Civil rights group to move its convention from KC

[proud2BlibKansan]

By DEANN SMITH and GLENN E. RICE

A national civil rights organization co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr. is pulling its 2008 national convention from Kansas City to protest decisions by the mayor.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference thinks Mayor Mark Funkhouser showed racial insensitivity when he appointed a member of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps to the park board and when he tried to oust City Manager Wayne Cauthen, an African-American, without consulting with the City Council.

Local SCLC members also have criticized Funkhouser and his wife, who allegedly called a mayoral aide “Mammy.”

In a news conference Tuesday morning, Charles Steele Jr., president and chief executive officer of the SCLC, will announce the decision.

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[originalpckelly]

1. Who knows, maybe mammy has big hooters?

Mammy can stand for so much, but I think we all know what she meant by that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. She is an idiot

She goes to city hall every day with her husband. She runs around city hall without her shoes on. Her husband appointed her good friend, a minuteman leader, to the parks board. She calls black women "mammy". And my favorite - she sent out a Christmas letter to 100 friends and family where she described in detail her husband's prostate exam.

It's like Jed Clampett and his wife are running the city.

[evlbstrd]

2. Sheesh.

Remind me again why we liked Funkhauser?

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Hey don't include me in that we

I supported Alvin Brooks. :)

Did you hear about the prostate exam letter?

[evlbstrd]

5. Nope.

What's that about?
I stayed neutral in the mayoral election.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. She sent out a Christmas letter

where she describes - in detail - Funk's prostate exam. And that he has been "frisky" since then.

Definitely a TMI.

[evlbstrd]

7. Ick.

Does that mean she's the "top" now?

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Oh, Dude, she's been the top all along

Don't you know that? :)

LOL

[catmandu57]

9. You guys are going to get this locked up tight

Separated at birth maybe?

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. LOL!!

Perfect match!!

[evlbstrd]

11. I try not to think about it.

I know, you're surprised.