Kansas City Blogger: Hickman Mills 'Swamp' Worsens By Way Of South Side Politics

This local scribe drills down in the muck of neighborhood politics and shares a scathing screed regarding neighborhood politics . . .

Here's a local op/ed that Kansas City metro MSM often leaves unmentioned in favor of happier news. Check-it . . .

"Hickman Mills now has a new school board member who has not been involved in the community, let alone the schools, and who no one had even heard of before this election. She didn’t campaign, except for putting out some signs at the last minute and then there were the mailings sent out by Freedom, Inc. and Southland Progress, which many in the Southland consider to be a political PAC . . . She didn’t show up for any candidate forum or screening. Most people had to wonder what her interest was in filing in the first place and what her interest will be now that she’s actually on the board. Her only qualifications seemed to be in the political arena – which is curious since school boards are supposed to be apolitical."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

The Swamp Continues

The voters have spoken, but those in the Hickman Mills School District didn't seem to make informed decisions. It appears they simply voted for the first two names on the ballot. That gave Terri Barr-Moore the needed impetus to win the election. Hickman Mills now has a new school board member who has not been...

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