By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Like most politicians, KC Mayor Mark Funkhouser likes to blame the media when things go wrong.
In his latest diatribe, Funkhouser says it's The Star's fault that wife Gloria Squitiro is in the spotlight.
Sure, the newspaper has been a leading critic of Funkhouser's ridiculous use of his wife as his unpaid chief of staff, someone he admits he can't do without.
Squitiro herself claims hardly anyone but the newspaper cares about her volunteer role at City Hall.
But as someone who wants Funkhouser to succeed as mayor, I realize the mayor and his wife have no clue what a lot of Kansas Citians are saying about them.
While they both claim most people who contact their office support Squitiro, I have to ask a simple question: Why are they holding that out as any kind of barometer?
To the mayor: Of course the people taking the time to contact you are going to support you. It's the people who aren't contacting you -- the vast majority of Kansas Citians -- who you ought to be worried about.
Those are the people who count on The Star to give them information on Funkhouser's and Squitiro's situation, given the unsteady job she's done at City Hall.
That's the media's role, whether Funkhouser likes it or not.
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Pathetic?
"Pathetic, absolutely pathetic.'
No, what's pathetic, Rogue, is how you cannot make a comment anywhere without any tinge of anger or name-calling....
Please give it a rest
This story has run too long. It seems you are determined to win and won't let go. I say this as a friend, get some help dude. Gloria is not going home. You wrote the story over and over and there was no real outcry from the voters. The 20 or so who are on here said everthing they could think of and yet it isn't going to happen. Please for the love of all that is holy, LET IT GO!
You were the same way with the smoking ban. You just can't be a writer and let the people take it from there. Let's try a 12 step program. Step one is if after say 20 articles, it doesn't work, move on. There's a great big world out there waiting for you to write about it.
P.S. I'm OK and You're OK Big fella.
count on you for this????
Those are the people who count on The Star to give them information on Funkhouser's and Squitiro's situation, given the unsteady job she's done at City Hall.
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Only a fool would count on you for this.
OMG, the ARROGANCE!
Man I tell you the so-called columnists of this fish wrap think the sun rises and sets because of them. Just read this one if you doubt me.
Here is a hot flash for you "Alphabet", a hell of a lot more people in this town believe that you and your fish wrap's staff are more insufferable than the Mayor and his wife could be on their worst day!
Pathetic, absolutely pathetic.