Warrick made the remarks March 9 in a radio interview with KCUR-FM while discussing a possible state takeover of the Kansas City School District. On Tuesday, KMBZ radio talk-show host Tom Becka broadcast an interview with Warrick in which she denied having made those comments. For three hours, Becka said, the phones at KMBZ-AM were jammed. Most of the callers, he said, agreed that she should resign.
Racism is wrong.
The remarks came as Warrick defended her opposition to a state takeover of the district. She said the mentality of state legislators was such that they did not have faith in the job the board was doing and wanted to step in. Instead, she said, she should have focused on her belief that the residents of the school district should have the right to choose their representatives. Warrick's peers on the school board took her at her word and said it was time to move on. Al Mauro declined to weigh in on whether Warrick should resign, saying instead that the decision should be left up to her constituents.