TKC EXCLUSIVE AND BREAKING NEWS!!! THIS SESSION: WATCH MISSOURI STATE SENATOR VICTOR CALLAHAN DESTROY MAYOR SLY'S PLAN FOR KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS!!!

At this moment all of the important Kansas City politicos on the state level are making their way to Jefferson City for a bit partying before the work starts.

In this year of a Presidential election, expect the politics to be even tougher than usual.

To wit . . . Without asking for the approval of the City Council or anybody else, Kansas City's Mayor Sly James has committed a great deal of resources to his Mayoral Takeover Plan of Kansas City Public Schools.

Unfortunately . . . It's all going down in flames and the effort might sacrifice other important issues for KCMO.

There are many obstacles standing in the way of Mayor Sly's takeover plan.

For instance, there's almost nothing written down from a legislative perspective.

However . . .

MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE, MISSOURI STATE SENATOR VICTOR CALLAHAN STANDS IN THE WAY OF MAYOR SLY'S KCPS TAKEOVER PLANS AND HE HAS THE POWER/INFLUENCE TO SHOOT DOWN EVERY BIT OF KANSAS CITY LEGISLATION THAT COMES HIS WAY!!!

Two different insiders have told us about Sen. Callahan's commitment to calling out Mayor Sly on this effort to bypass voters.

A source from Jackson County tells us this . . .

"Victor is fired up and he's not playing around on this school thing. I've fought with Victor on political issues and I can tell you that he is tenacious and won't give up until he gets his pound of political flesh."

Remember that Sen. Callahan has his own bill (SB434) that he's pushing that seemingly builds on a previous political coup that took away more than a few Independence Schools from The KCPS.

A rather bold and AWESOME TKC TIPSTER talks about this education issue in terms of voter representation . . .

"Nobody is asking the Mayor any hard questions. Victor is going to make Sly explain himself and talk about the real details of any plan. So far the City Council is too weak to do this . . . They're too scared to create any fuss, so they won't even do their job. Thankfully, since the Mayor picked this fight with Sen. Callahan, now we'll see somebody give the voters more than just a speech and a smile. If the Mayor wants KC Schools, he's gonna have to come up with a real plan and legislation to back it up. Anything less is just empty talk."

On the opposite end of the spectrum . . .

IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT EVEN SOME OF THE MAYOR'S STRONGEST SUPPORTERS AREN'T COMING OUT TO SUPPORT THE TAKEOVER PLAN!!!

Going into this session it's important to realize that Mayor Sly's agenda comes at a very real cost of other priorities for KCMO and runs the risk of creating a very real divide among local State legislators.

DEVELOPING . . .