Is Kansas City no longer the "City that works"?

Okay, here's what's wrong with the Mayor saying our streets were cleared, cleared well and cleared quickly.

It isn't true.

We covered that earlier. In fact, lots of local blogs have covered that, I think.

But for further proof of the fact that they weren't cleared well and properly?

The Kansas City Missouri School District was closed today.

WTF?

Yeah. It seems, from what I understand, the buses can't get down the side streets they need to--along with these single-digit temperatures which no one can control, of course--so school was cancelled.

This is proof of that domino theory, Mayor. Frequently in bigger cities, one thing done poorly really does effect other things. The streets weren't cleared well so school gets shut down.

Want proof?

Look no farther than the Kansas side of the metropolitan area.

Time and again in the city, people notice it's obvious that the Kansas side clears its streets of snow better.

Missouri side?

Not well at all.

And proof of that?

The Kansas schools districts are open--Shawnee Mission, virtually all of them.

The thing is, I think if we get better, competent leadership in the Mayor's office, we'll make this city workable once again.

Hey, I can dream, can't I?

And then, while we're at it, let's put a quick kabosh to even the thought of annexing 300 more homes in a subdivision up North.

We have to learn how to take care of what we have first.