"Letters From Funk's Front Porch" I

Since I supported and gathered at least half a dozen vote for our new Mayor Funkhouser- what better way to document "The Funk's" progress the next 4 years by reprinting the emailed "letters" Mark and Gloria send out.
Here is the first in the series:

Notes From Funk’s Front Porch
8 June 2007

Dear Folks,

All the excitement over the election and taking office is wearing off and the Mayor’s office is feeling more normal these days. Matching faces to names is coming easier and a homey feel is more apparent when you walk through the office doors. This is a relief to everyone, but it’s especially good for our guests as it seems they are nervous enough coming up for a meeting in the Mayor’s Office without having to deal with all of us being newbie’s too.

There is a buzz around town. We’re getting feedback from the community every day about how things feel much different . . . much better, already. People are hopeful that Funk is going to do what he set out to do. And he will. This city is going to look a lot different four years from now – most importantly, it’s going to be noticeably more inclusive.

Ruthie Bates is doing a bang-up job screening Board & Commission applications. You should see how organized she is; her binders are like works of art. Because of her diligence, Funk is going to announce his appointments to the Parks Board at a press conference at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 11, at the playground in Troost Park, on Tracy Street, just south of East 31st Street.

Again, if you are interested in becoming more involved with your city government, please go to the city’s website at www.kcmo.org and click on the Boards and Commissions link to apply for one of the positions.

Honda of Tiffany Springs has graciously offered to provide, at no charge, a Honda Civic Hybrid for the Mayor’s use during his term of office. Since this will not be a contract with the city and will in no way cost the city any money, Funk is accepting the car and will report it as a personal gift through the Missouri Ethics Commission (Italics mine-GKM). The only problem that I can see with this is if my 6’8” man can fit through the door of a Civic; as it is now, he folds himself into his Corolla, and the Civic is smaller than that.

We are ready to move the newsletter to a new host site. If you would like to continue to receive our weekly newsletters, please click on the following link,
http://funksfrontporch.com /enewsletter.asp, and it will direct you to the new site’s sign-up page.
You only need to type in your email address to continue to receive the newsletter, but if you would like to provide your name, address, phone number and a password to manage your subscription, we are optionally accepting that information as well.
Please note that unless you sign-up for the newsletter with the link above, you will not be able to continue to receive this newsletter each week.
With this change comes a new email address for the newsletter. You can respond to the newsletters either at funksfrontporch@gmail.com or at mayor@kcmo.org. That’s all for this week.

We hope you and yours are well.

All the best,
Gloria & Mark