It can't be

The Kansas City Star reports this morning that the Funk is hinting on running for Mayor again.

From the Star:

Funkhouser lists what he hopes to achieve for KC — and all but commits to seeking second term as mayor

Excerpts from the article:

"Among his proposals: Economic help for the inner city. Safer streets and more police. Better basic services in neighborhoods."

Really? So what has he done up to now, as Mayor, to see that this was happening? How did that 30 year old man and the child he was holding last week get shot in their front yard at that party, if he was working on that?

I'm not saying he could singlehandedly keep that from happening. My point is, I'm not aware of anything the Funk has done publicly to keep the streets--all the streets--of Kansas City any safer.

Here's the scary part of the article, to me:

"Funkhouser told The Star he had made mistakes but believes voters still share his vision — all but committing to running for a second term."

Yikes. This sounds like a really bad joke.

He cost us over one-half million dollars, because he has to have his wife in office and she has a big mouth, he's sued us, the citizens of Kansas City once and has threatened in the last week to do it again--and he still wants to be our Mayor?

And lead us?

Really?

Then, check this out:

"'You always wish you’d been smarter sooner,' he said. 'To me the voters are going to say, ‘Is he focused on the things that matter to me?’ ”

"To prove that focus, Funkhouser said, next month he’ll roll out details of implementing his New Tools initiative, a program to provide economic incentives for investment in lower-income neighborhoods."

Next month?

Are you freaking kidding me?

What's wrong with this month?

Shoot, for that matter, what's wrong with right now?

You're way overdue, Mayor. Better get it going.

Please.

Link to story:
http://www.kansascity.com/637/story/1374982.html

Addendum to original post:

Now that I think of it, though, there are two issues here. The first is that, while the Funk is Mayor, he should just be doing things for the City, period, of course. He should be doing all he can to make this a better place to live. Like we didn't know that, right?

Second, though, is the sheer entertainment of this guy running, again, for Mayor.

That'll be a hoot.

He'll go down in flames, this time 'round.