Dirtbags For Beth Gottstein

I don't like liars. I don't like deception. I really don't like negative campaign flyers like the one that just arrived in my mailbox. On one side it shows a roll away suitcase with money busting out of the seams. Mistake #1. It's obviously not real money, it's been photocopied which I believe is a federal offense. Perhaps the Secret Service needs to be alerted? I may just forward my copy to the authorities so they can trace the origin of that picture. Learn the law dirtbags. On the back side of the flyer it has an obvious PhotoShop hack job of Doug Gamble's picture making him look much older. Mistake #2. This tactic is strangely familiar. Using altered images on the last day of the campaign to defame an opponent. Get some new tactics dirtbags. The flyer goes on to imply that Doug Gamble received millions of dollars in TIF, a distortion of the facts which he has repeatedly addressed. Mistake #3. This is the same rhetoric that Beth Gottstein has been blurting out at forums. If you're going to deceive, don't parrot the message of your candidate dirtbags. Thanks to campaign laws, we do get to see at least the name of the soft-money front that sent this poorly done hit piece. Mistake #4. If you're going to go on the attack in Kansas City politics, at least use a Kansas City address, not some well-to-do enclave like Lake Tapawingo, dirtbags. A quick check of the MO Ethics Website reveals that the Missouri Values Committee is a front for the unions. This time around it's Taxpayers Unlimited, Greater Kansas City Building & Construction Trades, Asbestos Workers and Pipefitters. Unless you've been living in a cave you know that Taxpayers Unlimited is the deceptively named PAC for the firefighters union. In the past contributors to Missouri Values Committee have been just about every other union you can name including my late father's beloved Sheet Metal Workers Local 2. This alone sickens me to the core. I expect better from a reputable trade union like Local 2. Mistake #5. It's ironic that the very organizations that have benefited from this town's TIF-induced artificial building boom are now attacking a candidate for his connection to a TIF plan. Are these unions so self-righteous that they will refuse to work on any job site involving TIF? I doubt it. Don't be a bunch of hypocritics, dirtbags. It's probably too late for Doug Gamble. Last minute hit pieces like this are extremely effective. I guess there's nothing left to do but congratulate Beth Gottstein. Hiring Pat Gray, NorthStar and its hitmen is still the way to go. Maybe she is the smart one after all...