ALL I WANT FOR THIS CHRISTMAS IS A KANSAS CITY ANTI-CRIME GROUP THAT ISN'T POLITICAL HYPE AND PROPAGANDA!!!

Right now, the official Kansas City homicide count is 123.

That's one of the worst numbers we've had in almost a decade and threatens to be the most homicides so far this century depending mostly on the weather for the remainder of the year.

Accordingly . . .

NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF KANSAS CITY ANTI-CRIME GROUPS THAT FOCUS MOSTLY ON EARNING NICE MEDIA COVERAGE AND NOT MUCH ELSE!!!

There's a litany of these groups but we don't feel like picking on neighborhood volunteers and people with really good intentions for Christmas . . . So, instead, let's look at our local government efforts that never deserve a break from scrutiny . . .



This year marks the a horrific fact check from KC NOVA and their bold statements about crime a couple of years ago amid a statistical anomaly homicide drop that had more to do with colder temperatures, adjusted counting methodology and happenstance rather than the reality of violence on local streets that has been trending upward over the past few years in KCMO and throughout the nation.

Like it or not, most locals can see through so much promotional and propaganda coverage via the media and the comments from our blog community are a sign of this fact.

More than any other criticism . . . We credit our blog community with calling out KCNOVA and other elected leaders for their SILENCE amid the historic 2016 slaughter rather than any semblance of accountability.



Worse still . . . What we learned this year is that the so-called "citizens task force against violence" was really just a publicity stunt and aimed mostly at advocating a pro-Hillary, anti-gun agenda during the presidential year.

Unreported by any media and a TKC EXCLUSIVE . . . Nearly 1/4th of the task force members DROPPED OUT before their latest reports have been filed.

One of the Latino dudes knew it was a joke and politely curtailed his involvement, one of the members switched careers and no longer needed the group for resume fodder, two of the ladies involved at first were simply too busy to dedicate their time to an effort that wasn't really that serious.

And so . . .

It turns out that maybe Kansas City anti-crime clubs aren't really the answer and in a year when police suffered historic levels of violence dedicated their way, cuts from City Hall's budget, embarrassing internal squabbles and an upcoming threat to loot their pensions via "local control" . . . Local residents might want to consider renewed support of KCPD rather than yet another exercise in "anti-crime group" futility.

You decide . . .