Johnson County fights claim that commission broke open-meetings law as AG investigates
Some questioned the spending of “taxpayers’ time and resources” to investigate the claim.
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Some questioned the spending of “taxpayers’ time and resources” to investigate the claim.
This member of the Johnson County Board of Commissioners filed a complaint with the state attorney general’s office about a meeting this summer.
Johnson County can’t “rewrite history,” the county’s NAACP president said. Historians recently uncovered the painful story behind the creek’s name.
The Roeland Park mayor is set to become the next chair of the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners, defeating current district 6 Commissioner Charlotte O’Hara. The two candidates held widely divergent views on a number of key issues, including election security, property taxes and climate change.
The Johnson County Commission governs the county budget, public health and dozens of county departments. More than half of the commissioners are up for election this year.