Media

As Mayor, Mark appears in state and local media several times per week. He also appears in media nationwide regularly. Below is a small sampling of Mark's recent media appearances:

August 23, 2010: “Funkhouser Vetoes Port Authority Appointment,” The Kansas City Star http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/23/2169643/funkhouser-vetos-port-authority.html

August 23, 2010: “Blueprint for American Prosperity,” The Brookings Institute (http://www.brookings.edu/projects/blueprint/testimonials.aspx

August 6, 2010: “Kansas City: Power Failure?” ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/budget-deficit-economic-turmoil-deter-cities-pricey-projects/story?id=11183298)  

July 28, 2010: “Funkhouser Calls for Police Surge,” KMBCTV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsIBTu57B_o)  

May 4, 2010: “Executive Boards Work to Promote Federal Service,” Federal Times (http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20100504/PERSONNEL01/5040303/-1/RSS)  

March 11, 2010: “American Morning,” CNN (http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1003/11/ltm.03.html)  

March 11, 2010: “School Closing in Kansas City,” CNBC News (http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?play=1&video=1438048470)  

January 18, 2010: “St. Louis, Kansas City Earnings Taxes Under Fire,” Columbia Missourian (http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2010/01/18/st-louis-kansas-city-earnings-taxes-under-fire/

January 12, 2010: “KC Closer to Hosting World Cup,” KMBCTV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21uuwo-MiII)  

October 1, 2009: Fox News Channel September 11, 2009: Fox Business "LIVE" (http://www.foxbusiness.com/search-results/m/26316889/mayors-trying-to-save-cities.htm

May 13, 2009: USA Today  April 30, 2009: Portland Oregonian 

August 14, 2009: “Funkhouser’s Fantasy Football Team Competes for Sports Program Funding,” Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/wdaf-funkhouser-fantasy-football-081409,0,3701308.story)  

February 28, 2009: “Smaller Cities Feeling the Credit Crunch,” CNBC (http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=883477083)  

February 20, 2009: Fox Business Channel's "Money for Breakfast" February 20, 2009: "The News Hour" with Jim Lehrer 

January 27, 2009: Fox Business Channel's "Money for Breakfast" (http://www.foxbusiness.com/search-results/m/21801532/stimulus-for-the-states.htm#q=funkhouser

January 27, 2009: Wall Street Journal 

December 2, 2008: "Fox and Friends" 

December 1, 2008: ABC's "Good Morning America" (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6366877&page=1

October 9, 2008: CNBC's "Squawk on the Street Live"

 

May 3, 2009: “Storms Kill 7 in Arkansas, Damage Homes around Kansas City,” U.S. Department of Homeland Security (FEMA) (http://home.fema.gov/emergency/reports/2008/nat050308.shtm)

 

 

 

Mark Funkhouser

"I regard Mark Funkhouser as a world-class Practitioner on the challenges of improving public sector performance. As a conference speaker he is authoritative and thought provoking, and, from my experience, his contribution can be relied on to generate interest and ideas for discussion."

- John Dowdall,
former Auditor General of Northern Ireland

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