Funky Speculation: KCPD Chief Corwin could easily be Kansas City's next Mayor

Of course KCPD Chief James Corwin is going to deny these rumors until they turn out to be true . . . But the fact is . . .

TALK OF KCPD CHIEF CORWIN AS THE NEXT MAYOR OF KANSAS CITY HAS BEEN CIRCULATING AROUND POLITICAL CIRCLES FOR QUITE SOME TIME!!!

Here's the reason why it might be true and why it's a slam dunk.

Best of both worlds: Corwin is a political outsider in Kansas City with no ties to the development crowd, but he also has a solid record of public service and practice leading a complex, vast organization.

He's up for retirement just before the next round of political fundraising for the Mayor's Office.

He's a big, tall white guy . . . Kansas City is such a self-conscious (sorta racist) town this is actually a qualification for leadership.

Crime is only going to get worse . . . Mayor Funky hasn't been able to establish any credibility on this issue, so there's no way he's going to be able to attack Corwin on this topic no matter what the homicide rate.

As Chief, Corwin arrested somebody with his bare hands . . . That's the exact opposite of Mayor Funky hiding under his desk, at his house, at the Library and taking marching orders from his wife. Corwin's mere presence would reveal that Mayor Funky is nothing more than a wimp politician and a bad one at that . . .

Unlike Mayor Funky, Corwin has consistently stood up for Kansas City's Latino Community and has championed a policy of working with law abiding immigrant communities to prevent crime rather than mindlessly cracking down on illegal immigrants which only leads to a lack of cooperation with local law enforcement. He'll have the support of the growing Latino Community without question and his proven results in addressing a complex problem with quantifiable results are something that Mayor Funky hasn't garnered (and won't) during his term in office.

Face it, never again will there be a politico like Mayor Funky who has made Kansas City the laughing stock of the entire nation and allowed his wife to dangle the City Charter between her barefoot toes that she once paraded around the 29th floor.

Downside . . .

If Corwin is the New Mayor, local control of the KCPD might become a realistic possibility. If this happens Jan Marcason could get a police force of her own and I would have to shut up about her putrid potato salad, which is so far the only reason she's so popular in the 4th District.

Airport security might be taken over by the KCPD as well unless Corwin wisely promises against such a (needless) move - In which case he would take the Northland without much of a problem.

Again . . . This is all speculation but I thought I would post the chatter in Kansas City political circles a few months before The Star decides to report it as "news."