It strikes me as an act of absolute silliness for the Kansas City, Missouri City Council to approve a resolution calling on Arizona to rescind its anti-immigration law. It’s silly for several reasons: It resolves nothing. It has no effect or application in law. It’s none of the council’s business. It is not a reflection of the Kansas City community’s views. And, it serves to further antagonize area residents who live outside Kansas City, Missouri, and already have a less than positive opinion of its government. It’s also silly–to use that word again—that two council members have declined invitations to be on the S&P program to explain the rationale for the measure. One was a co-author, Beth Gottstein; the other, Mayor Funkhouser. The mayor’s office reported last Friday that he was “too busy” to join us for a short conversation. Odd, he’s not short of time when he wants to promote his “Schools First” initiative. Never short of time to make an hour-long monthly appearance on the program. The mayor missed a golden opportunity to enhance his re-election hopes by opposing this ludicrous idea. Funkhouser says that his experience as mayor has made him more responsive to conservative impulses. This should have been one of those times!
PC BS!
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