KCMO council members boycott committee for chair's removal

Several members of the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council announced Wednesday that they are calling for the removal of another council member from her position as the head of a committee.

AIR, ONLINE, AND ON OURFREE MOBILE APP.ALLEGATIONS OFUNPROFESSIONALISM -AND RACISM.THAT'S WHAT HAS LEDKANSAS CITY COUNCILMEMBERS TO CALL FORCOUNCIL WOMAN TERESALOAR TO BE REMOVED ASCHAIR OF THETRANSPORTATION,INFRASTRUCTURE ANDOPERATIONS COMMITTEE.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER SARAH PLAKEEXPLAINS WHAT LED TOTHE ALLEGATIONS - ANDSPOKE WITH BOTH SIDESOF THIS BATTLE.The transportation,infrastructure and operationscommittee meeting didn't goforward on Wednesday.

Threemembers boycotted..

Callingfor new leadership..If the mayor asks me to, Iwould consider it.

But I'm notgoing to resign on my own.

Iknow what I'm doing.Kansas City CouncilmembersMelissa Robinson, Eric Bunch,and Kevin O'Neill say MayorLucas should removeCouncilwoman Teresa Loarfrom her committee chairposition... because of whatthey call repeated acts ofunprofessionalism and racistactions.The consequence has tomatch the behavior... Makingdisagreed about the future ofthe city's animal control..Robinson read a statementand Loar insulted herintelligence -That was a very nice speechsomeone wrote you, Ms.Robinson..When Robison addressedthis, Loar mocked the way shewas talking - Show videoLoar's actions resulted inMayor Lucas instructing Loto take implicit bias training.Whether she realized it ornot, when you do those typesof gestures that is ahistorical..3:23 gesture that has beenplaced on black women forcenturies.Loar denies what she did wasracistI would say right now this isnot about race, it never hasbeen about race.

This is aboutcorruption and steeringcontracts at KCILoar is referencing a largeconcrete contract for KCI'snew terminal..

BunchRobinson, and O'Neill wereamong council members whpushed for Idecker Inc.

To winthe contract over an out-of-state company.I'm not going to commentfurther.

But i will say, thisabout her leadership full stop.There is no external pressureother than constituentscalling..Mayor Lucas's office sayswill continue to evaluatecommittee assignments.

Butfor now, it's unclear what willhappen next week.To pick a fight in your firstyear, we'll see.Sarah Plake 41 action ne