On Thursday, Feb23, 2023, our perjury performing mayor will deliver her State of the City address. It is to be held at the Aztec Theater on Johnson Drive acros from city hall. Doors open at 4:00PM and the address is scheduled to be at 5:00PM. Admission is free, unless you wish to partake in some local libations and nibblies. That will cost non-chamber members I believe $38. I'll pass on those. Won't fit into my diet.
Just check my postings of 1/29 and 2/4.
Yes, the mayor has a habit of not being totally honest about many things. All one has to do is read the affidavit for the arrest warrant when she was arrested for felony perjury. Haven't read it yet? I just might have to post it here. It did appear in local media at the time.
Anyway, I plan on being at the event. Want to get there early and sit close to the front. I want to be a reminder to the mayor that she still owes the people of Shawnee and me a personal, public apology. I doubt that she will give one as she probably feels she did nothing wrong. Well if she feels that way, why did she take diversion so as to avoid prosecution? Simple, if prosecuted and found guilty of a felony she would have been administratively removed from office.
Anyway, come join me and others so as to hear what kind of bovine scatology will spew forth from her mouth.
The strip center on Nieman, just south of Johnson Drive was allowed to deteriorate by its previous owner. Now, the current ownership wants to revitalize it to include an upscale sit down restaurant, and over two dozen public parking spots to be used by folks visiting downtown.
This is probably one of the few projects that can really have a positive impact on the city and without a TIF and without a CID.
Read the article please, and let's get behind this project.
Read my previous post of January 29, 2023. The design that was supposed to be a new logo instead looks like a city seal. The vendor said it was not a replacement for the city's seal but the average person looking at it would think it was a seal. As mentioned in the previous post the council tabled the issue and it's not coming back up until the February 27th council meeting. That will be after the city's State of the City address.
I sent a query to both the mayor and the city's communications manager asking when a retraction/correction would be forthcoming regarding the erroneous info in the City Line magazine. The mayor has not replied. The communications manager said there would be no retraction/correction. I've been around the city long enough to know that that comment from the communications manager had to be a relay from the mayor. She really made the communications manager look bad.
That design again, is not a logo. I seriously doubt if it will ever be approved. From all things that have been said it would appear that the mayor used her position to push her own concept down everybody's throat.
A logo needs to be short, small, and readily recognized as to who or what it belongs to. Shawnee can have a logo that recognizes its history yet is forward looking for the dynamic city that we are becoming. It should not look like something that can be used as a location shoot for Little House on the Prairie. People love the home town feel, but they also want to move forward with more businesses, upscale retail and restaurants.
So, our mayor does not want to face the truth. Why should that surprise me as our perjury performing mayor has shown in the past that she can't be trusted to tell the truth.
Note that our self indulgent mayor made this item pretty much about herself. Here is what happened. The city put out a contract to get new branding. Basically, to get rid of the naked tree and the tag line "Good starts here."
The mayor appointed a panel to review what the contractor submitted. Naturally she was the top dog on the panel. She appointed six long term residents/lifetime residents to the panel, who also happened to be city employees. Hmmmm, could their evaluations be influenced by intimidation of the top dog? Two of the panel members were associated with the chamber management. And then there was one "real" person.
Well, our arrogant self serving mayor was so confident that the council would rubberstamp the "panel's" recommendation that she had the info published in the City Line and was going to make it the basis of her State of the City presentation. Surprise, surprise, madam mayor, the council was not exactly pleased with your choice. The item was tabled and has not been approved.
When will a retraction be posted on the city's web site that the article is wrong? Or will our sneaky mayor try to leave it up on line with no explanation?
There is alot wrong with the design and I plan on addressing the issues when it comes up before the council again. Come to the meeting when it happens.
It's that time again. We will have an election for mayor this year in Shawnee, November 7, 2023.
In a recent article in the Shawnee Mission Post it was noted that former councilmember Mickey Sandifer has filed to run for mayor. We will definitely have some comments about his candidacy going forward as we get closer to the election.
It was also noted in the article that our current mayor, Michelle Distler has not decided whether or not she wants to run for a third term. In the comment section after the article I posted the following:
"If Distler runs again will she use the JoCo Sheriff's booking photo on her literature from when she was arrested and charged with felony perjury? We also need to mention that she did successfully complete a diversion program so that the county would not prosecute. BTW, she herself has still not publicly apologized for her actions, both to the city and to the person whose name she falsely used."
Just in case she doesn't have a copy of that photo from her booking I have posted it here. It's public record, but this will save her the time to look it up.
Every couple of years reviews are done for the city's compensation plans.
Prior to the most recent review the city council indicated a strong desire that our FD & PD see substantial increases both in starting pay and in the pay for position advancement.
This has been done and should have two positive effects. Effect number one would be in attracting highly qualified individuals, especially for the PD. There have been many individuals applying in recent years but the numbers of folks found to be unqualified were high. Also, going forward one thing we don't need to see is qualified individuals leave Shawnee for other cities that pay more.
Shawnee prides itself in having highly qualified individuals in both our PD & FD. The appropriate pay adjustments should help to both attract and keep more of those types of individuals.
Smart move on the part of the city. Now this is money well spent.
OK, let's make it short and sweet. Our illustrious dementia-in-chief just authorized a prisoner swap of a basketball player for a Russian arms dealer. Yepper, he gave back an individual who sold military hardware to various entities that we had been fighting against.
What he didn't do was to include a former marine who is in a soviet prision. An individual who fought aginst some of those same entities, putting his life in danger for his country. What has that basketball player done for her country? Is she willing to fight and maybe die for this country? No, she won't even stand for the National Anthem.
Why did Biden make this trade? Let's be real and not shy away from the truth. He wanted to curry favor with both the gay and black communities. What a sorry SOB he is.
What are the odds that the "Merchant of Death" will now go back to his old business and sell military hardware to entities that we fight against, basically killing American warriors?
Three days ago we held elctions in this country. Basically, the sytem worked. It did not work because of politicians. It did not work because of elected officials. It did not work because of government bureaucrats. It did not work because of sanctimonious, holier than thou media pundits (written, TV or otherwise).
It worked because over the years millions of America's men and women took an oath "........that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;............"
Many served when there were no conflicts, but they stood at the ready, willing to back up that oath. Many served during times of conflict. For those that returned home they brought with them in many cases physical and/or mental scars. For those that did not return home, they maxed out that blank check that every American servicemember writes payable to the People of the United States for any amount up to and including their life.
Gonna talk numbers. Gonna kep it short and sweeet.
These are the numbers that I think folks will wake up to on Wednesday Nov. 9th, 2022.
The U. S. Senate will be 55 Republican and 45 Democrat
The U S house of Representatives will become 230 Republican and 205 Democrat
The Republicans will gain 5 governorships and and wind up with 33 of them. The two that I am looking forward to are right here in Kansas where we can send Laura Kelly packing and in NY where Hochul needs to go bye bye.
Also, across the country you will see parents taking back control of their children's education as you see progressive woke socialists on local and state sxhool boards be given their walking papers.
As our dementia-in-chief continues to come up with outrageous statements (he just said the other day that gas was $5/gal when he took office), we need to cure this country of the disease of Bidenism.
He, and his "down ballot' sycophants will destroy this country. The economy, inflation, crime and on and on. He is destroybing how the rest of the world looks at us. Yes, Trump may have been a loud mouth, boorish, individual, but, the rest of the world knew he was no pushover. Biden has destroyed our petroleum industry, it will be a disaster this winter for folks heating their homes, then goes begging the OPEC countries for help. Trump had us self sufficient in this area. We had prosecutors that didn't kiss the asses of criminals to the detriment of victims, and future victims. We had a border that was becoming more secure every day without millions, yes millions of illegals coming across and the problems they create. Terrorists, coming, drug shipments increasing and American citizens being held hostage to pay for the Biden's failed policies.
OK, let's help to cure the disease of Trickle Down Bidenism on election day. Kick Sharice Davids and her 100% of any thing Biden to the curb. Dump her ass. Also, the same goes for Laura Kelly. This state cannot survive four more years of her as governor. The dementia-in-chief gets strength from having all these sycophants at lowere echelons of government (city councils, county commissions, school boards, state legislators, etc). If they are a Biden acolyte, use your ability to immunize your part of the world against them by voting them down.
Interesting, when Nolan Sunderman resigned as city manager he left out two piecs of info from his letter of resignation. Normally, when an individual at that level resigns from a municipal job they usually state for the record where they are going and what they will be doing. He didn't do that. Shows how much respect (or lack of it) he has for the govrning body AND the people of Shawnee that heave been paying his bloated salary all these years.
Anyway, the employees of the City of Olathe were notified real quick about his new employment. We have a KORA request in to Olathe to get a copy of their internal correspondence announcing his move to that city.
Now, I don't think the Shawnee Mision Post published his entire letter of resignation. It's interesting that his primary reason for leaving is that the vision for Shawnee that the governing body has is not the same as his vision. He needs to learn who works for who when a person is a city manager. Did he ever give any thought to the reason that there were some major changes on the governing body at the last election may have been because the citizens did not like the way the governing body was going. It is a city manager's job to take direction from the governing body. He never really understood that.
Hmmmm, did the city of Olathe hire an individual for a newly created position of Director of Strategic Development?
If so, what is it? Sounds like a position that is bereft of any supervisory responsibilities and in all probability a position that has at least one level between it and the governing body. Maybe even two levels. Wonder what it pays? Guess we'll have to submit a KORA request for that one.
Perfect fit for someone who has problems understanding their position in relation to a govrening body.
Last night City Manager Nolan Sunderman resigned his position effective Nov 1, 2022.
Good riddance.
Maybe now we can finally get a city manager who understands that he/she reports to the city council.
Most recently, the council wanted to see at committee budget presentation a 2 mill reduction and he presented it with a 1/2 mill reduction. That got changed. He didn't listen and that is not the first time. Cancelling meetings without conferring with the council.......naughty, naughty.
I can't say that I'm sad to see him go. Was the council looking at saying sayonara to him? Did he beat it to the punch? We will never know.
Sanctuary city mayors (in NYC, Washington DC, Chicago, let's toss in Martha's Vineyard) are having a fit.
They are also showing that they are all talk. Remember when their cities were declared sanctuary cities? They claimed they were willing to provide a shield for illegal immigrants so that they couldn't be jailed or deported or whatever.
Now, the governors of Texas, Arizona and Florida have sent busloads of these illegals up north. Yepper, these are the ones that most have those notices to appear for a hearing and then get lost in the woodwork.
Anyway, these "sanctuary city pieces of trash" now want federal assistance via the National Guard and other agencies to help them with what has been sent to them. I say, BS!!!!!! Cities/towns all along the southern border have been putting up with this problem for years, and it has gotten worse under dementia-in-chief Joe Biden. The small towns along the border are getting hit with thousands of these illegals weekly, millions during the fiscal year. And these sanctuary cities are now screaming they can't handle them? Tough. Time to back up your BS about being a sanctuary location. Heck, Martha's Vineyard, a playground for the rich and famous liberal left, (including former President Obama), is handling their planeload of 50 folks by shipping them off to a military base on Cape Cod. Disgusting. Obama has an estate of approximately 29 acres. He could literally house thousands of these immigrants. Just like we use sports stadiums etc., in times of natural disasters.
The governor of California wants the DOJ to investigate the governor of Florida for kidnapping these immigrants and shipping them north. Well, as one political pundit pointed out, if they do, then they better investigate Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas because these two incompetant, anti-American pieces of s**t have been doing the same thing for almost two years. Yepper, transporting illegals into the interior on late night flights.
OK sanctuary cities, time to put your money where your mouth is. Time to walk the walk. But all they will do is piss and moan about these illegals being transported to their cities. Double standard BS.
Sidebar: Got a phone call yesterday. Some solicitor wanting me to vote for Sharice Davids for Congress. That Biden sycophant. Told the caller I wouldn't vote for that expletive deleted if he paid me. Then I hung up.
Let's get our country back on the right track. Let's bounce the liberal left out of office come the November election.
Do you want to kmow where your noney is going? What it is being spent on,. What are the sources that go into the city's budget, etc.
Then attend the city's Budget Open House. From the city's web site:
You also should know you will be receiving information in the mail in August from Johnson County about the revenue neutral rate. It can be a confusing topic but it will impact the way you view your property tax. We would be happy to explain it to you in-depth at any of the upcoming budget discussions.
Wednesday, August 31
Civic Centre at 13817 Johnson Dr.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
There have been a series of meetings and presentations leading up to this and you can view all of those, as well as all upcoming dates, at cityofshawnee.org/budget. You can find more information on the estimated tax notice coming in the mail from Johnson County, as well as the revenue neutral rate, at jocogov.org/estimatedtaxnotice.
Are ya ready for this one? I get a text from some clown pushing her campaign for reelection. I replied.
See the screen shot below: (click on it to view it larger)
Let's look at what this individual said. She is focused on fighting corruption in D.C. That's a joke. What has she done about Biden's son Hunter and the trails that are leading back to his father. If that had been one of Trump's kids she would have been all over it like stink on feces. And what about Biden himself? Where's the investigation on him? We spent $32 million dollars on an investigation of Trump based on a phoney dossier. But, in this case there are emails on Hunter's laptop implicating his daddy. What are they waiting for? I know, they are waiting for an official determination that he is mentally incompetent to stand trial (impeachment).
She is fighting inflation? Horse s**t. She's going along with Biden's "Inflation Reduction Act". That's a joke. The Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan research office of Congress has determined that not only will that legislation not help inflation but it could make it worse.
For an individual that comes from a family with a military background ya didn't hear anything from her about what happened in Afghanistan did ya? She has made statements to the effect that ICE should be defunded (and eliminated). Gee, let's have another 200,000 illegal aliens cross the border this month. Yes, they are illegal, not undocumented. They are breaking the law, and being allowed to do it.
Do we even want to talk about what she is trying to do along with "Uncle" Joe to our second amendment rights?
She has supported Joe Biden 100% of the time.
She needs to buy one of those t-shirts I saw advertised on the web..........."Instead of Build Back Better Why Not Leave it the Way You Found It"
Support her? Hell no, drive her out of office at the election in November. Show her the door. Kick her to the curb. Tell her sayonara, auf wiedersehn, good-bye, so long, ciao, get lost, stick your woke cancel culture where the moon don't shine.
Hmmmm, maybe I'll text that idiot back again and give him a link to this blog......LOL
I'm sick and tired of the BS generated by the Democrats.
That's right, the Mueller investigation has filed its final expense report. $32 million shot to s**t based on what was a phoney dossier. $32 million shot to s**t by that info being financially supported by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC
What about the NY Times columnist who was unmerciful in his blasts about Donald Trump who has now had to publicly admit, that yes, it was all a hoax.
What about the lies told by the current administration? How about the one that Donald Trump did nothing about COVID? Said it before, will say it again. Where would we be if he didn't start Operation Warp Speed? And that senile old man (Biden) trying to take credit for it.
What about our dementia driven President going begging to the Arab world for more oil? And they basically told him to stick it in his ice cream cone. We didn't have that problem with Trump. Trump didn't shut down pipelines or cancel drilling leases
It has been pointed out by Tulsi Gabbard that while Steve Bannon has been found guilty of contempt of Congress, Clapper, Brennan and others that lied to congress have never been prosecuted. The Dems weaponization of the DOJ continues at full throttle. They condone the riots, arsons and assassinations of LEOs. Why? Because it fits their anti-American, anti-Democratic socialist ideas.
They want to have complete control over your children's minds from Kindergarten on up.
Free speech? The Dems give lip service to it, but it only matters to them if the speech follows their dictates. How many Republicans/Conservatives have been shut down from speaking at various venues? How many have been physically attacked (like Rep. Zeldin in NY)? How many have been chased out of social situations? And all of this with the tacit and sometimes overt encouragement of Dem "leaders" like Pelosi, Schumer, Waters and even Uncle Joe Biden. Is he related to Uncle Joe Stalin?
All those who voted for Biden and all of the other radical left wing, anti-American, lying to the public Dems, I hope you are happy with how they are working to destroy this country. And if your boss gives you a raise will it keep pace with inflation? What does your grocery bill look like?
Elections are coming. If they are Dem and in office they have to be elected out. If they are Dem and trying to get into office, they need to be losers at the ballot box.
My last question for today, is one I've asked before: Would Putin have attacked Ukraine if Trump were President?
Oh, and regarding gun control..........and the possibility of banning certain weapons, what a joke. When the previous ban was allowed to sunset in 2004 FBI statistics even showed that for the 10 years the ban was in effect it had no appreciable effect on violent crime. Anybody who thinks a criminal or somebody who wants to create a horrific event is going to care about some stupid law that will only negatively impact law abiding citizens, is in a dreamworld.
We have to start right here by insuring that the Biden Butt Kisser Sharice Davids does not get reeleccted.
In case you haven't heard, at the July 25th City Council meeting the council voted for a 2 mil decrease in property taxes. This new council does care about the citizens.
No longer will the Council be a rubber stamp for a city manager. At the meeting, the city manager had a presentation showing only a 1/2 mil levy reduction. Ironically, at the previous council committee meeting the council was very specific about wanting a 2 mil levy decrease. So, what happened? The city manager in an insubordinate manner went ahead and presented the 1/2 mil levy decrease. This is probably a method that he learned from his predecessor. She did what she wanted and the council just blindly rubber stamped it. Up until 7 months ago the council that was in place was basically a rubber stamp for the city manager also. That all changed with the election of the new council.
Basically what it boils down to is that the current city manager needs to realize he works for the council, not the other way around. Actually, IMHO he needs to go bye-bye.
This council is showing that it does care for the citizens. It is not adverse to spending money, it just wants to do it in a reasonable manner and not just to ingratiate itself with a select few, but rather it does truly care about the citizens of the city.
Our dementia addled President has signed a new federal gun control bill.
One particular part of it worries me. This, as quoted on Fox News "The bill would provide funding for states to create programs that could keep weapons away from people who are a danger to themselves or others, often called red flag laws."
That may sound good to many folks, but are they aware of the implications and potential for abuse and misuse of a red flag law. Some states already have them. Here is the simple explanation: An individual feels that another person is a danger to that individual or to themselves, and indicates that that other person has guns. The petition goes to a judge, who will rubber stamp it and law enforcement is then called upon to remove the guns from the individual's possession. After the removal of the guns there will be hearings to determine if that individual is in deed a danger to the other person, or anyone for that matter.
If the person is not deemed a danger, then they can get their guns back, maybe, or after a long drawn out process.
So, let's see what transpires. A person has property confiscated, solely based on the statement of another, and with no hearing up front. Hmmm, I smell a bunch of abusive filings coming up. Ya don't think so? How about protection orders. Sounds like guilty before being proven innocent. Yes, there may be valid reasons for some, but how many folks have misused the system just because they don't like somebody or are angry with them? How many divorces have one parent or the other claiming the other parent sexually abused the child(ren) just to make life difficult on them, have them branded as deviates and then aftr long drawn out processes proven that they didn't do anything wrong?
How could that happen with a red flag law and guns? Easy. Not all neighbors get along. Joe is upset because of the way Bill's tree is overhanging into his yard. Bill tells Joe to kiss off. Joe thinks to himself, "Aha, I know how to fix him, he owns guns, I'll just go down to the court and say I feel threatened by him. Then he can fight to prove that he is innocent of the allegations.
I can see other scenarios creating red flag laws. They pass one for booze and driving. So, ya go to court, say your neighbor gets boozed up and drives and the authorities come out and confiscate their car, until they can prove the allegation is false.
As we prepare to celebrate the 4th of July I am forced to change what I would have posted. I have gone from patriotic to political and patriotic.
I love this country. I served this country, and I'd do it again.
I'm getting a little sick and tired of hearing the left wing, liberal socialist, misanthropes (Biden, Harris, Schumer, Pelosi, the rest of the liberal left, et al) try to say the Republican party is out to destroy our democracy.
To the contrary, it is the liberal left wing that has shown that it is really them that want to do that.
Who condoned and even egged on rioters, looters, arsonists, and yes, assassins in major cities? The liberal left!!
Who condoned and even egged on law breaking individuals who violated federal law by their actions at the homes of Supreme Court justices? The liberal left!! Backed up by King Socialist Biden and his lackey of an Attorney General who has done nothing about this.
Who has called the Supreme Court illegitimate? The liberal left!! Who wants to pack the court? The liberal left!!
Who are the hypocrites who only three years ago said we should never get rid of the Senate filibuster, and now they want to do that? The liberal left?
Who has pushed for indoctrination in our schools of young children with CRT and then trying to shut down parents from getting involved against those policies? The liberal left!!
Who is gradually killing our economy with inflation, gas prices soaring, and food shortages? The liberal left!!
Who has killed our oil/gas independence by shutting down pipelines and cancelling oil/gas drilling leases? The liberal left!! And then who has gone begging to OPEC countries to produce more oil/gas? The liberal left!! Who has misguided thinking that renewable, sustainable energy can be created overnight? The liberal left!!
Who wants to pass laws under the misguided term of "common sense" that would be highly restrictive of and punish law abiding citizens from possessing firearms? The liberal left!! Who thinks that pieces of paper will stop criminals? The liberal left!! If gun control worked, Chicago would look like Mayberry RFD. Who wants the above, while maintaining armed security for themselves, but who doesn't want law abiding citizens to be able to protect themselves? The liberal left
Who has created cities that have rampant criminal activity, including homicides, because of policies that hinder the prosecution of criminals? The liberal left!!
Who overstepped their authority by the manner in which they "locked down" areas of the country and society? The liberal left!! And who has been caught ignoring their own policies? The liberal left!!
Prior to today's holiday who (including major politicians) have been calling for "burning this Go----n country to the ground" and "F--k the Fourth"? The liberal left!!
Going forward, locally, if you are a liberal, left wing, socialist piece of trash, out to destroy this country, I will do everything within my power to legally prevent you from being elected or reelected to public office. Even if you are running in for a so called no party affiliation office, which in reality is a farce. And that starts with Congresswoman Sharice Davids and Governor Laura Kelly. BTW, there is an ad out there saying Governor Kelly eliminated the food tax. Heck, if it wasn't for the Republican majority in the state legislature the bill would never have reached her desk.
I know some might be disconcerted about what I have written above on this great day. A day to celebrate the founding of our great country. Sure, we have never been perfect, but damn it, we've been a whole lot better than others. Those who want to see how liberal left wing socialist policies including excessive government control can do to a country just look at Venezuela, that not too long ago had a thriving economy. Now look at how their people suffer. Should we even mention Cuba?
Well, as I said at the beginning of this rant, I love this country, I served this country, and yes, "I'd gladly stand up, next you and defend her still today".
For this next video, you are probably sitting in front of a computer. Please, do not be embarrassed or ashamed to stand. It's only for 2 minutes and 21 seconds, less time than you'd spend standing in line at a sporting event.
