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Kansas City | Missouri Political News Service - Part 6

Entries Tagged as 'Kansas City'

Quote of the Day: “Obama Will Be the First Black President, Not the Black President First”

January 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Photo hat top: The Pitch “I’m not only a client, I’m the club president” Here’s an excerpt from a Washington Post piece written today by “Clueless” Cleaver. The Reverend/Congressman seems to be doing his best Jesse Jackson impersonation: “But brothers and sisters of hue, we must be candid: Race relations in America are far from […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

Picture of the Day: “The Will of the People be Damned!”

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.” (Isa 5:20). Let’s see, you’re a hater because you’re not in favor of allowing a vocal minority of freaks to radically alter the definition of marriage. I […]

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Tags: Kansas City · St. Louis

K.C. Star: Neither We Nor Voters Had Any Idea That Funkhouser Would Be Incapable of Working Without His Wife?”

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Has a major newspaper ever retracted an endorsement of a mayor a year into their term? How embarrassing! Her influence was a factor in some of the mayor’s worst decisions, like the appointment of a member of a militant anti-immigration group to the high-profile Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. And Squitiro’s unprofessional demeanor in […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Mayor Mark Funkhouser

“This Week In KC” Video: Woody Cozad Discusses Presidential Race

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments

KMBC’s Kris Ketz talks with veteran political observer Woody Cozad about the tight race between Obama and McCain in Missouri.  Hat tip: kmbctv [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Cst74vqXxSo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Kansas City · Videos

Quote of the Day: “Reporter’s Note: Reporter is a Registered Independent Who Works in the Missouri House of Representatives” (for a Democrat!)

October 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Reporter’s Note: Reporter is a registered independent who works in the Missouri House of Representatives, serving as Representative Beth Low’s In-District Liaison for Missouri’s 39th district. Beth Low is a Democrat. -University News (UMKC) “reporter” Jumoke Balogun Read more… Mr. or Ms. Jumoke Balogun is already going to have a leg up on any future […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Kansas City · Videos

Guest Op Ed: “Who Needs Help; K-12 Education in Missouri”

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments

By Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield, Ph.D. There is a belief that minority children in our central cities are our core education problem. This ignores the basic data on how children are performing in Missouri. While it is critical to focus on minority children in central cities, Missouri’s education policies have to focus on all our children. […]

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Tags: Kansas City · St. Louis

K.C. Co-Mayor Has Incident at Airport; Skycap Claims Squitiro “Snotty and Sarcastic”

October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

We wrote this Tuesday in our post regarding the resignation of Mayor Funkhouser’s Chief of Staff: “And in a move that may win him the political tin ear of the year award, Funkhouser pledged to find some way to continue to have his wife, Gloria Squitiro, continue to be a part of his administration.” After […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Mayor Mark Funkhouser

Video: K.C. Mayor Funkhouser’s Chief Of Staff Resigns

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

I think we may have to start a new feature called the “Lie of the Day.” Our first subject is the Honorable Mayor of Kansas City, Mark “what the” Funkhouser. The mayor’s Chief of Staff, Ed Wolf resigned yesterday (Is he seeing the handwriting on the wall and leaving a sinking ship; hell, a ship […]

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Tags: Kansas City · Mayor Mark Funkhouser · Videos

Tony Rezko Anyone?

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s a great Missouri example of how out of touch the lunatic left is. From the K.C. Blue Blog: “A new photo shows John McCain spent his 70th birthday on a yacht in Montenegro with an Italian con man that made millions pretending to be the CFO of the Vatican.” With convicted felon Tony Rezko […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Kansas City

Jackson County Democrats Compare Jesus Christ to Barack Obama

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Stephen Bough, illustrious leader of the Committee for County Progress in Jackson County, Missouri, and ardent supporter of Missouri’s corrupt judicial selection appointment process, has posted a quote that implies that Barack Obama is just like Jesus Christ. Quote of the Day – “Or, you know, maybe someone needs to remind Sarah Palin that Jesus […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Kansas City