Media makes the myth: Funkhouser's public failure isn't really a compromise

All the media reports regarding Mayor Funky's lawsuit (via Councilman Scumbag Skaggs) claim a "compromise" which couldn't be further from the truth.

Let's look at the facts (dun-dun-dun!!!!):

Mayor Funky was publicly embarrassed by a nearly historic display of disapproval for his lack of judgment. A public smackdown by nearly every person of color in Kansas City confirmed the perception that the Funky Administration has continually moved to marginalize minorities in Kansas City - By way of incompetence or design. It just didn't look good, there's no arguing otherwise (so shut up).

Even worse, Funky's scheming didn't stop there . . . The lawsuit which everyone knows was backed by Funky and he now pretty much admits . . . It didn't elicit a wave of public support only sighs of frustration with a Mayor who doesn't know the meaning of compromise. TKC Sad Note: He effectively ended Skaggs' career in Kansas City . . . Not even Northlanders have much sympathy for a lawsuit against the City and the guy wouldn't be able to run for janitor without the issue coming back to haunt him.

For better or worse Funky doesn't know the meaning of compromise . . . That's an admirable trait in an athlete or a porn star but a politico who has to work with other people and who only had a razor thin margin of victory (which has now evaporated) should probably focus on building consensus . . . Once again Funkhouser squandered whatever goodwill he might have garnered in the past few months.

Mayor Funky has used this stalling tactic before . . . He's counting on complacency or some act of the Wiccan God (ew) to bring him more pull the next time he tries the same stunt. Other Mayors have used the same tactic, other Mayors also had far more support from the minority community and the electorate at large.

Anyone who has been through a divorce knows that a compromise forged in a courtroom isn't really a compromise at all. This is a tense delay of game and a way for Mayor Funky to catch his breath for the holidays. Put simply, I don't trust him, I never did and that's no reason to on this issue. TKC started the Cauthen Countdown before our Mayor Funky took office because I've heard of the vendetta that Funky has against Cauthen. It's no secret the guy wants the highest ranking Black guy in City Hall gone but the Mayor's fumbling, misdirection and laughable political moves made a personal (personnel) issue political and racial. This is the same guy who called outgoing Parks Board members "evil" or whatever . . . Because the Mayor has no tact, little skill and virtually no regard for the opinion of anyone but his wife he failed to understand that minority representation and established relationships in a community count for something. Not everyone is a Funkhouser acolyte or sychophant . . . The fact that this point needed to be driven home to Funkhouser isn't a sign that "he's not a politician" but a clear indication that his lack of political experience only aided him in failing to reveal personal character flaws (arrogance & stubbornness) which would have given 900 people enough reason to look somewhere else for someone to lead Kansas City

So, the media would like to sell this ugly and temporary settlement as a truce but it's not. Time after time Funkhouser has proven that he isn't listening to Kansas City and the only advice he's taking is from most diehard cheerleaders and some shoeless woman with an unsanctioned presence in City Hall.