Kansas City Political campaigns are mostly lies but Mayor Funky's campaign literature is exceedingly misleading and just plain wrong.
MAYOR FUNKY CLAIMS THAT THERE WAS NO DEBT INCREASE DURING HIS ADMINISTRATION AND THAT IS EXCEPTIONALLY EASY TO DISPROVE!!!
I guess what's sad here is that Mayor Funky simply doesn't expect people to fact check his silly statements and promises in his doomed run for re-election.
Mayor Funky hasn't even qualified the claim about City debt to exclude his own pet projects . . .
BUT MAYOR FUNKY RAISED KANSAS CITY'S DEBT WITH COUNCIL ORDINANCE 100446!!!
Take a look for yourself!!!
An AWESOME TKC TIPSTER NOTES:
"The cost of debt service on those bonds is $5 MILLION PER YEAR FOR TWENTY YEARS!" The money to pay that debt service comes straight out of PIAC funds. The only reason this amount of debt was taken on was to make the Mayor and his flunkies that supported Schools First fake everyone out that Schools First was a program that voters wanted and was worth funding. It wasn't, and this little stunt cost us a fortune in debt service and mortgaged more of our children's future money."
It doesn't matter if you feel it was worth it or not . . . NOBODY wants to debate sidewalk money because it's boring.
BUT THE FACT IS THE MAYOR IS ABSOLUTELY LYING WHEN HE DOESN'T QUALIFY HIS STATEMENTS ON CITY DEBT AND SO FAR NOBODY IS FACT CHECKING!!!
Except KICK-ASS TKC TIPSTERS. Natch.
TEE you have the wrong ordinance number.
ReplyDelete110046 vs. 100446.
The one you show is only $200K.
The bond debt would not more than the increase.
You think somebody may be feeding you crap on purpose?
100446 looks more like it.
ReplyDeleteA $66M bond sale.
There that's better.
ReplyDeleteFunk lied again! He pushed the bonds so that he could claim a success with his hare-brained Schools First plan. He didn't care about the debt service, he was only after a public relations win. He is empty, soul less, and must go.
ReplyDeleteI just hope the voters see through this garbage that the co-mayors spew.
ReplyDeleteMaybe is so bad with the money that he believes that he actually did not increase the debt. The whole group are mental midgets. I think I would rather flush my money.
ReplyDeleteIt's all smoke and mirrors and the public doesn't pay attention because it's confusing on purpose. And none of this makes any difference anyway, because the REAL money is slipping out the door in consulting fees, bond issuance, and debt service, and even more money isn't being collected due to the TIFs,
ReplyDeleteThen at election time, everyone just makes up their own story.
KCMO city government has as little to do with the residents as possible, who are merely the taxpayers who feed the distribution system for insiders at 12th and Oak.
Election coming up. Will enough people vote for their own interests at long last?
good point.
ReplyDelete@8:26 - That may be one of the best comments ever made on this blog.
ReplyDelete8:26, you helped Tony make his point and I'm glad you both were so clear. Debt service is a problem and for Funk to posture and act as though he had nothing to do with increasing it is disgusting. How will Jeff Roe help Flunk out of this mess?
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS THE
ReplyDeletegeneral obligation bonds previously approved by the voters IN 2004
KC DEBT
ReplyDelete2003 516.8 MILLION
2007 1.429 BILLION
I would look into the issuer of the bonds?
ReplyDeleteFunk has been lying. Welcome to 2007 Tony.
ReplyDelete10:09, yes they were approved but the timing of their issuance was key. It was not a good time to sell more debt but Funk was determined to make his dumb Schools First seem workable. Remember New Tools that fed Ajamu Webster and a few of his pals and amounted to nothing. Schools First is the same type of deal...pandering to voters.
ReplyDeleteFolks these political elite are going to bleed you dry. They take the E-Tax money and waste it. It does not go for city services. Look at the pot holes, broken water mains, water department people sleeping on the job in their trucks, Rising violent crime, A city hall far removed from the needs of it's citizens, MILLIONS in lawsuits, Cops eating at the most expensive restaurants in town, tif hand outs that lose money.... and the list goes on.
ReplyDeleteDon't be fools let's take our City back by having a say where our tax money goes, it's called a democracy. Let the people decide. Let's take Kansas City back. Let's get Kansas City back on track for the citizens. Not just the wealthy and politically connected.
Voting against the E-tax puts the voters in Kansas City in control. The Taxpayers will vote on Tax issues. It will stop the politicians from having a general slush fund, where they use money for political favors rather than city services. It puts the citizens back in control of the city's checkbook. It will put an end to city government waste.
yes, do away with the slush fund for police, fire, ambulance, trash pick up, parks, streets. they don't need it. they can pay for it with higher property taxes, utility taxes, charging for trash pick-up. why should those of us who don't live in the city have to pay for basic services in kansas city through the e-tax? revolt is the only anwswer. stop kansas city from charging us the e-tax.
ReplyDelete"pays for police, fire, ambulance, street repairs, trash pick-up" ?????
ReplyDeleteNo it doesn't it goes for political fund raisers, police fine dining, lawsuits, tif bailouts and the list goes on.
Voting against the E-tax puts the voters in Kansas City in control. The Taxpayers will vote on Tax issues. It will stop the politicians from having a general slush fund, where they use money for political favors rather than city services. It puts the citizens back in control of the city's checkbook. It will put an end to city government waste.
ReplyDeleteFunk distorts everything he says. The Co-mators are scary people.
ReplyDelete10:09 is dead on point. These were bonds issued under authority of voters in 2004 that the City had fucked around and not used. Government issued debt right now is as favorable as its going to get, in other words-low.
ReplyDelete8:23 and 10:09 are both dead wrong. Just because bonds are approved doesn't mean the timing is right to issue them. It's all a Funky political game for political gain. A lie is a lie. So shut up Kendrick.
ReplyDeleteYou should be reading his Twitter posts. Or Lazlo's
ReplyDelete@mayorfunk @lazlothebuzz I gotta get re-elected first! Less than a week to go to the primary. Not much time for real Mayor stuff now.
City Hall Stinks - GET THE FUNK OUT! Nuff said.
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