What does Mayor Mark Funkhouser not understand about the term “public official”?
Sequestering himself at home with his wife is clearly not a common-sense or respectful posture for a big-city mayor.
The mayor is working at home at times, angered that the City Council passed an ordinance partly designed to keep wife Gloria Squitiro from meddling in city business at 12th and Oak.
Funkhouser’s obstinance forces his staff to traipse out to his Brookside home, leaving behind a skeleton crew or no one at times in the mayor’s real office. He’s now more inaccessible to the public.
The mayor’s behavior raises many questions.
Can city government staff charge mileage to taxpayers for driving out to the mayor’s house? Are taxpayers liable if a city staff member gets in an accident going to the mayor’s home-office? Can the mayor legally conduct business there? Does the home have to be accessible to the handicapped?
Funkhouser won’t explain why he thinks this is the proper way to conduct the public’s business.
It’s not.
This petulant mayor is fast losing his remaining credibility with City Council members — including allies — with whom he needs to work to enhance the city’s future.
As for the public, it’s frustrating to see the lights off at the mayor’s office.
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I see this as a pre-teen response to parental correction.
If I can't have my way,I'll just go hide and see if you can find me. This action by Funkhouser just confirms his stubborness, his ineptness, his lack of concern for working relationships with Council and public, unbelievable lack of political savy, and the list could go on.
He is so blinded by whatever it is that causes him to be totally dependant on his wife that is hard to believe. Maybe he can't find City Hall without her to tell him how to get there at every turn. Maybe he doesn't know how to make a decision without her telling him what to decide. Whatever this is, I see Kansas City in a downward spiral like nothing ever seen before.
Mayor Funkhouser
southernboy well mr mayor, down south we have name for people like u but i best not say it who do u think u are you think you sir are god sir i beg to differ wiht you but your nobody special had any oen of us in real life work told our bosses kiss off i working at home we of course would be fired,it dont matter to me but ur nothign but a loser to who u think you and your wife are special i agree ur special ed ithink people of kansas city ought to in soem way find away recall ur election this is no game ur playing this is every day life go back in office go work if ur wife wants to work i am sure walmart will hire her as door greetier
Mayor's Office
It's really been comical to read about the tribulations of Funk and Gloria (and I look forward to more in the future). It's obvious he is very dependent on her and can't be away from her (expect when he goes away to Europe to make some money on the side -- did he take vacation or was that done on City time?). It's a good thing that he's not in General Petraeus' boots -- General Petraeus and his wife have been apart for four of the last five years. I'm hearing comments like, "When's Funkhouser going to grow up and be an adult?" and "What's it take to have a recall election?" It may be something for KC residents to consider.
Pseudo-Mayor
When I voted for this clown, I thought I was voting for a "man" who would do some good for our City. It is apparent, Icabod has a school kid's mentality and can't be trusted to run our City. I don't know what it takes to re-call this idiot, but something needs to be done with his sorry ass. A MAD Kansas Citian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kcmayor
As a Lenexa resident, I confess to enjoying reading about the K.C. Mo. schoolboard and mayoral debacles. Both are jokes.
Mayor Funkhouser has become a caricature who has not the slightest idea of how to run the public office to which he was erroneously elected. While he may be a reasonably intelligent person, he lacks common sense and the ability to stand back and evaluate the consequences of his sometimes immature actions. I have received a number of comments from friends employed by K.C. Mo. who genuinely believe that the mayor's wife sitting outside his office is a huge detriment to his ability to objectively run and manage the city's business. Now, after receiving overwhelming evidence to that effect, the mayor is selfishly "moving" his office to his home. The old story of the youngster taking his/her toys and going home when his/her friends disagreed, is extremely applicable. All of it makes me glad to live in Lenexa.
Oh Leave Him Alone...
... this is fun.
first things first
First the light rail initiative which I hope gets voted down.
And then the Bates Lawsuit...
And then he will be ready to quit (maybe but probably not) at which point we will need to go back to Jimmy Nutter Sr. once again for yet another act of municipal generosity and have him help us RECALL THE FUNK.
And this time Yael, and at that juncture, neither you or the lame lady from East Kansas City (you remember, the one who didn't even know how to fill the papers out) won't be able to help him.
And Jimmy N Sr., with or without you, this is what things are going to come down to. My bet is that you will either stand aside or cut him loose and help remove him from our lives...*
*is there a Nutter Mortgage Branch in China??? The Funk loves China?
credibility lost
What do you mean he's fast losing his remaining credibility with City Council members — including allies ???
He's already lost whatever credibility he ever had with the Council, his allies (however few remain [one of them I presume NOT being Big Ed Wolf]) and the PUBLIC at large).
He is a laughingstock and buffoon... reviled and deemed pathetic by most.
It seems that you CANNOT bring yourself to say this.
Speak to us Yael T Abouhalkah...
Oh for Pete's sake!!!
How much more humiliation can this guy stand?
Part of me wants to leave him alone and let him sulk.
In truth, however, I think he needs to learn that there are consequences for actions or lack thereof.
Over the next month the City Council will be looking at the current state of the budget. The mayor's office budget needs to be slashed.
Clearly Funkhouser does not intend to serve in his full capacity. That money could go to patch a few potholes and fix a few street lights.
Something good could come out of this.