Why The Citizens Of KC Should Want The Funk

Last week, 3 losers of the mayorial primary got together and (I guess) showed their support for Alvin Brooks.

Did they spend that news conference time telling us what all Mr. Brooks has DONE for the City as well as what Mr. Brooks intends to DO for the City?

No.
Two of the losers even went to far as to provide Monty Python-like comedy and say - with straight faces mind you - how BAD Mark Funkhouser for Mayor would be.

Yes, that's right.
Councilpersons and Keepers of The Golden Development Ring Chuck Eddy & John Fairfield put on their jester hats and dissed Funkhouser's personality of all things.

That would be fine, except for the fact that in saying what they did, Eddy & Fairfield came off looking like fools.

You see, when Mark Funkhouser retired as city auditor last year, these SAME two men had nothing but praise for Funkhouser. There's video from the local stations of that council session all over the local Net.

Why would Chuck Eddy & John Fairfield then do a 180-degree turn on their opinion of Funkhouser and - in the process - politically shoot themselves in the foot?

M-O-N-E-Y - P-O-W-E-R.

When Mark Funkhouser becomes mayor - the 'good-ole-boy- business-as-usual' crowd will find themselves on the outside looking in (like all of us citizens have done like forever).

Funkhouser is not a career politician. The mayorial race is Mark's first foray into political office. Therefore, Funkhouser is not beholden to any politicals hacks or organizations.

Mark Funkhouser as city auditor for 18 years was at the pinnacle position in ANY government - keeping track of of the city's finances.

Mark TRIED last year to warn the city's politicos - including Alvin Brooks, Eddy & Fairfield - that they were TIFing the city into financial strangulation.

All Funkhouser got was the cold stare from current Mayor Kay Barnes. (Heh- watch HER extravagant city spending ways come home to roost in the citizen's pocketbooks in a few years!)

Mark Funkhouser was on the very inside of the city insiders without actually BEING one. He knows every money-shuffling move that these not-so-honest and forthright politicians use.

Mark Funkhouser won't bring city development to a screeching halt. He will facilitate city development without making the KC, MO. taxpayers libel for the developments twice - when they are built and when they fail (check out a list of project the current leadership have approved and just how much the taxpayers subsidize them).

The politician I've most admired all my 54 years is Harry Truman. Harry told it like it was and he didn't care whose feathers got ruffled when he said it.

I've met Mark Funkhouser once - years ago - but the man looked me in the eye and made me a promise and I was pleasantly surprised when Mr. Funkhouser delivered on that promise. Promptly too.

Mark told me how that issue was - in civil, honest and forthright communications - and this skeptical citizen understood, was satisfied and started watching this guy Funkhouser.

Believe me folks, Groucho does not get too excited over politics & politicians but the KC-MO mayorial race is totally different.

I am convinced - head & heart - that when Mark Funkhouser is elected mayor - any and ALL issues affecting Kansas City, MO. will be dealt with by this man and his staff in the same efficient, timely and forthright manner.

A liveable city is not measured by glass arenas and taxpayer-subsidized projects benefitting the wealthy.

Count on Mark Funkhouser to help lift those citizens at the bottom which will elevate all of us to make Kansas City simply a people-class city.