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New York City? WTF?

25 Friday Jul 2025

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Mark Alford (r) [2025 file photo]

Yesterday:

Congressman Mark Alford
[July 24, 2025]
Zohran Mamdani’s pushing government-run groceries and free bus fares?!
Total FAILURE. We saw firsthand how Kansas City tried it—& it cost millions PLUS crime shot up. M0-04 and America deserve better than these socialist flops.
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Some of the responses:

ICYMI – KCMO is NOT THE SAME as NYC. They can decide how they want their city to be run whether busybodies like you “like” it or not. NUNYA. And you sure don’t mind YOUR socialist paycheck and healthcare and a whole truckload of perks, so you might wanna STFU about ‘socialism doesn’t work’.

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Waste of money and time in Kansas City.

free bus fares are a game changer for the urban poor to get to jobs. In many big cities a 30 day bus pass costs over $100.
Not every one has a car.
Think about how others live especially in urban areas.

KC isn’t that big. No need. And it was a waste of money.

Michael Bersin
[….] Kansas City, Missouri is the 25th largest city in land area (314.5 square miles) in the United States – larger than New York City, Chicago, New Orleans, Denver, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Tampa, Salt Lake City, Milwaukee, Memphis, Tucson, Seattle, and Orlando.

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BTW at my work we would have a hard time filling warehouse jobs if people had to pay to take the bus which is around $100 a month?

The fact that you are opposing him tells me you are afraid of him.

The entire GOP is scared shitle$$ of Mamdani.

All of America should be concerned of the influence people like mamdani have over Americans. His ideals ARE NOT American ideals.

is that Alford is focusing on? Instead of his own district? Or is this a distraction from the shit Trump is stepping in?

even more importantly trumpism does not work in America.

Why do we care? Missouri is going to loose healthcare and the schools are missing millions of dollars the federal government promised them. Let’s talk about that.

And what are you doing for the people of Missouri. Our insurance premiums are going to go up because of you. You’ve taken away federal education funding from Missouri. What are you been there for? Find a different job. This one’s not for you.

Mark Alford is an embarrassment to the state of Missouri.

many of our elected officials in Missouri are embarrassing.

Not even in your district. Stay in your lane.

Mark Alford does not speak for Missourians, nor does he work for the good of the 4th District.

Why don’t you focus on helping your constituents?

It might be a great idea for you to stop focusing on the national politics and focus on your district.

Actually, a mayoral candidate in another region of the country.

And now you deflect what is going on with your political party, by giving us your opinion about what is happening in New York City? Nice try Mark, but I won’t be distracted. 🙄

And what have you done for YOUR district? Other than do your best to deny them food and medical care ?

Epstein files

That’s New York. This is Missouri…not your area of representation. By the way, I thought South Park’s political satire of the felon-in-chief was hilarious. Are you and other MAGAts about to lose your minds?

Why are you concerned about this? Not your state! Leave New York alone.

Why don’t you schedule an announced town hall you coward?

Neither does fascism

He posted about a mayoral candidate in New York City. Not his concern. He’s only pushing red meat as part of the GOP distraction.

He’s running for mayor of NYC, Mark. Are you scared of his platform?
What solutions have you brought for food insecurity? What solutions do you have to increase public transportation?

Why are you commenting on a Mayor’s race in another state. We have plenty to worry about here in MO and nationally. This stinks.

Who GAF about a candidate for mayor in NYC

But giving billions to the top 1 percent works.

Heh.

Just imagine this clown presuming to tell New Yorkers ANYTHING!🤣🤣

Weak Sauce

So, wtf does the New York mayor race have to do with this gross fkr’s district in Missouri??

Broadway musicals? Just a guess.

I bet Epstein and Trump never had to worry about where their next meal was coming from. Or Alford for that matter.

What the fuck does this have do with Missouri???

How many areas in YOUR district have no public transportation or no grocery stores within a 5 mile radius?
How about talking about problems your RURAL district faces?

Why don’t you focus on your Missouri constituents? You threw them under the bus with the Big Beautiful Bill and now you are deflecting from the Epstein files. Enjoy your extra long vacation while Missourians can’t even get paid sick leave because Republicans ignored the voters.

Are you afraid of socialism? Is all that social security and Medicare and Medicaid and tax payer funded infrastructure, and your tax payer funded salary really getting you down?
Because the unrestrained capitalism in this country is KILLING most of the rest of us.
Get a grip.

Is this what you’re worrying about on your tax-paid vacation, Mark? Nothing to do with your constituents, of course, just blubbering. How about a cognitive response from you, that isn’t scripted by the orange man and can help the people in your district. So far, you voted to take money away from: school districts, rural hospitals, SNAP and Medicaid funding, so the wealthy can get a big tax break. All because you voted as Trump told you how to vote. When you go back to work, how will you vote on the Epstein release? Will you try to undo some of the destruction you caused your constituents when you voted for everything in the “big, b… bill”? Or will you continue to cower in DC?

Look who’s talking. A bootlicking fascist.

What a fu*king ass hole you are. I hope someone in your family needs help someday and your dumb a** is the reason it’s not there. Such an evil POS

Which part of NEW YORK CITY is in your district?
Learn how to read a map

There’s that.

Let’s see where the least educated live. Circle on the map where your trailer park is. You can ask a teacher for help.

Mark sure hates helping poor people. You are a disgrace.

Congressman Mark Alford
Nope.
This isn’t an issue & you don’t represent KCMO regardless!
Now…about those Epstein files?

What an asshole!

Piss off

Mark Alford (r) [2024 file photo].

Campaign Finance: some transportation infrastructure is local

27 Friday Jun 2014

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Public transportation in our cities isn’t necessarily a bad thing, eh?

Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131012 06/27/2014 CONNECT KC Herzog Contracting Corporation 600 S Riverside Rd Saint Joseph MO 64507 6/26/2014 $25,000.00

C131012 06/27/2014 CONNECT KC Burns & McDonnell 9400 Ward Pkwy Kansas City MO 64114 6/25/2014 $25,000.00

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There will be an issue on the August 5th ballot in Kansas City to establish a Transportation Development District. And then:

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If the Transportation Development District (TDD) is approved on August 5, there will be a second vote to authorize the city’s taxation on November 4.

The TDD on August 5 will detail the city’s maximum taxing authority. It creates an equitable system so that those who benefit most from the increase in property values and economic development support the system with a special assessment. [….]

In addition, there will be a 1 cent sales tax levied within the areas defined as the TDD. The sales tax is paid by all those who shop within the TDD.

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You Can Always depend on the Kindness of Strangers according to Cynthia Davis

02 Friday Nov 2007

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(As another non-driver, I can appreciate this post all the more. – promoted by Clark)

As a non-driver, public transportation is dear to my heart.  And for years in the San Francisco Bay Area, and even for a brief stint in Detroit (where I commuted daily by bus from one of the outer suburbs into the city of Detroit), it enabled me to get around with little or no inconvenience.  Consequently,  about the only thing I really regret about my move to St. Louis’s West County is the lack of usable public transportation (i.e. sufficient buses, feeder routes, light rail, etc.) which has seriously curtailed my activities. 

Imagine, then, my outrage when I read a recent letter to the editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, written by State Representative Cynthia Davis.  In the letter, which is the second letter printed here, Davis explains that bus lines should not be expanded into St. Charles County because of the initial poor planning (whch she states she supported “because that is what our constituents wanted”) when the residential subdivisions were built:

Most of our people live in cul-de-sacs and don’t have sidewalks. To get to a bus stop, you have to be able to walk safely and not too far.

Instead of trying to act like a leader who can use numerous resources to creatively solve  problems, she states categorically:

Buses work best in high-density areas with streets laid out on a grid.  St. Charles County is distinctively different from St. Louis County.

 

(This statement does make me wonder why we don’t have decent public transportation in St. Louis County.)  This line of reasoning is, of course, highly specious since I can point to numerous SF bay area communities that are laid out similarly and are still served by numerous feeder lines that converge on main roads and highways.  Wouldn’t a real, far-sighted leader investigate and try to find out how places that have good public transportation solve these “problems”?

But that is the least of it.  Davis would deny St. Charles citizens the initial infrastructure to what could become an increasingly important service in the future because:

Waiting at a bus stop in bad weather can be a bad experience if one has to sit out in the heat, rain or freezing temperatures to catch another bus. This is not a workable option for the elderly and those with fragile health conditions.

Davis’ solution is really easy though, especialy since she seems to think that the only potential users of a well-planned bus system would be elderly or otherwise fragile–just mooch off your relatives or neighbors–and you can, afterall, always depend on the kindness of strangers:

I believe we have enough kind-hearted friends and family members who will give a ride to their neighbors who don’t drive.

Hasn’t she heard of the energy crisis–which will only intensify problems for drivers–or even, in the short-term, events like the Highway 40/64 closure (which, given that there are really no viable public transportation solutions, will make my husband’s life torture soon). There is the envronmental damage done by emisions from proliferating cars and the financial burden of providing and maintaining the road infrasructure to support all this driving.  Although I hate to put words in someone’s mouth, I do have to speculate, based Davis’ other positions (anti-reproductive choice, school prayer, etc.), that she is probably a global-warming denier who believes that our energy problems will be solved by opening up the Alaska oil-fields.

Does it seem to anyone else out there that we need leaders who can figure out how to extend public transportation so that we are ready for the time when individually operated cars may no longer be feasible?  And that we really need to get rid of short-sighted, parochial types like Davis in goverment?  Extending some bus lines is just the very beginning–if Davis were a real representative of the needs of her constituents, she would be planning how to insure that public transportation into her area could be enhanced with light rail lines, etc. 

Of course, if St. Charles really, truly doesn’t want bus service, the bus service in West Count could certainly stand to be beefed up.