I saw them this weekend. They were in an inconvenient spot of a shopping center with too small of a sign.normalthings wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:31 am Recall petition for Lucas is out. 10,000 signatures are required at which point he has five days to step down. The group has 9,000+ followers already and an established schedule of where they will be. Imho this group is pursuing it for all the wrong reasons but the result I am not against.
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Not surprising but, the Facebook group for recalling Mayor Lucas continues to be a cesspool of racism and white grievance politics. The Pitch has a decent write up:
https://www.thepitchkc.com/online-campa ... -theories/
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I haven't looked at the FB group and I have no doubt it's filled with racism. I do have a hard time taking anything The Pitch publishes seriously. I feel they're KC's version of Huffpost or Mother Jones.horizons82 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 5:08 pm Not surprising but, the Facebook group for recalling Mayor Lucas continues to be a cesspool of racism and white grievance politics. The Pitch has a decent write up:
https://www.thepitchkc.com/online-campa ... -theories/
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There are posts claiming Lucas is being funded by Soros/GatesDColeKC wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:39 amI haven't looked at the FB group and I have no doubt it's filled with racism. I do have a hard time taking anything The Pitch publishes seriously. I feel they're KC's version of Huffpost or Mother Jones.horizons82 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 5:08 pm Not surprising but, the Facebook group for recalling Mayor Lucas continues to be a cesspool of racism and white grievance politics. The Pitch has a decent write up:
https://www.thepitchkc.com/online-campa ... -theories/
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If you haven't taken anything Mother Jones has published seriously, then I don't really care what you think, TBH.DColeKC wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:39 amI haven't looked at the FB group and I have no doubt it's filled with racism. I do have a hard time taking anything The Pitch publishes seriously. I feel they're KC's version of Huffpost or Mother Jones.horizons82 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 5:08 pm Not surprising but, the Facebook group for recalling Mayor Lucas continues to be a cesspool of racism and white grievance politics. The Pitch has a decent write up:
https://www.thepitchkc.com/online-campa ... -theories/
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It’s an alt weekly (or used to be before it went web based) I don’t think anybody’s under any illusions of their editorial perspective. I don’t go to the Biz Journal expecting them to critically analyze capitalism or corporation’s flaws.
That said, they shared screenshots of real posts and links to the actual group. Not much editorializing was or had to be done on this one.
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I try to stay away from anything that's openly far sided in their bias. Not saying biased media is incapable of putting out the occasional good story, but I think it's important to know where they stand.WSPanic wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:34 amIf you haven't taken anything Mother Jones has published seriously, then I don't really care what you think, TBH.DColeKC wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:39 amI haven't looked at the FB group and I have no doubt it's filled with racism. I do have a hard time taking anything The Pitch publishes seriously. I feel they're KC's version of Huffpost or Mother Jones.horizons82 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 5:08 pm Not surprising but, the Facebook group for recalling Mayor Lucas continues to be a cesspool of racism and white grievance politics. The Pitch has a decent write up:
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Well, I guess you stay away from Fox News thenDColeKC wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 12:15 pmI try to stay away from anything that's openly far sided in their bias. Not saying biased media is incapable of putting out the occasional good story, but I think it's important to know where they stand.
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That was obviously his implication, as he said “anything that’s openly far sided in their bias”. Don’t understand why there is obvious direct hostility towards someone simply because they don’t trust a biased news source to run frequent non-biased stories.TrolliKC wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:07 pmWell, I guess you stay away from Fox News then
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True. NPR, AP, The Hill are a few I follow but have written off any of the major news networks, especially CNN and Fox. They're just like Mother Jones, they're capable of good and fair journalism, but too many opinion shows discredit the real journalists integrity.Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:14 pmThat was obviously his implication, as he said “anything that’s openly far sided in their bias”. Don’t understand why there is obvious direct hostility towards someone simply because they don’t trust a biased news source to run frequent non-biased stories.
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according to @kcmikemahoney, bunch, o'neill, and robinson are boycotting today's T+I meeting until lucas removes loar from the committee chair post.
i never understood why loar was the chair of that even before she came out as anti-pedestrian and racist. now i extra don't understand it.
i never understood why loar was the chair of that even before she came out as anti-pedestrian and racist. now i extra don't understand it.
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She's the chair because she signed onto the Quinton train early and wanted to control the airport decisionmaking.wahoowa wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:02 am according to @kcmikemahoney, bunch, o'neill, and robinson are boycotting today's T+I meeting until lucas removes loar from the committee chair post.
i never understood why loar was the chair of that even before she came out as anti-pedestrian and racist. now i extra don't understand it.
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IIRC, Shields was very upset when Loar got it. At the time, I was ambivalent but Shields seems to have turned around some this year.smh wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:55 amShe's the chair because she signed onto the Quinton train early and wanted to control the airport decisionmaking.wahoowa wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:02 am according to @kcmikemahoney, bunch, o'neill, and robinson are boycotting today's T+I meeting until lucas removes loar from the committee chair post.
i never understood why loar was the chair of that even before she came out as anti-pedestrian and racist. now i extra don't understand it.
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Played the airport card just today as the martyr that was keeping some horrible contracts from being signed.smh wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:55 amShe's the chair because she signed onto the Quinton train early and wanted to control the airport decisionmaking.wahoowa wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:02 am according to @kcmikemahoney, bunch, o'neill, and robinson are boycotting today's T+I meeting until lucas removes loar from the committee chair post.
i never understood why loar was the chair of that even before she came out as anti-pedestrian and racist. now i extra don't understand it.
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Classic!KCPowercat wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:40 pmPlayed the airport card just today as the martyr that was keeping some horrible contracts from being signed.smh wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:55 amShe's the chair because she signed onto the Quinton train early and wanted to control the airport decisionmaking.wahoowa wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:02 am according to @kcmikemahoney, bunch, o'neill, and robinson are boycotting today's T+I meeting until lucas removes loar from the committee chair post.
i never understood why loar was the chair of that even before she came out as anti-pedestrian and racist. now i extra don't understand it.
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Wasn’t she the one who made incredibly callous comments when a bicyclist was killed last year?
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Yup.horizons82 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:27 pm Wasn’t she the one who made incredibly callous comments when a bicyclist was killed last year?
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She was worthless before now add in her latest she has no business on council.
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This is the quote you're thinking of:horizons82 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:27 pm Wasn’t she the one who made incredibly callous comments when a bicyclist was killed last year?
"...Unfortunately people die in this city every day and we just have to make sure that we’re keeping everything in perspective."
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Facts are facts. Hard to argue with them.chaglang wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:09 pmThis is the quote you're thinking of:horizons82 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:27 pm Wasn’t she the one who made incredibly callous comments when a bicyclist was killed last year?
"...Unfortunately people die in this city every day and we just have to make sure that we’re keeping everything in perspective."