Recall of Funkhouser falls short (what a surprise!)

Putting aside that you should have better things to write about (like the ongoing saga of the missing and unaccounted for campaign funds which you have tried to make go away but never really reported on), would you call this collection of inept losers "the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" "the Gang That Was Too Lazy To Shoot At All" or "the Gang That Got It's 15 Seconds of Fame" ???

Thank God this terrible effort is done, but Funk-Lovers like Yael shouldn't be dancing in the streets just yet.

Many of us have said Funk CAN right his ship, but a lot of us haven't seen too many signs of it. And contrary to Yael's assertion, the Mayor didn't offer specifics but instead punted the ball to the council and Cauthen. That's as much abdication as it is leadership. Then again, it would seem Team Funkhouser doesn't know very much about keeping track of money. And if it were anyone but Funk, Yael would be railing about it non-stop.

But of course, why should we expect anything vaguely resembling balance or impartial journalism from Kansas City's No. 1 cheerleader.

Why don't you take the petitioner's lead, Yael, and hang 'em up? You have no business covering Funkhouser. You're WAY too biased.

He's in a tough spot, Agog. And he has determined the best way to dig himself out of the disastrous choice of becoming the Funkhouser for Mayor unofficial Campaign Manager is to go down fighting. So we have all been seeing Captain Smith in action for the last 6 months or so.

When the time comes to remove Mayor Funkhouser, you will see what bias Yael really has. And when the Funk goes down, Yael T Abouhalkah will be the very next one out the door.

Right now, I think the Funk is giving us a lull period... a little bit of the light rail dream, punting on the tough choices we expected from him on the budget and not much else. Which is good since his and the Aquid's antics had tired everyone out.

There will be more and some of the old stuff will pop back up... things like the Campaign Finance Missing and/or unaccounted for Funds Debacle, The Cauthen Debacle, The Squid calling a City Employee Mammy Debacle all have yet to be resolved. I am sure I left some out but as I mentioned, I am tired out from 6 months of reacting to the machinations of these two lunatics.

Yael is in a tough spot. He helped deliver this lousy administration, and much of what Funk has done is downright indefensible, so what's left? Well, why not attack Funk's critics and call them haters?

I think we're definitely in a trough for the moment, but no doubt Funk and Gloria will have us riding high on the waves in another week or so. Any word on what Gloria plans to write in her Easter letter?

I'm glad that recall effort bit the dust, but I really doubt that it's the last we'll see of recalls over the next three years.