


It was a feel-good moment when 13-year-old Julie Brock-Garcia donated her wish from the Make-A-Wish foundation to a food pantry. The money _ $5,000 _ would go a long way to feeding the hungry.
In the ceremony, Mayor Mark Funkhouser told about the Kansas City proclamation to make Nov. [...]

The weekly missive from Gloria and Mayor Mark Funkhouser discusses the day that Cauthen fell, calling it "dramatic and difficult."
Funkhouser predicts a seamless transition with Troy Schulte at the helm. And he notes that he and KC Councilman John Sharp stood side by side for the city's benefit less than 24 [...]





The City Council just upheld Mayor Funkhouser’s surprise removal of City Manager Wayne Cauthen. Councilmembers Cindy Circo, Beth Gottstein, and Jan Marcason all switched sides after originally voting to keep the Manager back in December 2007.
It seems that for the moment that the Manager is suspended with pay. The Council [...]
Updated to include email exchange with Stigall and mayor's office *.
For more years than he can remember, Bill Grigsby was the master of ceremonies at the Mayor’s Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at Crown Center.
Good ol’ Grigs. Smiling. Jovial. Kansas City’s biggest booster, and entirely non-controversial.
“I did it for a lot of [...]
Mayor Mark Funkhouser has apparently suspended city manager Wayne Cauthen.
Details to follow.
The letter:
Dear City Council Members:
As you know, I believe we need new leadership for the city. As of today, I am exercising the authority given to me as the Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, [...]


