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Damon Daniel: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019

09 Friday Aug 2019

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“…Raise your hand if you’ve lost a loved one to violence. Just raise your hand. Keep your hand up. Raise your hand if you know someone who’s lost a loved one. Keep your hand up. Look around. Just look around…” [almost everyone in the room of around 250 people had a raised hand]

Wednesday evening on the Penn Valley campus of the Metropolitan Community Colleges Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) hosted a town hall of sorts on gun violence. The community event included elected officials, law enforcement officials, and leaders of community groups.

Damon Daniel, Ad-Hoc Group Against Crime.

Damon Daniel, Ad-Hoc Group Against Crime:

…I think it’s important for us to stop and recognize the fact that you don’t know what people are going through. And when you talk about the issue of violence people are walking around the city, next to you, they’re your neighbors, they’re the folks that wait on you at the cash register, these are the folks that teach in your classroom, these are the students in your classrooms, these are folks at your pharmacy, these are the folks that pull up at the light next to you that are hurting. And as some people say ‘hurt people sometimes hurt people.’ But healed people heal people as well…

…The vision that I have is a vision where people, especially young people can grow up with an understanding of the value of forgiveness. And that they know and understand how to resolve conflict without violence. I have a vision that one day Congress will pass common sense gun legislation that puts people before profits…

Previously:

On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D): On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): Press Availability – On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 9, 2019)

Judy Sherry: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 9, 2019)

Rashid Junaid: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 9 2019)

Rashid Junaid: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019

09 Friday Aug 2019

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“…I see so many mothers crying on crime scenes, ‘they killed my baby’. But we have to tell the truth, your baby didn’t know how to resolve conflicts. Your baby can’t jut hit somebody and expect their response to be, ‘okay, that’s okay’. We have to teach our young people conflict resolution…”

Wednesday evening on the Penn Valley campus of the Metropolitan Community Colleges Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) hosted a town hall of sorts on gun violence. The community event included elected officials, law enforcement officials, and leaders of community groups.

Rashid Junaid, Aim 4Peace.

Rashid Junaid, Aim 4Peace:

…You can’t run from it. You gotta deal with this. Today. [applause] So they first shot at experiences of the trauma that we see happening in our community, we gotta deal with it. We gotta make sure we get the proper help to these families…

…So I’m saying conflict resolution. I’m saying trauma informed care. And I’m saying the third thing, it ain’t free…

Previously:

On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D): On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): Press Availability – On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 9, 2019)

Judy Sherry: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 9, 2019)

Judy Sherry: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019

09 Friday Aug 2019

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“…After Sandy Hook we were all quite sure that something would be done. Now is the time. Something would be done. And nothing was done…”

Wednesday evening on the Penn Valley campus of the Metropolitan Community Colleges Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) hosted a town hall of sorts on gun violence. The community event included elected officials, law enforcement officials, and leaders of community groups.

Judy Sherry, Grandparents Against Gun Violence.

Judy Sherry, Grandparents Against Gun Violence:

…We’re already hearing the usual responses from those unwilling to face the facts about gun violence. Of course, mental health and video games ae to blame for these horrendous events. And background checks simply don’t work. But data tells us something different. What we know is just four percent of gun crimes are committed by people with known diagnosed mental illness. Now we would certainly say that anybody who commits one of these crimes is, at that moment, mentally unfit. But these, this is not an invasion, not an issue of people all over the country afflicted with mental health issues that are causing the gun violence. We know video games, they’re played the world over. Yet we know that Americans are twenty-two times more likely to be killed with a gun than people in any other developed nation. That’s a crime. I’m beginning to wonder if we get to say ‘developed nation’ too much longer. That is a crime. And background checks? No, they don’t always work. But speed limits don’t always work either. I’m here to tell you that. But we don’t say, ‘let’s not have speed limits anymore’ because some people break the law. You just do it…

Previously:

On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D): On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): Press Availability – On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 9, 2019)

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas: On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019

09 Friday Aug 2019

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“…What they’re trying to do is tell you, stop worrying about guns. What they’re trying to do is tell you, nah, nah, you’re not empowered to make a difference…”

Wednesday evening on the Penn Valley campus of the Metropolitan Community Colleges Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) hosted a town hall of sorts on gun violence. The community event included elected officials, law enforcement officials, and leaders of community groups.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas.

Mayor Lucas:

…What you are seeing on the streets, and I know there are a lot of victims, there are a lot of people touched, but I know in the community I’m from you are seeing nothing less, nothing short of a mass genocide. Right? You are seeing nothing short of a devaluing of lives, particularly in black lives. And what we’re seeing in our community is consistently, year after year, is people that are trying to tell us that doesn’t matter. That it doesn’t need to change. What I’m saying right now is, no, it does. It does…

…You know what I want the next group of people to say [in the future]? To say, wow, it’s different now…

Previously:

On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D): On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): Press Availability – On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D): On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019

08 Thursday Aug 2019

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“…I’ll start off with telling you that I’m mad. I’m not hopeless. The day I become hopeless will be the day I turn over the baton to someone else. Because you deserve leaders who are not hopeless. Because this problem is not hopeless. It’s hard, but it is not hopeless. We must demand more of our leaders [applause]…”

Yesterday evening on the Penn Valley campus of the Metropolitan Community Colleges Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) hosted a town hall of sorts on gun violence. The community event included elected officials, law enforcement officials, and leaders of community groups.

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D).

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D):

…I want to be specific about what I mean about that. Jefferson City has passed, over about the past fifteen years, a series of law that have greatly impacted my work and my life as a prosecutor. These laws were not initiated, even though they greatly impact my business, they were not enacted by or screaming by prosecutors to have these changes. No prosecutor in the State of Missouri asked for ‘Stand Your Ground’ law. Even though prosecutors must run on a political platform – you’re either a Republican or a Democrat in the State of Missouri when you run for elected office as a prosecutor. But not one of those elected officials went to that capitol building and said, we want ‘Stand Your Ground Law’ in Missouri. So, why do we have it? Why did that happen? [voices: “NRA.”]…

…It’s time for us to move this further. Because gun laws matter. It is one thing, it is one tool. But it does matter. Because if you look at Missouri it is not an accident that we are in this position. It is not an accident. It is because we have deregulated weapons to a point that it is dangerous here. It’s dangerous. You deserve better. You deserve better, you should demand better of those who represent you and those who don’t…

Previously:

On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019 (August 8, 2019)

On Gun Violence – Kansas City – August 7, 2019

08 Thursday Aug 2019

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Yesterday evening on the Penn Valley campus of the Metropolitan Community Colleges Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) hosted a town hall of sorts on gun violence. The community event included elected officials, law enforcement officials, and leaders of community groups. Approximately 250 individuals and members of activist groups from the Kansas City metropolitan area attended. Media from the Kansas City metropolitan area covered the two hour long town hall.

“Do something”

“We must stop killing each other”

Patty Lewis (left), a Democratic Party candidate in the 25th Legislative District.

Representative Ashley Bland Manlove (D).

Patty Lewis (left), a Democratic Party candidate in the 25th legislative District, and Elad Gross (right), a Democratic Party candidate for Missouri Attorney General.

Representative Richard Brown (D).

Kansas City, Missouri Police Department Chief Richard Smith (left), Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) (center), and Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D) (right).

Speakers included Representative Cleaver (D), MCC Chancellor Dr. Kimberly Beatty, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, Kansas City Police Chief Richard Smith, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker, and the leadership (and members) of Moms Demand Action – Missouri, Grandparents against Gun Violence, Mothers in Charge, March for Our Lives – KC, Aim 4Peace, and the Ad-Hoc Group Against Crime.

Jolie Justus – after the election

19 Wednesday Jun 2019

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Jolie Justus (D) [2019 file photo].

A statement sent to supporters today:

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I love you Kansas City. For the last 20 years I have dedicated my life to making this city a better place. For the last 250 days I’ve had the honor and privilege of traveling to every corner of this great community — talking to our neighbors and connecting with thousands of residents about the future of our home.

We walked the length of the city. We took the time to tour neighborhoods with leaders who work hard every day to build a better community. One neighbor called it – leadership by walking around. We saw first hand what we are getting right — and got an up close look at the problems we still need to solve.

Through it all we were always able to find that Kansas City Spirit. A pride that is bigger than all of us. A desire to make sure that Kansas City’s success continues in every neighborhood.

Along the way, people stepped up to help. We shared a vision. While we didn’t get the outcome we wanted in this election, that vision has not changed.

Thank you to the Justus League and all our generous supporters. Your time, generosity, sweat and passion were felt throughout the city and I appreciate each and every one of you.

So what’s next? First and foremost, I won’t disengage and neither should you. We must support our city’s leaders and keep working to move our city forward. I know that’s exactly what you will do.

Kansas City is on a roll – and we are just getting started. I know you love this city as much as I do and I know you have it in you to stay in the game. Let’s dig deep and make sure we build the safe, diverse, and equitable city that we deserve.

Thank you Kansas City. Now let’s keep walking.

Jolie Justus

Previously:

Campaign Finance: Kansas City Mayoral Race – PACs – mostly for, one against (June 16, 2019)

Kansas City Mayoral Election: Quinton Lucas (June 18, 2019)

Kansas City Mayoral Election: Quinton Lucas

18 Tuesday Jun 2019

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Quinton Lucas – campaign web site

Tonight’s election results from the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners:

SUMMARY REPT-GROUP DETAIL Kansas City Missouri Unofficial Results
Municipal General Election
June 18, 2019

Run Date:06/18/19 08:50 PM

Mayor (VOTE FOR) 1 (WITH 120 OF 125 PRECINCTS COUNTED 96%)
Jolie Justus . . . . . . . . . 15,456 36.16
Quinton Lucas . . . . . . . . . 27,291 63.84

From the Clay County Board of Election Commissioners:

Election Summary Report KANSAS CITY MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2019 ELECTION RESULTS Unofficial

KANSAS CITY MAYOR
Number of Precincts 35 Precincts Reporting 35 Vote For 1

JOLIE L. JUSTUS 7,301 50.87%
QUINTON LUCAS 7,052 49.13%

14,353 Total Votes 100.00%

From Quinton Lucas’ campaign web site:

Quinton grew up in Kansas City’s urban core. Raised by a single mother and two older sisters, he learned from an early age the values of hard work, education, and perseverance in building a stable and successful life for himself and his family. Despite experiencing homelessness as a child and moving frequently, Quinton worked to obtain academic scholarships to high school, college, and ultimately law school at Cornell University.

After graduating from Cornell, Quinton turned down job offers at large law firms in New York City and Washington, DC to return home to Kansas City where he practiced law and taught in area prisons. At age 28, Quinton earned a professorship at the University of Kansas, making him one of the youngest tenure-track law professors in the United States. An accomplished business lawyer and teacher, Quinton also volunteers extensively in the community with schools and organizations. Because he never met his own father, Quinton regularly mentors young men and women in some of the neighborhoods in which he grew up to ensure young people recognize their potential.

Elected citywide in 2015, Quinton has been a leading voice on the City Council, working with local businesses to drive private investment and grow jobs in our city, particularly in economically distressed areas, championing efforts to ensure quality housing opportunities exist in all Kansas City neighborhoods, leading a once-in-a-generation reform of the City’s tax incentive policy to return public dollars to our schools and libraries in every part of Kansas City, and working each day to ensure the city delivers the basic services taxpayers expect, provides competitive wages to all our municipal employees, and operates in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner.

He knows our region will only grow stronger with leaders who maintain our momentum, have experience and interest in creating positive policies and collaboration at City Hall, have demonstrated an ability to work with citizens in all parts of the city, and who recognize that Kansas City will only be at its best if we look to build better opportunities in all Kansas City neighborhoods.

Campaign Finance: Kansas City Mayoral Race – PACs – mostly for, one against

16 Sunday Jun 2019

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Via the Missouri Ethics Commission, the independent PAC expenditures in Tuesday’s Kansas City mayor election.

For Quinton Lucas:

Candidates Name and Address Office Sought Support/Oppose Date Amount Reporting Committee Report

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 05/29/2019 $33,989.00 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc.
8 Day Before Kansas City General Election – 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Apt 412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/04/2019 $33,000.00 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. 8 Day Before Kansas City General Election – 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Apt 412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/04/2019 $162.48 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. 8 Day Before Kansas City General Election – 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Apt 412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 05/29/2019 $33,989.00 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. AMENDED 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/07/2019 $33,000.00 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. AMENDED 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Apt 412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/04/2019 $162.48 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. AMENDED 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Apt 412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 04/25/2019 $670.00 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. 40 Day Before Kansas City General Election – 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Apt 412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 05/29/2019 $33,989.00 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/07/2019 $33,000.00 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Apt 412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/04/2019 $162.48 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Apt 412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/10/2019 $67,500.00 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Apt 412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/10/2019 $22,655.00 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Apt 412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/11/2019 $235.15 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo Blvd Apt 412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/13/2019 28,827.00 Taxpayers Unlimited, Inc. 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo #412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 03/15/2019 $13,016.01 FREEDOM INCORPORATED
AMENDED 8 Day Before General Municipal Election-4/2/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo #412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 04/02/2019 $6,716.28 FREEDOM INCORPORATED 30 Day After General Municipal Election-4/2/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo #412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/14/2019 $1,397.95 FREEDOM INCORPORATED 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo #412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 05/20/2019 $1,149.56 FREEDOM INCORPORATED 8 Day Before Kansas City General Election – 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Paseo #412 Kansas City MO 64108 Mayor Support 06/03/2019 $476.20 FREEDOM INCORPORATED 8 Day Before Kansas City General Election – 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Martin Luther King Blvd., #412 Kansas City MO 64108 Kansas City mayor Support 06/11/2019 $541.51 SOUTHLAND PROGRESS 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Martin Luther King Blvd., #412 Kansas City MO 64108 Kansas City mayor Support 06/06/2019 $678.06 SOUTHLAND PROGRESS 8 Day Before Kansas City General Election – 6/18/2019

Quinton Lucas 1851 Martin Luther King Blvd., #412 Kansas City MO 64108 Kansas City mayor Support 06/14/2019 $153.76 SOUTHLAND PROGRESS 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

For (and against) Jolie Justus:

Candidates Name and Address Office Sought Support/Oppose Date Amount Reporting Committee Report

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor of KC Support 03/05/2019 $5,000.00 CARPENTERS HELP IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS (CHIPP) April Quarterly Report

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor of KC Support 03/05/2019 $15,345.10 CARPENTERS HELP IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS (CHIPP) April Quarterly Report

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor of KC Support 03/18/2019 $17,810.60 CARPENTERS HELP IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS (CHIPP) April Quarterly Report

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor of KC Support 03/18/2019 $48,424.90 CARPENTERS HELP IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS (CHIPP) April Quarterly Report

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor of KC Support 03/20/2019 $3,327.55 CARPENTERS HELP IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS (CHIPP) April Quarterly Report

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor of KC Support 03/25/2019 $350.00 CARPENTERS HELP IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS (CHIPP) April Quarterly Report

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 KC Mayor Oppose 06/14/2019 $9,200.00 VOTERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor of Kansas City Support 04/23/2019 $40.00 LGBTQ Victory Fund Federal Committee – Missouri 8 Day Before Kansas City General Election – 6/18/2019

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor Support 06/12/2019 $4,981.56 City of Fountains Committee 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor Support 06/12/2019 $14,000.00 City of Fountains Committee 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor Support 06/12/2019 $10,706.00 City of Fountains Committee 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor Support 06/13/2019 $442.27 City of Fountains Committee 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor Support 06/13/2019 $7,000.00 City of Fountains Committee 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor Support 06/14/2019 $7,750.00 City of Fountains Committee 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor Support 05/28/2019 $9,217.05 City of Fountains Committee 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor Support 05/29/2019 $17,031.00 City of Fountains Committee 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor Support 05/30/2019 $30,000.00 City of Fountains Committee 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

Jolie Justus PO Box 411464 Kansas City MO 64141 Mayor Support 06/07/2019 $6,783.33 City of Fountains Committee 24 Hour Expenditure Report-Kansas City General Election 6/18/2019

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That’s a lot of money.

Because they can. Because we let them.

Truman Gala in Kansas City – Jackson County Democratic Committee – June 1, 2019

02 Sunday Jun 2019

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The Jackson County Democratic Committee held its annual Truman Gala in Kansas City last night. In addition to honoring long time activists, party volunteers, and public servants, the dinner event included remarks by Jackson County Prosecutor and Missouri Democratic Party Chair Jean Peters Baker, Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D), and guest Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand (D).

State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D).

Senator Scott Sifton (D).

Jackson County Prosecutor and Missouri Democratic Party Chair Jean Peters Baker.

Senator John Rizzo (D).

Over three hundred individuals attended the event.

Kansas City Council member and Kansas City mayoral candidate Jolie Justus (D).

Representative Keri Ingle (D).

Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand (D).

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway, Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand, and Representative Ashley Bland Manlove (D) participated in a panel discussion and took questions on the participation of the new generation of Democrats in the party.

Representative Ashley Bland Manlove (D).