- and it was plowed.
ReplyDeleteNorth of that -- no plowing. South of that -- no plowing.
The highest voter turnout district in the city received city services in an election year.
If you want attention from city crews of any kind -- get out and vote and bring your neighbors.
If you do not get out and vote -- Shut the Fuck Up!
Resign Funk. Wear your shame as a failed person.
ReplyDeleteMark Funkhouser, you have made a very bad mistake.
ReplyDeleteGloria is revolting and I think the mayor should not be re elected, but folks, this is a hell of a storm, still blowing like crazy----
ReplyDeleteThis storm will be a mess for a couple of days---act of god stuff.
Chuck, it's KC in January. Snow storms happen.
ReplyDeleteUh, the plows will come out when it is safe, when the wind dies down, and the whiteout threat has subsided. I-70 is CLOSED from here to St.Louis because of the storm..might want to note this is the type of event the best plans can't handle fast enough for some of the overindulgent among us.
ReplyDeleteAnd, while I am hardly a fan of the mayor, you may heard of telephones and computers. He can communicate on those things with city staff.It's amazing how well it works.If he were HERE,you'd be unhappy, he's not here, you're unhappy.
Snow does happen, but not like this, at least not very often.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious that Tony is correct when he says Funk checked out. This little dip down to Nashville proves it. This storm has been predicted for days. Funk knew it was coming. And when the City needs leadership the most, such as during an impending state of emergency that even Katie Horner could have predicted, Funk chose his other gig over KC.
Now everyone can see that Funk thinks he is truly done and will probably not make it through the primary. Should that unlikely event happen, he'll be destroyed in the general. He knows it. This trip proves it.
No, 8:32... you're all mixed up. When he's HERE, we're in misery. When he's GONE, we're less miserable. When he's GONE FOR GOOD, then we'll get happy!
ReplyDeleteSnow does happen -- so he should have stayed home and Troy should have budgeted for it.
ReplyDeleteFire Both Funk and Troy.
"Troy should have budgeted for it."???? WFT? Is there a budget issue here?
ReplyDeleteTroy did budget for it. The City ran out of money paying out lawsuits, including the ones from Gloria and Funk. AND... Troy is in town, working his job, unlike the Flunk. Troy stays, Funk goes, KC wins.
ReplyDeleteJust heard Warrensburg got 21 inches of snow. Wonder what the Fantasy Ranch sounds like in a blizzard. Nipples freezing to the pole?
ReplyDeleteI bet the roads are not cleared in Warrensburg AND it is Funk's fault.
ReplyDeleteI would personally buy a plow and clear Warrensburg's roads myself if the Squitiros would move there and take Funk with them! None of this Clay Chastain crap; they whole family has to go.
ReplyDeleteI dunno... if he keeps getting these teaching gigs, maybe he can pay down his upside-down mortgage. One less foreclosure for KC.
ReplyDeleteFunk shouldn't show his face in Kansas City again after this.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tony for bringing this up.
ReplyDeleteWhere else would we hear about this?
Nowhere except here.
Tony is doing this town a great service by actually informing us of what's going on.
The Star ain't doing it.
Funk's career is toast. Soggy snow toast.
ReplyDeleteFunk doesn't fly on airlines does he? I thought that Gloria is paranoid about air flight and so the two of them always take Amtrak to his meetings, even if it takes two days longer than a flight might? Maybe Amtrak will be stranded with storms as well.
ReplyDeleteFunk wins!
ReplyDeleteCan any auditor in TN confirm that funk'd is handing out his resume? BTW, did he drive? There sure are a lot of highway rest stops for creepy stuff between here and there.
ReplyDeleteThe Co-mayor declares KC in state of emergency 3 1/2 years to late he should have warned us sooner. Feb 22cant get here soon enough.
ReplyDeleteTo Toadstool Watcher: Hi Susan!
ReplyDeleteLOL.
ReplyDeleteDoes anything work in Kansas City?
Years of High Crime, A town where the odds of getting away with murder are in your favor, A Corrupt City Council, A Mayor out of town during City Emergency. Kansas City is the laughing stock of the country.
Matt Bartle should be shoveling snow at the Fantasy Ranch.
ReplyDeleteYa know, helpin his constituents stay in business.
Idiots
ReplyDeleteSometimes a mayor has to make trips out of town.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the big deal, Tony?
Toadstol, you must have hit close to home. Gloria is posting nutty stuff so it must be too near the truth. I guess she is still pissed off that the recall woman nearly got her husband out of office.
ReplyDeleteFunkhouser, are you really this stupid?
10:49... he really is that stupid. Or should I say "they"?
ReplyDeletewhere are the fucking councilmembers?
ReplyDeleteSchulte, competent? So why was city hall open when ever other governmental institution closed to keep their employees from traveling during hazardous conditions? Sounds like a PR move to this kid and Tony swallowed the baid.
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