Council Lady Andrea Bough Likely Next KCMO Mayor Pro Tem

There are many "open secrets" about the 6th District At-Large council lady floating around amongst Kansas City's elite. 

We've hinted that she's not as "powerful" as previously noted. 

There's no longer any danger of getting sent to Guantanamo Bay for talking trash about her. Ironically, that makes taunting this cowtown power player far less fun.

Accordingly . . . Let's celebrate a bit of nice career news for the legal eagle and progressive politico:

INSIDERS REVEAL COUNCIL LADY ANDREA BOUGH IS LIKELY TO EARN 'MAYOR PRO TEM' HONORS FROM MAYOR Q AFTER THE NEW COUNCIL TAKES HOLD!!!

What does that mean???

For the uninitiated . . . 

The Mayor Pro Tem fills in for the mayor whenever he/she is absent. In Kansas City, the Mayor Pro-Tem is basically the one vote a Mayor can always count on and often serves as a tiebreaker in close decisions.

Mayor Pro Tem typically falls to an experienced politico like Bough and she would do well playing the "nice guy" with the newbie councilmembers which allows Mayor Q a bit more leeway to establish boundaries.

And, building on our coverage this morning . . . This means that when Mayor Q takes off, Council Lady Bough might serve as KC Mayor until the next election.

Again . . . Given that we've been very snarky at her expense over the past 4 years . . . It's a relief to report something nice likely coming her way. 

She has served as a solid progressive, environmentalist and strident champion of LGBT rights on the council along with her reliable support of Mayor Q's agenda.

It's unlikely that the very nice but almost totally unfunded right-wing MAGA granny running against her will win. 

Developing . . .

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