This blog previously reported on the flap over Samuels versus McKnight delegates, and how the DFL is investigating the credentials of what are being called the "Kenya 8" delegates. According to a highly-placed leak...
...the DFL has tried to perform an investigation, and what they're mostly getting are hang-ups and I-don't-want-to-discuss-this. That's what the leak says. Actually, two different leaks have said the same thing.
This clearly wouldn't be true of each and every one of the Kenya 8, however. The woman in a wheelchair, pictured above, showed up at the meeting of the Ward 5 Credentials Committee and stated she was one of the 8 individuals in question. So there is at least one example of a person who is coming forward.
I guess we'll see how it shakes out. In the meantime, I had an opportunity to look over the cringe-inducing website for Kenya McKnight, who doesn't even have a degree beyond high school and yet is running for city council in a major metropolitan area. To be fair, Kenya has received some education beyond high school and believe me when I say her website lists each and every paltry course credit, like somebody is going to say, "Well, I was GOING to vote for Don Samuels, but then I saw how Kenya took 'several hours' of training around such topics as 'behavior modification' and, well, now I'm for McKnight, all the way."
If McKnight wants to lead in city politics, she'd be a lot better off STAYING IN SCHOOL and getting her BA, first. Currently, based on her incomplete coursework, McKnight seems to be, well, sort of a...college drop out. Is she CURRENTLY registered for any coursework? That's not clear. What's clear is that she had formative experiences working on a charity cookie cart while her "friends" mostly "partied." This is the kind of resume you might look for in a city council INTERN, not a city council MEMBER.
Kenya's in waaaaaaaaaaaaaay over her head. It's called the political "arena" for a reason. Stuff gets rough, people get hurt, it all happens out in the public eye with the all-powerful-internet recording every lapse and stumble, and then your public reputation is set in stone for years and years.
It's not like buying a lottery ticket and thinking, oh gee, I could win! Odds are against me, but what if I win!?!!! When you lose, you wear the "loser" label until you can somehow manage to win. It's different when an incumbant loses. An incumbant is still a "former" something. An upstart challenger who tries and fails is just...a loser.
An also-ran. A wannabe. (Who really should finish her BA)
Some notable aspects of the Kenya McKnight website: Incomplete sentences. Inexplicable use of ampersands (the "&" symbol) instead of just writing out the word "and." Did somebody who was writing the website content charge per letter? I'm trying to think what this reminds me of...thinking...thinking.
Oh, wait! I know! The website of Yoman Brunson, who got his head handed to him in a Tupperwear container after challenging Bobby Champion.
Kenya's campaign website lists various positions which need to be filled on her staff. This portion of the website has a rather desperate tone like, please, SOMEBODY HELP. Kenya lists herself as her own treasurer, for example, but makes it clear she wants somebody to fill that role. The campaign looks so short-staffed and weak that one is tempted to mute criticisms, out of pity.
Persistent rumor has it some of these McKnight campaign positions are already filled, de facto, but Kenya doesn't dare announce who holds those positions, because such associations might be less-than-helpful. But clearly, Jerry Moore is filling some kind of role with the McKnight campaign, at least according to statements made by Jackie Cherryhomes during the Credentials Committee meeting and NOT challenged by Jerry Moore.
Anybody who feels temped to leak more details about the campaign or the "Kenya 8" controversy...the comment box beckons, invitingly.
It can be quick, it can be anonymous, nobody has to know.
What happens on Johnny Northside stays on Johnny Northside.
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