Kansas City council overrides mayor's veto of volunteer law

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City's City Council has voted to override Mayor Mark Funkhouser's veto of an ordinance that would prohibit his wife from serving as an unpaid worker in his office.

The council voted 11-1 without a discussion. Funkhouser was the lone dissenter.

The ordinance says elected officials can have family members volunteer only infrequently in their offices.

Funkhouser has said he believes there's nothing inappropriate about his wife, Gloria Squitiro, working in his office at City Hall.

Council members have argued that they are "sick" of the distraction provide by Squitiro's role in her husband's office.

Funkhouser has told council members that he might now file a lawsuit.