Jeff Meyers is running for County Commissioner in JoCo to represent mostly Shawnee. He does have name recognition. Former council member, mayor and football coach.
He has also shown a proclivity to engage in nepotism, not always in the best interests of the citizenry.
As the result of a vacancy created by a resignation on the Shawnee city council various individuals applied for the position. The position eventually went to Alan (Jeff Meyers' uncle by marriage) Willoughby. The circumstances behind Willoughby's appointment met with a scathing rebuke by the JoCo DA. You can read about it here from a posting on January 30, 2013 which also includes a link to an article from the Shawnee Dispatch (yepper it is still up there).
Eventually Uncle Alan actually ran for the office and was defeated. OK, then what? An opening occurs on the city's Planning Commission. Enter his cheerful nephew (by marriage) who appoints Uncle Alan to the Planning Commission. the appointment has one stumbling block. The council votes to a 4-4 tie on the appointment. So, what does Meyers do? He breaks the tie and Uncle Alan winds up on the Planning Commission. You can read more about it in this post from December 10,2013
In November of 2014 Meyers was fired as the football coach at Olathe East when his team had their first losing season in 15 years. Huh? Fifteen years of winning seasons, lose one season and get sent packing. And he then wound up in the Independence, Missouri school district. Something does not seem right here. Really strange after all of those winning seasons. By the way, did/does any of his campaign literature mention the time spent in Independence. Anyway, his firing from Olathe was reported by the KC Star on November 25, 2014 and can be read by clicking here.
Anyway. methinks the folks of Shawnee would be best served by voting for Rob Patterson, a small business owner who knows what it takes to make things run. Especially in these trying times.
