Celebrate Kansas City 2025 Turkeys!!!

If nobody told you yet . . .

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Accordingly, we present our 77th annual bloggy traditional honors that REALLY is just a ruse to encourage our most loyal AWESOME TKC READERS to offer their own suggestions. 

To wit . . .  

We present the inglorious "winners" of the 2025 TKC Turkey Awards . . . 

Former Jackson County Exec Frank White

We're not gloating and we want to remind readers that when it comes to stadium subsidy, the Hall Of Famer garnered a lot of support. But, after an EPIC recall landslide . . . There really isn't any doubt that the KC Metro rejected the tenure of the former Exec . . . Even if we all agree that he was probably the greatest second basemen in Kansas City history.  

PortKC

The public/private venture with virtually NO ACCOUNTABILITY has funded a vast array of bad ideas that always require even more taxpayer subsidy after sketchy seed money. The shady developer-first group might be the most clandestine outfit in Kansas City but they CERTAINLY qualify as one of our biggest local turkeys.

Lazlo

With a voice for print and the charisma of parking lot attendant . . . We have no idea how this dude outlasted Johnny Dare amid the last days of terrestrial radio. 

We admit, this is an unpopular take because Laz still has far more fans than TKC even as "radio audiences" have all but vanished at the local level as streaming by way of mobile phones is a far more personalized and popular option. 

Even worse . . . A quick check of his socials reveals Laz mostly fighting with trolls and reliving his glory days of making jokes at the expense of the G.W. Bush Administration.  

KC Current

C'mon man . . . 

After an insufferable season of hype and so much hipster jubilation . . . THEY CHOKED IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!

If we're supposed to take the KC Current seriously and watch lady soccer with the same enthusiasm as REAL sports that draw far more fans . . . Then the team is going to have to face very real criticism about their playoff anti-climax that exposed so much hype and non-competitive regular season play. IF NOT, then all of their fandom basically admits that the team is nothing more than politicized garbage focused on promoting a progressive identity without any real competition . . . In other words, just a bunch of turkeys. 

Kansas City Royals Owner John Sherman

Credit where it's due . . . Mr. Sherman has earned his place on this list for three years in a row given his stadium quest at taxpayer expense. 

At this point, the entire nation understands that his crusade for a "downtown" stadium leverages a rope-a-dope strategy that relies upon the exhaustion of the electorate and years of bullying broke-ass politicos with hopes that he might play sugar daddy for their higher office aspirations. 

More generous accounts of Mr. Sherman will give him credit as a local philanthropist but this begs the question . . . Isn't all that charity work discounted if the end game is BILLIONS in subsidy for a stadium he could buy for himself??? We're certain he can pay somebody to answer that question.

And so . . .  

Our list is merely to provide www.TonysKansasCity.com readers with inspiration so that they can offer their own suggestions for local turkeys . . .

And again . . . 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING KANSAS CITY!!!

We might share a couple of ore posts today but don't count on it . . . Either way . . . Have a good one.