TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! JACKSON COUNTY INSIDERS FEAR EMBATTLED EXECUTIVE FRANK WHITE INEVITABLY PLAYING THE RACE CARD!!!
Legal action against the Jackson County Executive has sent shock waves throughout the Courthouse and finally offered a glimpse at legislative gridlock which has impeded this local government body for weeks.
However, things are just starting to get interesting . . . To wit:
JACKSON COUNTY INSIDERS PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR EXEC FRANK WHITE TO "PLAY THE RACE CARD" AND TURN A LEGAL DEBATE OVER GOVERNANCE INTO A SOCIAL JUSTICE STRUGGLE!!!
To be fair, the Exec has shown amazing restraint by not yet turning the dispute into a racial hot mess. However, a legal drama and the prospect of a likely losing battle threatens to inspire a change of heart.
As the 1st African-American County Executive, Frank White lamenting the nearly historic opposition he has confronted wouldn't be a far-fetched talking point.
Real talk . . . Team Frank is already preparing a defense along these lines with the implication that control of the COMBAT anti-crime tax would serve as plumb reward for a "community" victory. Smarter "activists" don't need it spelled out for them.
But better than just background chatter, here's a glimpse of how the conversation at the County gets racial . . .
The Jackson County Jail Task Force offers a perfect bully pulpit for Exec White to lash out against the Courthouse and all of his colleagues.
Team Frank seems to believe that this effort will not only serve as redemption for so many delays from the Administration in addressing this human rights crisis at the jail but also offer a starting point to re-brand the embattled politico and play up his urban core and progressive support.
The kick-off statement from group served as an opportunity to lash out at both Prosecutor Mean Jean Peters Baker and put the system on trial . . .
The work of this task force goes well beyond the specifics of any one incident in our jail, or quite frankly, whether a new jail is ultimately needed. This task force has been asked to look at our criminal justice system and engage in an open and honest discussion about:
Who should be in the jail? Who is there now? Why are they there? Finally, are all defendants treated equally and fairly?
While it's unlikely this kind of talk will play in Eastern Jack . . . Racial drama at the Courthouse threatens to redirect the discussion away from a boring civics lesson and rework it as an argument against old school white politicos (allegedly) persecuting a beloved baseball legend.
Developing . . .
Already happening. That first letter to jean was just a warning shot. Going to get worse from here on out. Other legislators will also face the issue in there reelections.
ReplyDeleteCould buy Frank's argument about resistance form the legislature if was havne't all seen this kind of debate at the Jackson County for years upon years. Mike provided SOME stability but before that a lot of these very same people were at each other's throats.
DeleteState takeover?
Delete^^^ Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen. Missouri has enough problems at it is without adding the need for a new jail a new executive.
ReplyDeleteWho should be in jail? A lot more people than this jail will even hold. If we had a good prosecutor instead of Jean Petersucker Baker, a lot more people would get arrested and charged with crimes.
ReplyDeleteFrank Wins.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of a of idiots would even ask who should be in our jail? The courts decide that and anybody stupid enough to even raise the question is no business on any decision-making body. This is nothing more than another sheltered workshop for big feeling jackasses.
ReplyDeleteWhen you cant get the job done play the race card.
ReplyDeleteWhen anyone disagrees with you, play the race card.
DeleteWhen anyone insists you pay your mortgage, play the race card.
DeleteBlaming Frank White for the jail situation is like blaming the custodian of a building when the roof collapses. Jackson County has ignored the unsafe, unsanitary, and outdated conditions of its jail for years. Because the situation has been ignored for so long, it will be costly to fix, and I question if ANY county official has the capability to solve any problem.
ReplyDeleteKCMO and Jackson County flushes 10's of Millions of Dollars down the toilet every year on unproductive task forces, pet projects and on employees who do little to nothing to bring any kind of value to the County or City. Have you ever seen the Water Department employees working on a project? 5 folks watching one guy working. You do not have to wonder why the streets, sewer lines and jail are falling apart.
ReplyDeleteWhite feels entitled to do whatever he wants regardless of the law. I hope he is prosecuted for perjury...
6:54 And everything you described at the jail has only gotten a hell of a lot worse under Frank White. An expert tells the county it has one of the most appalling jail situations in thw nation and Frank responses, "There's no crisis." He cold-heartedly called one woman's rape in there "old news." He dismisses on-going assaults and other attacks as "stuff happens in the jail."
ReplyDeleteThe Race Card, Don't leave home without it.
ReplyDeleteDue to the new theory of intersectionality, the professional grievance industry is recalling all race cards and replacing them with all-purpose Victim Cards. They are available to anyone who self identifies as black, illegal entrant, Democrat/woman, queer or trans*. Get your Victim Card now, and use it to get special treatment and free stuff!
ReplyDelete*If you are a member of a potential victim group that's not (yet) on the list, don't despair! New groups are added all the time. So check the list of approved victim groups often.
Obviously the problem here is racism, just a bunch of bigots holding Frank White back.
ReplyDeleteFirst, they forced him to fall behind in paying his taxes, and then they forced him to commit perjury when they forced him to lie about owing on his taxes when he filed to be a candidate.
Next they forced him to become county execute when the county legislature voted 8-0 to appoint him to the position. That would be 7 racist white legislators voting to give him this gig with a six-figure salary. Oh the cruelty.
Since then, they've forced Frank White to make a shady secret deal to keep his house from being foreclosed on. They've forced him to ignore the problems in jail. They've forced him to run the most incompetent county exec office ever. And they've forced him to inappropriately (and probably illegally) raid the COMBAT fund to keep his cronies on the county payroll.
In this case "the race card" would not be an ace, just a joker.
Frank is not in charge: A lily-white country cracker named Caleb Joe Clifford is in charge. Frank is just Caleb Joe's "House-Nigger."
ReplyDeleteFrank knows that he is in over his head, so he does not even have the gumption to show up at Legislative sessions.
As soon as the washed up baseball player realized that he could not do the job he hired the first available white idiot who would do the job for him. Caleb Joe took over and he does not have positive views of any black that he cannot tell to iron his clothes.
To wit, if you look at the complaint filed by the legislature, Caleb Joe hired a full-blown racist to write the so-called "legal opinion," Caleb Joe is using to save his access to an over-generous income at public expense. That is until a judge smacks him down.
The lawyer, “Fast Eddie” Greim defended the Missouri Republicans' gerrymandering of legislative district lines in 2010, which concentrated Blacks and Latinos and reduced their representation. He oh-so-cuddly-close friends with "Krazy Kris" Kobach (KKK), who would like you put in an concentration camp, Tony. Fast Eddie would suck Donald Trump off on the Front Lawn of the White House while Ivanka gave him a Golden Shower, if Trump would give him a license to kill "niggers and beaners."
Frank White does not know any of this. No one dares tell him because no one dares tell him anything negative about Caleb Joe Clifford.
Frank just says, "Yes, Massah" to whatever Caleb Joe tells him to do. Rochester had more backbone with Jack Benny, than Frank has with Caleb Joe.
It is Frank's fault that Caleb has that much power.
ReplyDeleteFrank's legal opinion looks fine to me.
ReplyDelete(Leave the money in the same place as before.)
Stop by some time Fast Eddie and we can have some fun in the family quarters after Ivanka locks the door. Just sign the papers before you come up!
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And as most predicted Amazon isn't coming to Kansas City it has been announced by Amazon.
ReplyDeleteBut if Amazon has been looking at local news while trying to decide do you not blame them for skipping Kansas City?
This story alone speaks volumes of how jacked up things are around here.
If they were looking at this site they'd conclude KC was a city of pants-shitting geezers who complain about everything non-stop...I'm looking at you, Stupor Duck.
DeleteFirst Sanders goes to bed with Jeff Roe and now White sends tax money to a racist lawyer? Is this one fucking weird place to be a Democrat?
ReplyDeleteNo, I do not believe in "White Supremacy." I tell Frank if and when he can go to the bathroom. I believe in CLIFFORD SUPREMACY! Now black my boots Frankie.
ReplyDelete9:32 AM
ReplyDeleteWe never left the "Dixie-crat" phase.
KC not among list of finalists for second Amazon headquarters
ReplyDeleteSomeone please tell Scott Burnett and Dan Tarwater to investigate how Caleb Clifford used fraud to buy a luxury truck with Jackson County tax money. Criminal. It should be easy for Troy to trace for you. You can get rid of Caleb in handcuffs. It is impossible to tell you this at work. I do not want the Jacoby treatment because I have a family. Please quit with all the technical pressure and just make the criminal complaint necessary to remove Caleb from power. If he was sent to the Detention Center to await trial, there would be justice in that as well.
ReplyDelete9:43 I would love to see that list. 21-240+ Did The KCMO break the top 100? Im sure Amazon wanted a simple bribe, not KCMO drama
ReplyDeleteThis guy Greim is also listed at a leader of the local chapter of The Federalist Society. That group opposes federal civil rights and voting rights laws on "constitutional" grounds. Also, the group argues that gays should not marry and that AIDs "infection" or potential infection is a reason for incarceration. Many of the group's local chapters invite White Supremacists, Alt-Right, and Neo-NAZI speakers to address their meetings. It is aligned with the old guard Catholic leadership that defends covering up sexual abuse of children by the clergy. In addition, the Society works in opposition for gender equality. Furthermore, the Federalist Society is a defender of immigration and naturalization policies that establish race and religious tests that punish people of color and non-Christians. If I lived in Jackson County, I would not be pleased with my taxes being used to hire this guy Greim.
ReplyDeleteGuess Frank won't be getting that 4Freedoms Democratic Club endorsement this year?
ReplyDelete1/18/18, 10:09 AM
ReplyDeleteHi Crystal Williams!
I would love for Frank & Caleb to have to spend some time in the dentenion center for their wrongdoings, seeing as they are doing everything possible to slow down progress there. Enjoy living in sewage. Maybe once the inmates know they are to blame for nothing getting done and there are so few officers watching the place they will get the ass beatdown they deserve.
ReplyDeleteActually 10:41 it's people like you who give Kansas City a bad name along with all the pant shitting commentators.
ReplyDeleteAh, looks like 10:41 was removed by the comment deleting beaner nazi, Tony Taco.
ReplyDeleteLeave it to libtards to form a committee to determine if a criminal or someone with a warrant should be in jail. Damn next time a judge issues a search warrant we should have it reviewed by local politicians too.
ReplyDelete1/18/18, 10:12 AM
ReplyDeleteThe Four Freedoms Democratic Club shut down years ago.
1/18/18, 10:09 AM and 1/18/18, 9:10 AM
The NAACP, ACLU and other civil rights groups should know about this expenditure.
Anyone taking this task force as anything other than a joke is an idiot. Just because it's not funny doesn't mean this joke ought to in any way be taken seriously.
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, today I saw Caleb Clifford scarfing lunch on the plaza with Matt Roney from Kit Bond's lobbying shop. Roney looked pained.
ReplyDeleteGod afternoon Miriam @ 2:45. If you think anyone would see him and actually take the time to post here you are drunk. Quit being a disloyal bitch. Caleb and Frank aren't going anywhere, so quit feeding Dan BS.
ReplyDeleteCaleb probably has figured out he's on a sinking ship. The USS Frank White is going down.
ReplyDeleteCaleb is like a ghost online. Where do people find out about his background?
ReplyDeleteMissouri CaseNet carries records of his fight against paying child support based on his current income rather than his income as an intern.
ReplyDeleteMean Jean has a file that she will not release.
Thx. Where is he from originally? People keep referring to him as small town and country.
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