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Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:14 pm
by flyingember
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.

https://fox4kc.com/news/petitioners-fil ... om-office/
I saw them this weekend. They were in an inconvenient spot of a shopping center with too small of a sign.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 5:08 pm
by horizons82
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/

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:39 am
by DColeKC
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/
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.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:54 am
by normalthings
DColeKC wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:39 am
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/
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.
There are posts claiming Lucas is being funded by Soros/Gates

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:34 am
by WSPanic
DColeKC wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:39 am
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/
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.
If you haven't taken anything Mother Jones has published seriously, then I don't really care what you think, TBH.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:48 am
by horizons82
DColeKC wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:39 am 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.
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.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 12:15 pm
by DColeKC
WSPanic wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:34 am
DColeKC wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:39 am
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/
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.
If you haven't taken anything Mother Jones has published seriously, then I don't really care what you think, TBH.
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.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:07 pm
by TrolliKC
DColeKC wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 12:15 pm
WSPanic wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:34 am
DColeKC wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:39 am

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.
If you haven't taken anything Mother Jones has published seriously, then I don't really care what you think, TBH.
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.
Well, I guess you stay away from Fox News then

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:14 pm
by Anthony_Hugo98
TrolliKC wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:07 pm
DColeKC wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 12:15 pm
WSPanic wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:34 am

If you haven't taken anything Mother Jones has published seriously, then I don't really care what you think, TBH.
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.
Well, I guess you stay away from Fox News then
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.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 2:10 pm
by DColeKC
Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:14 pm
TrolliKC wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:07 pm
DColeKC wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 12:15 pm

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.
Well, I guess you stay away from Fox News then
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.
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.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:02 am
by wahoowa
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.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:55 am
by smh
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.
She's the chair because she signed onto the Quinton train early and wanted to control the airport decisionmaking.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:29 pm
by normalthings
smh wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:55 am
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.
She's the chair because she signed onto the Quinton train early and wanted to control the airport decisionmaking.
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.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:40 pm
by KCPowercat
smh wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:55 am
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.
She's the chair because she signed onto the Quinton train early and wanted to control the airport decisionmaking.
Played the airport card just today as the martyr that was keeping some horrible contracts from being signed.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:55 pm
by smh
KCPowercat wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:40 pm
smh wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:55 am
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.
She's the chair because she signed onto the Quinton train early and wanted to control the airport decisionmaking.
Played the airport card just today as the martyr that was keeping some horrible contracts from being signed.
Classic!

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:27 pm
by horizons82
Wasn’t she the one who made incredibly callous comments when a bicyclist was killed last year?

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:51 pm
by DaveKCMO
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?
Yup.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:41 pm
by KCPowercat
She was worthless before now add in her latest she has no business on council.

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:09 pm
by chaglang
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?
This is the quote you're thinking of:

"...Unfortunately people die in this city every day and we just have to make sure that we’re keeping everything in perspective."

Re: Next Mayor 2019

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:28 pm
by im2kull
chaglang wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:09 pm
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?
This is the quote you're thinking of:

"...Unfortunately people die in this city every day and we just have to make sure that we’re keeping everything in perspective."
Facts are facts. Hard to argue with them.