Combat Tax Question 1 Jackson County -

Why I voted NO on the Jackson County Special Election Ballot November 3, 2009.

Several years ago, I voted for this tax; and although they tell you it is not a "new tax" it is a tax.

As a conservative it goes against my nature to vote for any tax, but I know a lot of cops and I know how this issue can be used for much good!

Back then I thought this was much needed to fund the Combat - Dart anti-drug initiative and help fight crime.

I had high hopes that this would really help Jackson County and Kansas City do all the things they told us it would do. But as usual we were lied to by the ruling party and the criminals who run our government.

Katheryn Shields AKA Katheryn the Grate ruled the county then and she plundered the funds from COMBAT and everything else she could loot to pay for her extravagant projects and having her ugly mug painted on the courthouse wall!

Just like all the other "earmarked" taxes they propose the money goes into the general fund and NEVER is spent on what ever crisis they lie to you and tell you it is needed for!

I am a big law an order guy, I support our police and prosecutors as much as possible, but the politicians are lying scum and they steal everything we produce!

While I usually assist in trying to disseminate the truth before an election I had neither the time not the inclination to try to do that this time.

Because ultimately I would love to see the police properly funded and the crime problem addressed here, I can not in good conscience vote for a tax that I know will be misappropriated.

Thanks TKC yours was the only picture of this travesty I could find.
http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2006/09/sneak-peak.html

Thanks Katheryn Shields for teaching me; once again, that politicians cannot be trusted with our money to do what they promise.

Francis Semler for Mayor!

I propose a write in campaign for Francis Semler!

While I write this with a bit of tongue in cheek, my real goal is to give TKC something to entertain himself with. Since TKC has been the driving force behind the recall of the Funk I figure he will need some fodder once the recall is in place.

The real fun will be when all the other candidates come pouring out of the woodwork, can you imagine if we actually wound up with someone like Carol Coe!

But in reality what difference would it make, this is a one party town, with one party corruption and the reality is no matter which corrupt party member wins not much will change. The city will still be broke, the crime will still go unpunished and the cops will still be the bad guys.

So what the heck, Francis Semler for Mayor is as good as any other choice, at least she already has experience in being attacked from all sides, being hated and maligned. And besides; the real reason they hated her had little to do with the whole immigration thing.

The real reason they hated her and wanted to destroy her was the truth she exposed via the sunshine law of the corruption behind the Smart Port scandal and shed a little sunshine on the fact that Mexico was to be in charge of inspecting the cargo that came in from Mexico to the US.

A little tidbit missed in TKC's Timeline. Since that story broke in sometime around April of 2007, and Tony's timeline begins several months later.

My guess is the an embarrassed Mr. Gutierrez and some others who stand to profit exponentially from the Smart Port plan were a bit angered about the whole exposure thing and sent out the dogs.

Personally I could care less, who becomes the Mayor, they all suck!

But what do I know, I'm just an old fat cowboy!

Heck; maybe I'll run too, wouldn't that be fun, then it just might be a cow-town!

Escape From Kansas City!

Hello Kansas City! It has been a long time since my last post.

So here is the latest on Kansas City Crime!

Here is the latest scoop!

Certain groups are putting pressure on the Kansas City, City Council to make felons, and criminals a protected class! Now on it's face you might think, well whats wrong with that?

Well, lets say you own a small business, and someone applies for a bookkeeper position. You run a background check and find they have been convicted of embezzlement and fraud. You decide not to hire them. Well, if they pass this law, get ready to be sued, you have just discriminated against a felon.

Lets say you are a bank manager, and a guy applies for a job that has several convictions for theft, larceny or (fill in the blank). If you turn him down, you are in big trouble!

So you have an apartment for lease, some of your tenants in the building are single or elderly or even disabled. You have a repeat rapist who wants to rent your apartment. Uh-oh! Now you have a dilemma.

1. You say no, and he sues you for discrimination.

2. You move him in and all your other tenants move out.

3 You move him in and he kicks in the elderly ladies door in apartment #B. Her family finds out you rented to him knowing he was a repeat sex offender and they sue the hell out of you!

Word is they will introduce this plan as soon as the budget mess is settled!

One more reason, people and employers are leaving Kansas City!

where is the jail?

Cleaver has once again shown his prowess for spending money, now he has secured millions for more government spending in neighborhoods nobody wants to go to.

It is not enough that he and Kaye Barnes spent KC into a massive deficit, but now he is spending my grand children's money on frivolous tripe!

Once again ignoring the fact that Kansas City is one of the most violent places on the planet, one where more Americans die in a month than in war torn Iraq!

So what about the regional jail that Jay Nixon and several other prominent Missourians said was essential to Kansas City.... No, no funding for that! I guess the criminals can still rule the streets of Kansas City without threat of incarceration.

I guess Cleaver is still counting on the votes of the criminals to keep him in office!

Funky Train, Kansas City Light Rail

I usually constrain my rants on this blog to Kansas City Crime, God knows that is a subject that I could fill pages upon pages with daily.

I've been really busy lately with my real job so blogging has taken a back seat to reality

But I had all these great photos and crap that I had planned on using, so I decided to post them all in this one blog!

So here it is! The Train To Nowhere!






























I hope you enjoyed this, we are all riding on the train to nowhere!

Is the Funk really thinking that this is something we really need or want?

The city is broke, the state is broke and the fed is broke, do you really think we want a stinking train to nowhere!

Get a grip funk!

I just want my damned water to run without interruption. I would like to know that the trash will be picked up on Tuesday!

Screw your train!

I'm sorry you inherited a cluster-#$%& from your predecessor who spent money like it was growing on trees. But we hired you to fix this mess, quit trying to spend your way out of it!

That may be the solution from Obama but it ain't gonna fly in middle America!

Dead Pool Kansas City

Dead Pool Kansas City!


Since the media is being a bit more careful and not reporting the daily toll of the Kansas City dead, it has been a bit more difficult to keep up with the actual numbers.

Back in 2005 we had people killing people just to make the news and even stating when caught that they were just driving the numbers up. So people blamed the media; mostly the media blamed the media, thus fueling their self aggrandizing discussions of just how much affect they have on the behavior of the populace.

In 1993 there were an astonishing 153 homicides in KC, in 2005 we topped out at 127; 2007 is a bit of a mystery as the KCPD didn't keep accurate records or failed to report the totals to the people who track these things. My theory is a bit more conspiratorial, I think that as the mayor sits on the board of police commissioners, as do several other prominent Kansas City movers and shakers they thought it in the city's best interest to fudge the numbers to avoid making the "worst cities" lists that get published each year.

Making the list can make national headlines and drive away tourism and cause a significant drop in revenue, not to mention the stigma attached to it.

listen to famed Kansas City reporter Dan Verbeck report on the ever increasing violence in Kansas City here: KCUR Homicides.

So where are we headed this year, will we exceed the 2005 numbers? Will Kansas City make the top 10, could we even unseat last years #1 bloodbath city in the nation St. Louis?

August alone saw a record breaking 21 homicides. So where are we now, I've heard rumblings of 114 and even higher, Tony of TKC sums it up here! TKC Homicide. Alonzo puts the number at 122 on his latest post.

Given Kansas City's history of escalating the violence around the Holiday season, "remember Jeffrey Dunham, who was shot at Martini Corner"; I wonder if we just may reach a new record.

So now to the dead pool: Back in 2005 we had an office pool we were betting on just what the final tally would be for Kansas City's death toll.

Sadly my wife had guessed highest and she took the prize! No one else ever imagined that KC could rack up numbers like they did then, now we just ignore it as though it is so common nobody cares!

What a sad commentary on life in this; as Alonzo puts it: "This Hell Hole"!

We're all to busy learning about the funk getting yanked off in his office by his bizarre wife and the sitcom that is Kansas City politics.

I guess we will have to wonder will the death toll include those shot before midnight but expire after the new year or can we only count them if they die before the clock tolls twelve?

No answers as yet as to how to stem the tide of murders, except from the usual suspects like Alvin Brooks who is calling for "education", and blaming a lack of jobs and "too many guns". We've heard that liberal blather over and over for decades, it does not work and it never has!

Some want to blame the police, that's like blaming the stop sign you ran for the accident you had.

Here's a novel concept, blame the thugs, the drugs and the crime, punish the criminals and put them in jail!

Oh yeah, back to that we don't have any jail space, and we don't convict criminals here! So I wonder why they graduate from burglary and mayhem to homicide; could it be that they never got punished for the lesser crimes so they feel they can do anything and get away with it?

So enter your number in the comments section, and we'll see who comes the closest on January 1, 2009 when we tally up the carnage that is Kansas City!

Sorry no prize, just the lingering feeling that you live in one of the most violent places on earth. Just the unsettling feeling that you or one of your loved ones may be the next victim of a stray bullet while riding a bus, a stabbing while buying some groceries or a beating while waiting walking in a park.

Happy Halloween!

This pretty much sums it up!