As the Capitol Turns

Missouri State Capitol gossip that’s mostly true

Funky goes to Jefferson City

This week’s installment finds Mayor Funky of Kansas City wandering aimlessly around the Capitol late Wednesday afternoon. He is visiting (first time this legislative session—it is late February for anyone keeping track) because he is hosting, along with the Kansas City Council, a dinner with Kansas City legislators.

A couple of problems are immediately evident. It appears that only four council people actually showed up—Councilwomen Melba Curls and Jan Marcason and Councilmen Ed Ford and Bill Skaggs. They obviously lost the Rock, Paper, Scissors contest, and had to chaperone Funky. People are happy to see them, but run from the mayor.

Why, besides the obvious stench of political failure? Because he has in tow that Mark Seittman person, most recently homophobic blogger and hard core republican tracker in the employ of Jeff Roe, most hated failed political operative of Kansas City. Last time I checked, the majority of legislators representing Kansas City are Democrats. Damn this guy is clueless.

Word from the dinner describes misery all around. Gloria introduced herself with the elected officials, they both had steak and nobody talked to the Seittman guy. Only a handful of legislators even bothered to show up, and most escaped to other –in some cases fabricated—events before the meal. The mayor praised Senator Kit Bond (again, all attending are democrats) for railing against the stimulus package, voting against it and taking credit for bringing the money home. Wouldn’t surprise anyone I know that Funky admires another politician for being dishonest and deceitful.

Former Speaker Rod Jetton is getting a divorce

No shit. There’s a shocker. They just took down the sex swing in the former Capitol vault—Jetton’s unofficial office while in power.

Cynthia Davis said something stupid

Sinthia doesn’t think that men should be able to get her newly proposed “Stay at Home Mother Scholarships” because they can’t breastfeed and aren’t natural “nurturers.” My god, that woman is thick. She is a Saturday Night Live skit come to real life. Too bad she chairs the only committee focused on children and families, as Sinthia mostly focuses on fetuses and keeping women in their place.