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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I'm back ... and I'm ready for action!

Hello folks … it has been a few weeks since I have made a posting here … unfortunately it has been just a little too busy.

I had a nice little vacation in Florida for better than a week. It was a nice relaxing time. But, I had a lot to catch up on when I got back to our lovely hamlet.

And boy the last two weeks have been interesting read in the papers, especially the latest articles and letters to the editor concerning our 3 candidates for City Council.

I will be getting out a few postings before election day … which I will remind everyone is August 5th! Yes, Tuesday, August 5th is your chance to select the best candidate to serve our community.

Also, I will remind folks this person will have the opportunity to serve our community for the next decade! Yes, decade. Whoever wins this election will complete the nearly two years left on Connie Karr’s unexpired term. Then, they would be eligible to be elected for the standard two consecutive 4-year terms spelled out in our City Charter.

So, this is a very important election. We as a community need to elect the candidate that has proven their leadership and has worked hard in our community.

There Is No Mystery In Kirkwood About Kmail

Keith Williams and Kmail have struck again. Below is a portion of the latest diatribe from Keith:

Kirkwood Mystery # 2 (a lot easier to solve)

Kirkwood has Connie Karr's unexpired City Council seat up for election August 5. Kmail has written all three candidates via snail mail and email asking each candidate to send statements that our readers could digest and for all of Kirkwood to consider.

This community service is offered free of charge..., costs the candidate nothing but a little of his time....no stamps...no paid newspaper advertisements ....no expensive yard signs, no printing costs ... free ...... This is a community service Kmail is very proud to provide for the betterment and education of us all. The replies we have received so far are terrific and are very well articulated.

Recently we requested a follow-up statement from each candidate that we could present to you prior to the Election. Now here is the mystery...Two of the three candidates have offered materials both times we asked, but the only word we have received from the third candidate is a snail mail plea for a donation that was sent to my wife, a list of his supporters and a smiling picture of him with a flag in the background. Has Kmail gone wrong in requesting his comments? Why can't we get a response? What do we do next?

Kmail is going to hold up printing the second round of statements in the hope we can entice this one recalcitrant candidate to join in the fun. We sincerely hope that he does. The way I see it he has everything to gain and nothing to lose but your vote. We've done all we can so we will wait and see what transpires in the next few days. In the meantime, you front runners, please feel free to revise your excellent efforts recently submitted to Kmail. We will print what you offered or revise it as you wish. We thank you for your carefully submitted blurbs, we wish you well in your quest to better Kirkwood .

Keith Williams for Kirkwood and Kmail


You just got to love Keith’s newest attempt to bully yet another City Council candidate. I recently wrote a posting on Keith and his off the wall election proclamations in past Kmails. See the June 23rd posting entitled, The Coming Prognostications of Kmail.

How does Keith intend to further his election shake down in our community?

I mean he really pulls out all the smoke and mirrors in this Kmail. He proclaims that he wants statements from all 3 City Council candidates so his Kmail “readers could digest and for all of Kirkwood to consider.” Just when did Kmail reach all the 10,000 or so households in Kirkwood, Keith? Keith … your delusions are growing!

Then Keith really pours on the snake oil salesman pitch when he tries to present Kmail as a “community service … offered free of charge.” Yet, readers of this blog know that Keith has gone out of his way to exclude fellow Kirkwoodians from Kmail. You can be assured if you dare to challenge any of Keith’s all too often warped declarations you are going to be cut out of his “community service” of Kmail.

Keith then goes on to say Kmail “costs the candidate nothing but a little of his time.” But there needs to be a VERY HUGE disclaimer here. Because if you do not bow down and pay homage to Donkeith Corleowilliams and the Kmail family he is the Godfather of, then you just will not know what can show up in your bed politically the next morning. Keith’s Kmail offer is always one you can not refuse.

But, it only gets better. He goes on to say, "This is a community service Kmail is very proud to provide for the betterment and education of us all."

Kmail = Betterment and Education in our community. When?

Oh wait … Yes … the community was so bettered and so educated in a recent Kmail where our entire school board was blasted by “SH.” In a June 9th Kmail, “SH” said:

“I trust none of them. They are snakes who present information w/ their own spin on it. Then they act like people who call them out on it are the enemy. I am not the enemy. I just want fairness and reasonableness. As long as people have a myopic view that those running our schools can do no wrong, we're hopelessly screwed!”

“SH” is clearly a person that is devoid of the quality of character to publicly address our elected school board members, look them in the eye, make this statement and stand by it. So, this person slithers over to Keith, hides behind Kmail, so they together can make their political attacks with anonymity. So, who are the real snakes in this instance?

There Is No Mystery In Kirkwood About Kmail

Keith shows his and Kmail’s true colors with garbage like this. One on hand he spins himself and Kmail as a grand community service just trying to help our community's elected leaders. But, with the other hand he holds a club behind his back in which he is ready, willing and able to beat our elected leaders with whenever Keith concludes they have not held up his Kmail Party line.

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The Tale of Two Newspapers

The last two editions of the Webster-Kirkwood Times have shown just how out of touch with reality their editors really are with the community of Kirkwood. It is interesting how certain rules apply or do not apply for Kirkwood when it comes to Mailbag letters.

In the June 27th edition you had two Mailbag letters dealing with the community of Kirkwood.

The first was from Jen Hendricks on the issue of curbside recycling. Ms. Hendricks incorrectly asked why we did not have curbside recycling? Yet, we have had curbside recycling available to us since 1997 from a private hauler, Earth Circle Recycling. The Times’ editors should have known this was the case since they just got paid by City Hall for an “Eye On Kirkwood” full-page ad in the May 30th edition. In that ad the curbside recycling service was mentioned. Yet, no editors note clarifying the issue was placed with the Mailbag letter. This makes one wonder why the editors failed to place a note on this letter, when they have done this on other issues in other communities in the past.

In fact, in this past week’s edition we have a totally different story with Mr. Greg Marecek’s letter about signage for the Dairy Queen in Webster Groves. When Mr. Marecek incorrectly complained that the City if Webster Groves denied DQ a letter sign while allowing Flowerama to have a letter sign, there was an editors note. It seems Flowerama is in Shrewsbury and not Webster Groves, so the editors noted it.

This makes one wonder why the editors of the Times are just so keen on clarifying issues in Webster Groves and other communities, but do not seem to care about properly informing folks in Kirkwood on an issue? Could it be that the editorial bent of Mr. Bitikofer and Mr. Corrigan keeps them more interested in creating controversy in Kirkwood than being a news organization in our community?

No … come on Joe that just can not be the case … right? The Times does not have a bent. Remember Joe … Don “Scoop” Corrigan declares he has … “No Dog In That Fight.”

Well then there is the second Mailbag letter from the June 27th edition about the community of Kirkwood. It was some bizarre diatribe of nonsense from City Council candidate Michael Moore. What is interesting is that it was a 337-word long Mailbag letter. This is very interesting that Mr. Moore would be given the opportunity to have a letter of his printed just one week and one month away from an election. Will the Times’ be printing for the rest of the Kirkwood City Council candidates a 337-word letter before August 5th? Will they be doing that for each and every City Council candidate in all the other communities the Times serves during every election season? Or was this just a Times’ Kirkwood special?

The reason why I ask these questions is because when I read this past week’s edition, it clearly says in the upper-right hand corner of the page 6 Mailbag that letters need to be limited to 300 words. In fact, I have been denied printing of my letter submissions in the past by Times editors for being over their 300-word limit. In addition, I know other Kirkwood citizens who have been denied the printing of their letters because it was over the 300-word limit. Yet, Mr. Moore gets his nonsense printed in violation of their rules?

So, editors of the Times why two different double standards? Why the Tale of Two Newspapers?

Since there is a very prevalent bent from Mr. Bitikofer and Mr. Corrigan. Plus, they really do not seem to care about what our City Staff puts in the “Eye On Kirkwood.” Is their any good reason why our City tax dollars should be wasted with paying for any more ad space in their newspaper? It is clear with each edition that the Times has a hard time living up to being the self-proclaimed “Your Hometown Newspaper” in our community.

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