Celebrate The TKC Saturday Night Playlist!!! Kansas City Learns Politicos Are Dangerous To Themselves And Others!!!

This is the year Kansas City officially gave up on Democracy given the record low number of voters casting their ballots.

Now we enter the week of year-end list by hacks across the city . . . But instead of rounding up, tonight we want to focus on just a few realities and dangers of local political life moving toward the future . . .

Mayor Sly: Selfie Politicos Proves Popular On The Internets And Nowhere Else


This year Mayor Sly James was greeted with nothing but contempt in Brookside and many other places outside the Dowtown Loop & The Crossroads. Now, he now faces a series of petitions which call his integrity into question. Sure, locals still love his selfies via social media but he's now a politico who must operate by clandestine legislative maneuvers and no longer can rule the will of voters. In the aftermath of his unpopularity, the lack of transparency and openness Mayor Sly James enacts at City Hall is dangerous to representative Democracy in Kansas City.

And his approach to the uptick in Kansas City crime is downright despicable:

Wall Street Journal: Trying to Hide the Rise of Violent Crime

Again, these efforts wouldn't be so bad if they didn't hold negative consequences for all of Kansas City.

Show-Me The Year Of Mysterious Missouri Political Suicide


Don't forget that this is the year the Missouri Auditor and one of his staffers committed suicide for reasons that nobody wants to talk about . . . In the aftermath, media was content to talk about pointless "ethics" because the real answer about all of the clandestine moves that ended in tragedy for this Republican are probably too scary and dangerous. Make no mistake, local political hacks are playing for high stakes, these are folks who are often desperate and their egos run wild always hold horrible consequences for people who get too close.

Jackson County Ruled By Political Deal Making As Mike Sanders Had To Run Away In The Middle Of The Night


Mike Sanders was once touted as a reformer but his late night exit from politics prove that he didn't change much regarding the shady politics of the County. In his absence, all bets are off and some of the most cynical and costly insider deals are now under negotiation which threaten to make life more expensive an treacherous for Jackson County taxpayers.

Golden Ghetto Greater Chamber Of Commerce Crowd Rules Kansas City Politics


Like it or not, from the Toy Train Streetcar to the Airport or the corrupt convention hotel . . . Just about every bad idea starts at the Greater Kansas City Chamber Of Commerce. And here's Kansas City's dirty little secret . . . These biz community insiders mostly reside in Johnson County so they don't really have to live with the consequences of their bad decisions in a city that's growing increasingly violent and inhospitable to all of these eco-devo schemes.

Girl Power Proves One Of The Most Powerful Forces In Kansas City


Girl Power is tricky in Kansas City . . . When it works, it's undeniable and this year a coalition of ladies have united in order to block Mayor Sly on some of his worst schemes. HOWEVER, it's not 100%; politicos like Crystal Williams haven't been able to capitalize on female unity and her plays at gender identity politics have come up short. In the end, women crying wolf about discrimination hurts their cause . . .

And so, all of these trends have inspired our playlist tonight . . .



As always, thanks for reading this week and amid a great deal of possible flash flooding thanks to old and busted local storm sewer systems, have a safe and fun Saturday Night . . .