Funk Wins ‘Volunteer’ Lawsuit July 31, 2009

Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser apparently has won his lawsuit challenging the City’s Volunteer Ordinance.
That is the law passed by the city council last year banning Funkhouser’s wife, Gloria Squitiro from working in the Mayor’s office as a. Volunteer.
Her presence there has been a source of controversy for most of the Funkhouser Administration.
Funkhouser’s attorney, Douglas [...]

White House Pool Report of ‘Beer Summit’ July 30, 2009

The President meets with world leaders, wrestles with a recession and takes the temperature of Health Reform.
But anybody wants to know about is the Beer Summit.
She’s the White House Press Pool report:
Pool report
Beers in the Rose Garden
 
It was, alas, only a photo op. The pool had no opportunity to ask questions as we were roped [...]

Mayor Joins Veep on the Phone July 30, 2009

One of Vice president Joe Biden’s assignment is to keep a watch on the  Obama Administration stimulus projects and how the recovery is going.
That means he checks in frequently with local officials to see how it’s going in their part of the country.
Today, Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser was in on the Vice President  call [...]

The Needle and the Damage Done. After the Lawsuit July 23, 2009

“I hit the city and
I lost my band
I watched the needle
take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done”.
Neil Young
It’s strange what you think of sometimes.
 In the ruble after the  announcement of the Bates Lawsuit settlement, Mayor Mark Funkhouser vows to press on.
I believe him on that. I don’t believe him when he tells reporters Thursdsay afternoon, [...]

There Is Life After Congress July 21, 2009

Here’s an AP on former Eastern Kansas Congresswoman Nancy Boyda:
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda has started a new job at the Pentagon.
Boyda was sworn in Monday as a deputy assistant secretary of defense for manpower and personnel issues.
The job will require her to focus on interests of reserve and National Guard [...]