Kansas City Star

Diary of Mayor Funkhouser’s wife reveals she was upset with council members, city staff, media

07/13/2009 11:35 PM

A 2008 journal kept by Gloria Squitiro shows the mayor’s wife was deeply upset with City Council members, city staff, the media and even her husband. The diary was one of two disclosures Monday in the long-running lawsuit filed against the city, Mayor Mark Funkhouser and Squitiro by former mayoral aide Ruth Bates.

Bates trial to go forward

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