The Pitch‘s coverage of convention hotel informs tall citizen’s thinking

Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser took a side in the conversation about the 1,000-room convention hotel. He thinks it’s a dumb idea.

Last Thursday, Funkhouser voted against exercising a $250,000 option on a downtown parcel targeted for the convention hotel. In his weekly newsletter, the mayor elaborated on his decision, which found him in the smallest of minorities (the ordinance passed 12-1).

Judging by Funk’s takes, he reads The Pitch. The evidence we’ve seen suggests that a 1,000-room hotel will leave taxpayers sobbing into a pillow that a conventioneer from Duluth pressed between his glistening, overfed thighs.