Indep. City Leaders using Mushroom Theory on us…
Yeah, it’s called keep them in the dark & feed em POOP!
That’s the mushroom theory….
But Elisa Breitenbach’s column, in Thur. paper puts in into the light of day…
INDEPENDENCE HAS A CRIME PROBLEM FOLKS, Gang’s, dope, robberies, shooting, etc it’s just the City leaders,
DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Almost two years ago now Council Man Swoffer said we needed 50 more cops, I think we have hired about 8 ????
Your kid says, Dad I need $50 bucks… U come up with a ten spot? What does he say?
What do U expect me to do with this?
I need $50 bucks!!!!!!!!!
We live 8 miles from the war zone of KC, it’s here….
We have to talk about it and deal with it,
NOT KEEP IT UNDER WRAPPS…They are killing two and three a night?
THE GREFFITT ON WESTERN Indep, ARE gang signs,
not just board teenagers expressing there selves??
Col Mustard & Clue crew are not doing us a favor trying to keep us in the dark….
Lets meet the problem head on and start dealing with it…
NO MORE MUSHROOM THEORY……



Police
Well Mminnoe, it appears that you have this blog all to your lonesome now. Maybe you'll strike a chord and get some replies.
As for the IPD, I wonder if the City fathers have put out so much sales tax and TIF obligations that they now have no wiggle room for additional financing of the police department? Also, I recall Chief Mills wrote a letter when the council applied for the enhanced enterprise zone in 2nd district that swore that the IPD was fully staffed and could supply all required securty. Prior to that, Swoffer said we need 50 more officers. I think Heacock, the Mayor and the council need to sign on to this blog and answer sme questions. Toward that end I am sending all of them an e-mail requesting that they do just that.
See ya.
By the way your pic looked just like you. Imagine that.
Welll since the "REPORTERS?" @ the EX...
U have to call them reporters, even though they don't report that is their title...
Oh if it's a sewing bee that happened a week ago they are all over it...
But let a guy come to a Council Meeting and demand an explation on a national kidnapping story, from right here in our home town, they are strangly quiet...
Whats up with the Riggs case ? Huh?
The Big Indian guy at the Council meeting?
Whats up with the money U collected for new Officers for IPD?
What's up with the $18,000,000 hole in the ground out by CostCo, U call an events Center?
We need these Bozo's out so bad it's not even fun to write about any more...
I guess thats why the EX doesn't even write about it????
Hey Gals, send me some info on those Quilting bees so I'll have something to Blog about OK....
Send them to MMinnoes@comcast.net....
Council
To tell the truth, council meetings take place at my dinner time, so I seldom see them. I did try watching them in rerun a few times, butI found them meaningless and less than informative. They usually read the ordinance headings with no indepth explanation. One could get a copy from the clerk's offce, but that costs moneywhich I personally am pretty short of right now. They need to find a better way to commuicate with the people. A weekly item in the Examiner would be helpful, or they could flesh the city busness out on the web site.
You know....
The IPD claims they only have 12 officers to patrol the city so what is the problem with getting more officers. I heard that from the captain himself, so I cannot be sure what there issues are other than IPD doesn't have a good repor. I will admit the council needs to limit their rambling and get to the point.
As for the western independence area yes that is gang related, but for eastern independence that is bored teenagers!
~Life is to short for idiotic behavior!~