You would think someone who graduated from Yale would be a bit smarter than this! Anyone want to take bets on when Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson will be in Kansas City? According to the Associated Press and the Kansas City Star, “a top official in City Manager Wayne Cauthen’s office is under investigation following […]

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Hat tip: Not Ready For Prime BUZZ Let’s face it folks, the Funk has got to go. Kansas City needs to open the discussion. We need a city that works, and it’s obvious that Funkhouser isn’t the solution. We’re not working for any candidate or group. We’re just citizens like you, who have had enough. […]

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Records show that the city manager makes frequent and pricey trips at taxpayer expense. By Eric Barton Kansas City, Missouri, City Manager Wayne Cauthen has a reputation around City Hall as being a guy who isn’t at his desk much. The reason for that is found in his travel expenses, which detail his trips around […]

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By Joe Robertson The Kansas City Star The leaders of several black organizations want Kansas City Superintendent Anthony Amato placed on administrative leave pending investigation of a complaint that he called two school board members “bitches.” And if the allegations by a former high-level staff member are true, they want Amato fired. “He has forfeited […]

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“African American Democrats will have many questions, including why is Elbert Walton and the Normandy Fire Protection District worthy of an investigation but Jackson County Legislators who violated Missouri Sunshine laws by doctoring official minutes of illegally closed meetings gets a pass?”   Missouri Political News service (12/7/07) JEFFERSON CITY_ Jay Nixon has once again […]

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If your campaign committee treasurer has quit because they were under fire for reimbursements to your city employee wife, (cell phones, Chiefs tickets etc.) why in the world would you “temporarily” name your wife as the new treasurer of the committee? It is amazing to us that a man who claimed to have “the ability […]

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Talk about nepotism! I guess when your husband is the Mayor, you can abuse the help? When you give your public apology Ms. Squitiro, please spare us the patronizing theatrics recently put on by Duane “Dog” Chapman. Being seen eating collard greens in a soul food restaurant and taking sensitivity courses is not enough. From […]

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Tony’s Kansas City: “Kay Barnes represents one of the best chances in the nation for a Democrat to knock off a Republican, according to Congressional Quarterly. Of course, that means the rest of the country really doesn’t care about empty stadiums, huge debt loads and an administration run completely on propaganda.”

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From Blog KC: Tomorrow voters in the KCMO and Independence school districts will vote an initiative petition to transfer a part of the KCMO district that is located inside the Independence and Sugar Creek city limits over to the Independence districts. Residents of western Independence have been trying to do this for years, citing the […]

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From Camp: LGBT Town Hall Meeting with Mayor Mark Funkhouser. 11/7/2007 6:30 pm-7:30 pm Here’s your chance to meet the mayor and ask questions in this first town hall meeting for the LGBT community. Event brought to you by Four Freedoms Democratic Club, UMKC LGBT Office and The Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Greater […]

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