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Raymore Mayor Ineligible? State Law Says Administration is Illegal

You may have heard that if you’re running for political office it’s a good idea to have your taxes all paid up and in order.

Mayor Juan Alonzo of Raymore apparently did not get that memo.

It turns out the state has filed over $10,000 in tax liens against him which date back to 2007, well before he ran for Mayor. This may be in violation of Raymore city code and Missouri state law, and if true means he is ineligible to hold the office. In fact, if it’s true he was not eligible to run for the office in the first place, and may have committed a crime. (Aside from felony poor judgment.)

Raymore City Ordinance Section 110.010 dictates “…nor shall any person be a candidate for Mayor, elected the Mayor, or hold office as Mayor, who is in arrears for any city tax, lien, forfeiture or defalcation in office.”

Additionally, Missouri Revised Statute Section 115.342 states “Any person who files as a candidate for election to a public office shall be disqualified from participation in the election for which the candidate has filed if such person is delinquent in the payment of any state income taxes…”

Raymore City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Jeffrey Adams has called for a hearing to determine whether an investigation should be launched into the matter, and he has supplied a list of his own questions regarding the potential scandal.

They include:

• Based on these records reflecting unpaid taxes from 2007, would Mayor Alonzo have been ineligible to file for the 2010 election as a candidate, per Section 115.342 RSMO?

• If Mayor Alonzo were ineligible to file as a candidate, is he currently not eligible to hold the office of Mayor of the City of Raymore?

• If Mayor Alonzo were delinquent in his 2007 taxes due to the State of Missouri, would his signed affidavit at filing for the 2010 election, constitute a crime of perjury?

• If a crime has been committed, how is the issue addressed regarding proceeding with a criminal investigation, for example Raymore police or County Sheriff, County Prosecutor, etc?

Such obvious flagrancy of the law should not be tolerated regarding any of our elected officials, especially our leaders. It’s shameful.

Now Juan Alonzo has brought that shame to Raymore’s City Hall, and the people shouldn’t stand for it.

- B.H.

Shocking Mamtek Emails Revealed! (A Little Monday Morning Satire)

As the Mamtek investigation kicks into high gear, some of the information coming out is just plain shocking.

In the following series of emails, just uncovered this morning, the pathway to the disastrous deal has become much clearer…

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From: Sucralose4Ever@gmail.com
To: LuvGuv74@hotmail.com

Dear Sir,

We are pleased to get to know that you are presently on market for much good chemical product, The following is some main products of our company: Sweetener sucralose powders

Our company is manufacturer professional producing in the above products of sucraloses.

This followings information about our manufacture for your to reference.

Advantaged of ours Sucralose:

1.Big Sucralose manufacturer on china with capacity very large.
2.Own innovative intellectuality properties, none patent infringementation

If product we offers above is some different from need you require actuality, kindly inform in detailed, we will be more pleased to re-offers

Looks forwards your early replies!

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From: LuvGuv74@hotmail.com
To: Sucralose4Ever@gmail.com

While I don’t have a personal need for sucralose you seem to have a solid business. I just so happen to be the Governor of Missouri, and I think we should bring your obviously sound operation here to make your cheap Chinese chemicals for all Americans to ingest in the hope your great capitalist country will open up more of your ever-important crap factories in our state.

Let me send your information on to the Department of Economic Development for due diligence.

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From: KerrsLess@DED.mo.gov
To: LuvGuv74@hotmail.com

I’ve found a genius way to help with the state deficit and unemployment levels! I have everyone in the office taking online surveys for an Italian businessman from Long Island.

You can count all of our jobs twice towards the employment numbers, and Mr. Salvitore says we’ll all make ten grand a month so you can cut our salaries out of the budget. (Once we recoup the twenty thousand each we sent him to get the process started, that is.)

I can’t believe I didn’t think of this before.

We’re pretty busy here, though, what with all the product surveys, so I’m sending this project on to my little cousin Jim-Bob. He’s a little slow but he's the best man for the job.

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From: JimBobWantsJob@aol.com
To: LuvGuv74@hotmail.com

I typed the China-city they say they’re from into Google Earth and there are some big buildings around so I’d say you’re probably good.

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From: LuvGuv74@hotmail.com
To: Sucralose4Ever@gmail.com

Jim-Bob says everything checks out, and he’s the best man that my smartest man knows.

So what can we give you to get this incredible deal rolling?

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From: Sucralose4Ever@gmail.com
To: LuvGuv74@hotmail.com

Only $60 million does makes good deal happens.

And we needs to closed in 80 day

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From: LuvGuv74@hotmail.com
To: Sucralose4Ever@gmail.com

Deal!

Let me run the numbers by the DED Director real quick. He really knows his stuff when it comes to foreign money.

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From: KerrsLess@DED.mo.gov
To: LuvGuv74@hotmail.com

Sorry, the pension funds I snuck to those Nigerian Princes hasn’t gotten back to me yet, but they have said it’s en route, though.

Mr. Salvatore sent a briefcase of gift certificates to the Moberly Applebee’s for a signing bonus, and I bet I can get a cool $40 million out of them for the factory. Let’s stick it there. It’s win-win, you can’t go wrong.

P.S. - Wanna go to Applebee’s after the inevitable photo-op?
2 for $20, on me.

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From: LuvGuv74@hotmail.com
To: KerrsLess@DED.mo.gov

Moberly! Great!

And I’ll just make up the difference out of the state’s emergency tornado relief fund. It’s not like we have the big ones here anyway, nobody will ever know the difference.

When everyone's pensions come back from those Princes let me know, I found a great investment opportunity on Craigslist this morning and it sounds like a sure thing!

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- B.H.

McCaskill Finds Fence, Sits On It

Earmarks have been a contentious element of the Washington process for some time now, creating yet another issue for politicians to grapple over.

And Claire McCaskill is ramping up her criticism of earmarks (despite her unabashed support for them in her voting record) as she continues to play both sides of this issue, which she did this week by publicizing her own piece of legislation to put a ban on earmarks.

As the election nears Senator McCaskill will get busy fence-sitting as often as possible, which is why it’s important to know who the real Claire is.

To wit: Claire McCaskill has voted for literally thousands of earmarks over the first five years of her term, worth billions of dollars. Just her up votes on four different spending bills totaled nearly 2,400 “yeas” for earmarks.

She also co-authored the stimulus bill, which was not only packed full of earmarks but was arguably one giant earmark itself.

Lloyd Smith, Exec. Dir. of the Missouri Republican Party, said, “After voting for thousands of earmarks that cost taxpayers billions of dollars, Claire McCaskill now claims she wants to ban them. Her hypocrisy proves once again that Missourians simply cannot trust Chameleon Claire.”

In 2007 Claire McCaskill claimed that when it comes to the earmark debacle she is “part of the problem”.

Politicians who talk out of both sides of their mouths and look out only for themselves are the biggest part of the problem, and no earmark legislation can keep McCaskill from being bunched with that crowd.

- B.H.