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NEXT ON WEEK IN REVIEW, NEW
WYANDOTTE COUNTY MAYOR MARK HOLLAND WAS TIMELY SWORN INTO OFFICE THIS WEEK.
BUT THE ONLY COMMISSIONER NOT IN ATTENDANCE AT HIS SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT THE STANDING ROOM
ONLY AFFAIR IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS, ANN MURGUIA, THE PERSON HOLLAND DEFEATED FOR THE
JOB EARLIER THIS MONTH. A MESSAGE ON MURGUIA'S CELL PHONE SAID SHE WAS TRAVELING AND
WOULD RETURN TODAY, ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR. REALLY, STEVE?
SHE WOULD HAVE SET ASIDE THAT DAY, WOULDN'T SHE, WHEN SHE WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE AS THE DAY TO
BE SWORN IN? THAT'S RIGHT, NICK, AND I CAN TELL YOU I WAS AT THE
INAUGURATION CEREMONIES LAST NIGHT AND THE BUZZ IN THE ROOM WAS ALL ABOUT THAT ONE EMPTY
CHAIR UP ON THE PLATFORM THERE. 10 SEATS FOR COMMISSIONERS. 9 WERE THERE.
THE ONE MISSING WAS ANN MURGUIA, AND YOU CAN BET EVERYONE WAS SAYING THAT, NICK, THAT ANN
MURGUIA WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE IF SHE HAD WON THIS ELECTION. AS IT WAS, SHE DIDN'T RETURN
FROM OUT OF THE COUNTRY UNTIL TODAY, ONE DAY AFTER THE BIG CEREMONY.
BECAUSE SHE'S STILL GOING TO BE ON THE COMMISSION, SHE HAS TO WORK WITH MARK HOLLAND.
WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS?
WELL, I SPOKE TO HER ELECTION NIGHT, AND SHE INSISTED REPEATEDLY, WE'LL GET ALONG
FINE. WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE. WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT
BOY, WHAT A MESSAGE SHE SENT YESTERDAY, NICK. YOU KNOW, IN 2001, AL GORE, WHO
HAD LOST A BITTER, BITTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITH GEORGE BUSH, HE WAS ON THE
PODIUM WHEN GEORGE BUSH WAS SWORN IN. THAT'S A TRADITION IN AMERICAN
POLITICS THAT ANN MURGUIA SORT OF THUMBED HER NOSE AT, WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING.