Stealing Time: Forecasting Funkhouser's status

By Justin Kendall in Stealing Time

Fri., Dec. 12 2008 @ 9:32AM

State of the Line introduces the "Funkhouser Adjective Alert System," giving us a color-coded warning system of the mayor's status. "So right now we're somewhere between 'beleaguered' and 'embattled,' " State of the Line forecasts. "Let's just hope we don't reach the last two on the list." Now if we could just get some Gloria Squitiro warnings. Squit Beacon red, racist comments ahead. Squit Beacon white, bathroom rendezvous in sight. Squit Beacon blue, Joe Miller's tears flow anew.

Sun Newspapers: Stuffed in your mailbox, not stuck in your bush! Or Steve Rose bought too many stamps. Via Life in SoJoCo.

Kansas Jackass says good riddance to ~~Democrat~~ new Republican Mark Gilstrap, who left the Democratic Party ... yesterday. Really? I thought it was when he endorsed Phill Kline.

Rany on the Royals says Dayton Moore is building a contender. We just might have to wait until the 2009-10 season to see it.

My colleague Charles Ferruzza writes a sweet tribute to Kansas City Star food critic Lauren Chapin, who died Wednesday. -- Justin Kendall