Ahhhh, things do happen in Shawnee. OK, let's start with 4/26/10 when Dawn Kuhn made a motion to have a temporary street of 115 feet built in Ward 3 because of the K-7 construction project. A temporary street (like for about 90 days), that was going to cost $67,500. Folks all over town have to live with construction inconveniences, unless you live in her neighborhood. The motion was seconded by Mickey "Loves to Travel" Sandifer, and approved when Mayor Jeff Meyers broke a 3-3 tie (Kuhn, Sandifer and Vaught voting for the project). Actually, with her narcissistic attitude I'm surprised she didn't make a motion to name it Kuhn Terrace or something like that.
Now, let's fast forward to 2/14/11. The illustrious Ms. Kuhn makes a motion (seconded by Mr. Frequent Miles Sandifer) to eliminate complete written minutes of council meetings. Audio minutes with summaries are not the same as being able to review minutes for specific actions. But then some members of the council did not want verbatim minutes because "they'll only use them against us". OK, who voted for this veil of secrecy? We already know about Kuhn and Sandifer, now you can also add Vaught, Neighbor, Morris and Sawyer. And what was one of the primary reasons given for doing away with full minutes? Money.
So you see, there is money to make Kuhn's life easier in her neighborhood but not enough to keep the citizens fully informed of what happens at city council meetings.
Keeping this in mind, I must now say that all incumbents running for reelection need to be voted out of office and new council members put in place.
That means.............
For mayor............no to Meyers...............yes to Jenkins
Ward 1.................no to Neighbor.............yes to Macheers
Ward 2.................no to Sawyer................yes to Kemmling
Ward 3.................no to Kuhn...................yes to Ferris
Ward 4.................no to Sandifer..............yes to McAfee
Remember, if you want to support a challenger, vote for them. It they are in another ward, but you disagree with the actions of the incumbent, you can contribute to that challenger. The mayor's race is city wide and there is a primary for that office on 2/28/12. Then the general election will be 4/3/12.
Sidebar: Wonder how many other motions with negative impacts for the citizens were made by Kuhn and seconded by Sandifer? Good little lapdog, Mickey, good doggie.
