Just how far are they going to go?

Sorry, it has been a few weeks since I have made a posting.

First, I was on vacation. Plus, I have been waiting for a few phone calls I had made to be returned. In addition, I was waiting to hear or read something about Michael’s City Council campaign platform.

That way I could get some questions answered.

What was Michael Moore going to rehash from his Mayoral campaign? What new load of ridiculousness might he try to dump on our community with his City Council campaign?

In addition, would we see Franklin McCallie publicly throw his full support behind Michael’s City Council campaign? Franklin had said in an email to me that he was supporting Michael’s City Council candidacy back in May or June.

But, readers of this blog know a lot more about Michael than we did back then. Is Franklin really willing to give his full public support to Michael … the self-proclaimed “Ombudsman” … of who knows what in our community? (See the posting: He is Ombudsman of what?)

Would Franklin really support Michael who clearly abused our copyright protected City logo for his own personal political agenda? (See the posting: The Arrogance Is Unbelievable …)

There continues to be serious questions about Michael Moore and what he has tried to pull in our community. Questions that Michael has thus far failed to give an answer for.

So, I have been waiting to see …

Just how far are they going to go?
Just how far is Michael going to go?
Just how far is Franklin going to go?

Well we now have the Journal’s two articles and the Times’ one article on the 3 candidates to review. Now we can see what Michael wants to rehash. Now we can see the new load of … boy what can you really call it? … bovine dung? … Michael is ready to dump on Kirkwood.

Michael’s latest grand proclamations bring up even more serious questions about his various campaigns and organizations he is a part of in our community.

Let’s first deal with “Advocates 4 Joseph” the group Michael started while a citizen of Creve Couer. Michael used the founding of this organization in his Mayoral campaign and continues to hype it with his City Council campaign. In the Kirkwood-Webster Journal from their July 16, 2008 article we read,

Moore said he has been active in Kirkwood since 2005. His non-profit organization "Advocates for Joseph,” provides programs for children in Meacham Park.

This is very interesting, since according to the Missouri Secretary of State’s filings, the “non-profit” corporation was formed in August 22, 2005 “to hold fundraisers + raise money for the family of Joseph Long.” No mention of “programs for children in Meacham Park” can be found in this or any other subsequent filings with the State. Hmmm?

In addition, Michael has shown exactly how much he truly “cares” about “Advocates 4 Joseph.” While he is hyping it up in the newspapers for his Mayoral and his City Council campaigns, he has let it be “administratively dissolved” under Missouri law twice since its inception. Not even a full three years old and it has been dissolved twice! The “care” is overwhelming! In fact, “Advocates 4 Joseph” has remained “administratively dissolved” since December of 2007. So, just how are “programs for children in Meacham Park” being provided by “Advocates 4 Joseph” when it can no longer function as a corporation in the State of Missouri?

How many more games are being played by Mr. Moore?

Well let’s see there is this statement from the Webster-Kirkwood Times article from July 25, 2008:

“What I stand for is human rights,” Moore said. “Everyone should be treated equally under the law ... and equality only comes by changing laws.”

It is interesting that Michael makes himself out to be this grand “civil rights” and “human rights” activist in Kirkwood. Yet, what has he really ever done on the issue? What is his track record on the issue of “civil rights” and “human rights?”

I find it interesting how Michael since 2005 has made the City of Kirkwood and especially its Human Rights Advisory and Awareness Commission a target for protest. He is constantly making statements like this one in the Webster-Kirkwood Times from July 25, 2008 article,

“We talk about all the issues except the 800-pound gorilla in the room. No one wants to talk about racism.”

In his talk about “racism” Michael has made numerous complaints and accusations against the Human Rights Advisory and Awareness Commission. His group “Committee for Unity” wants to totally change the Human Rights Advisory and Awareness Commission in Kirkwood.

Yet, in my research I have not been able to find a single instance of Michael standing up for “civil rights” or “human rights” in his own community when he was a citizen of Creve Couer. I have asked several key present and former City Officials in Creve Couer if they had ever had complaints regarding “civil rights” or “human rights” from a citizen named Michael Moore going back to 2005. They all said they could not remember any kind of complaints from a Michael Moore. In addition, none of them even knew a Creve Couer citizen named Michael Moore. This is incredibly interesting since the City of Creve Couer does not even have a Human Rights Advisory and Awareness Commission.

So, what kind of game is Michael playing in Kirkwood?

What kept Michael from talking about “racism” in Creve Couer when he was a resident? Are we to believe Creve Couer is some sort of “civil rights” and “human rights” utopia in Michael’s eyes, since these same eyes seem so keen to see a “800-pound gorilla” in Kirkwood?


As a citizen of Creve Couer Michael is going to come to Kirkwood to complain about and ultimately try to change our Human Rights Advisory and Awareness Commission, but never say a word about the fact that Creve Couer does not even have a Human Rights Advisory and Awareness Commission? Then, to add insult to injury Michael wants to proclaim in Kirkwood, “What I stand for is human rights.”

What a farce! What a sick and sad joke being perpetrated in our community by Mr. Moore.

Now that I have seen how far Michael has been willing to go …

the only question left is …

Just how far is Franklin going to go?

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