There was a pretty good gathering at a GOP South Kansas City forum last night . . .
THANKS TO A KICK-ASS TKC TIPSTER FOR THE PHOTOS!!!
The Dynamic Duo adorning the top of this post Terrence Nash (6th District) and Tracy Ward (6th District At-Large) were both in attendance.
City Council Lady and Mayoral Contender Deb Hermann was also at the forum.
Highlights . . . Jim Rowland and Mike Burke slugged it out on the subject of small biz accessibility in Kansas City. Rowland called out Burke for being a successful and high-paid lawyer . . . I guess that's an insult in this election cycle despite the fact that rich, white guys arguing with each other is the opposite of what most people find interesting.
Mayor Funky proposes more cops and not much else as a solution to crime.
Henry Klein did A LOT better than most people expected with a surprising amount of support among the smallish blue-hair audience.
Sly James was out sick. Feel Better, I'm guessing you didn't miss much.
Also in the audience were candidates Mahlon Davis, Angel, and Wood,and several former candidates including Jacob Turk.
All things considered the GOP event was slightly more intriguing than watching Grey's Anatomy but not by much.
So is Deb a Republican or not?
ReplyDeleteSo is the mayoral position nonpartisan,or not?
ReplyDeleteThere surely must be moe ways we can divide ourselves up and make beieve that only OUR views are important and only OUR needs should be met.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans/Democrats; white/black,Latino/Asian; young/blue haried;rich/poor; and on and endless on.
KCMO has only 480K residents, but we keep making believe that we're this big "diverse" place and that what diversity means is not an interesting society of creative successful people, but a tiny bunch of shouters calling people names and making threats and demands.
Just more bush league inferiority complex KC crap!
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ReplyDeleteTony, your tipster failed to tell you the real scoop. Funk in his opening remarks pandered to the conservative GOP crowd with a ringing defense of Frances Semler !! It was unbelievable. And Deb Hermann truly is bi-partisan. She was a Republican committee before she became a Democratic Clay County committee women just in time to run for Mayor.
ReplyDeleteNon-partisan, yes. Non-political, no. I would very much like information on every candidate's overall political philosophy before I vote.
ReplyDeleteFor example, finding out that Tracy Ward was just another neo-liberatarian, tea partier who screams "individual liberty" and thinks she can have all the benefits of living in a modern city without paying for them told me all I need to know.
The Republican Party has quite a record of exploiting that philosophy while the country goes to hell in a handbasket.
Note the way they slashed taxes, fought two wars in which the only sacrifices made were by those doing the bleeding, and rang up unheard of deficits then blamed Obama for them.
Anon, 7:27. Interesting.
ReplyDeletePart of Funk's strategy the last time was convincing Latino voters not to vote for the black guy. And practically the first thing he does is appoint a Minuteman to the Park board.
Since he's not going to get five Latino votes this time around, I guess he's got to hope that the xenophobes show up in droves.
I bet Tracy felt at home among women with unnatural hair color, and voters who know the Earth is flat.
ReplyDeleteTony was one of those Latinos who supported Funk rather than vote for a Black man.
ReplyDeleteRowland is far from a "rich guy". What he makes at the county is far from big $ and he lives in a modest and pretty beaten down home. He also has kids in college and a wife who's had medical issues. Tagging "rich" on him is not accurate whether or not he's the best candidate or not.
ReplyDeleteLingering: That should have been a lesson --- don't get too infatuated with any candidate who calls themselves "new school" or whatever, and promises to shake up the status quo. That's easy to do.
ReplyDeleteThe hard part is finding exactly where they stand and with whom, and what they really plan on doing once they get into office.
But I see that Tony is acting as Tracy Ward's campaign manager, and if he -- or anyone else with working grey matter -- would stop for a moment to read and analyze her Tea Party politics, they'd be appalled.
But hey, isn't it so cool to say you are "anti-establishment"?
Got Funk elected. Who else?
That she found an ally, Lembke, in Jeff City in her signature fight against the burning issue of the day -- the scourge of red-light cameras -- also speaks volumes.
ReplyDeleteTracy Ward is basically Sarah Palin with pink hair.
Blue hair = bad.
ReplyDeletePink hair = good.
I wonder how Sly would have fared with this group. Do you think he was really sick? Or do you think he knows a lost cause when he sees it?
ReplyDeleteRowland = longtime high-paid bureaucrat
ReplyDeleteBurke = longtime private business leader
Wonder who would have the best perspective on business issues?
Wow there was a lot of candidates there, Tracy Ward, Mahlon Davis, Wood, Turk. Should have been there had a couple of question for them all.
ReplyDeleteThings are looking up for Mahlon Davis, he just might take the %th District at large seat. Good luck Mahlon.
ReplyDeleteThings are looking up for Mahlon Davis, he just might take the 5th District at large seat. Good luck Mahlon.
ReplyDeleteThe mayoral forum was hosted by the First Thursday Club, which meets on the first Thursday of every month at 7:00 pm in the basement of St. Peter's Episcopal Church on Red Bridge Road just east of Wornall Road in south Kansas City.
ReplyDeleteContact: Elaine James
ejames4@msn.com
942-2446
The Episcopal Church is the church of the rich Englishman. St. Peter, the 'poor' fisherman who owned a large house & three fishing boats. Its no surprise that this is where the Republicans had their surrey.
ReplyDeleteEver notice Burke & Rowland keep agreeing with Sly James even when he is not present.
ReplyDeleteNow the Funk & Deb are agreeing with James. Everybody loves James?
ReplyDeleteKanders:
ReplyDeleteYou've spent up to $300,000 and Sly James still is at zero name recognition. Give it up.
Ward is happy because she just got out of the shower after taking six guys loads in her face. She said it burned a little then it got into her eyes.
ReplyDeleteDeb looks like she just came from a 6 hour FBI grilling.
ReplyDeleteI just scrolled down to the bottom, disregarding all posts.
ReplyDeleteSlow newsday, huh Tony?
I hear there is a meeting at Jim Nutter's office today to pick the new Mayor and Council.
ReplyDeleteDid Rowland mention that his crime-fighting plan is essentially the same as the one Deb Hermann already proposed?
ReplyDeleteWho beat the shit out of Deb before that meeting. OMG what a poor appearance. Thought Funks look was "Lurch" like but Deb looks just terrible.
ReplyDeleteBackscratching isn't uncommon in politics.
ReplyDeleteName Tags?
ReplyDeleteRadioman, you shouldn't have skipped all the way to the bottom. You were being insulted repeatedly in the first dozen or so posts.
ReplyDeleteHa! Ha! Made you look!
GEEEZ, it's not even Rizzo/Royster. I don't think I can take two more months of this.
ReplyDeleteAnyone running against deb should take this photo and use it. She looks horrible.
ReplyDeleteThis Ward woman doesn't seem to really look like some of her publicity photoes.
ReplyDeleteI meant "photos."
ReplyDeleteIn fact, Ward and Hermann look enough alike to be sisters.
ReplyDelete12:05 what do you look like? That's what I thought.
ReplyDelete"I just scrolled down to the bottom, disregarding all posts. Slow newsday, huh Tony?" quote from Radioman.
ReplyDeleteThis was the guy that was going to "boycott" TKC.
LOL he has his own blog but keeps coming back to TKC. His regular following of TKC speaks volumes.
"GEEEZ, it's not even Rizzo/Royster. I don't think I can take two more months of this."
ReplyDeleteI second that emotion: Young adults act more like children than adults.
Good, Tracy. You are toning down the hair color. Do it gradually and people will start listening to your message instead of gawking at your hair.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, clearly local politicians need to pose with smiles when TKC takes pix.
ReplyDeleteThey all know how many times a picture will show up on TKC whether stories are good or bad.
Smile always, give TKC some decent photos that are FRIENDLY. NEVER NEVER show a negative face, or He'll nail you over and over!
He loves it cuz it makes him feel very connected to KC politicos.
And he'll show you in a much better light than he has in the past! ALWAYS SMILE FOR HIM! ALWAYS!
Tony LOVES to show how well connected he is and how much you love him. So always SMILE for his photos!
Smile for him and he'll show you smiling when he writes bout you! In Reporter vernacular, we call that "QUID PRO QUO!"
Hah. Good one Radio.
ReplyDeleteMan the Harpoons.
ReplyDeleteDeb Herman looks like she just got off of a 6 day drunk, and rode straight in on the short bus.
ReplyDeleteVote all newbies, thats the only way to change city hall.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, Deb has been truly sick with a horrible cold. She'll be well next week. Rowland, however, will still be a dick and Burke will still be corrupt.
ReplyDeleteAnd Funkhouser will still be Funkhouser.
ReplyDeleteMan, this radioman dude is seriously jealous of Tony.
ReplyDeleteWill never Vote for Deb Herman or anyone else that is a part of City Hall.
ReplyDeleteThere is some good at City Hall. The intelligent people can discern the difference. Hermann is one of the few good things there. I'm happy to vote for her.
ReplyDeleteWill never Vote for Deb Herman. She part of the problem not the solution.
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