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NOV. 3 · THE COUNT | |||
 Clayton Powell addressing the citizens' committee mass meeting, Washington, D.C., November 1942, as the Library of Congress record titles and dates it. Photograph by Gordon Parks. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives, LC-USW3-013164-C. Claim · Primary, read 11/8 · Copy, captured 11/8 Wyandotte's count is still not certified.Thursday, Nov. 12, 10 a.m.: Wyandotte County canvasses its count. The deadline to request a recount there is Friday, Nov. 13, at 5 p.m. | |||
Issue 2 printed the offices' unofficial counts. They stay unofficial until each office canvasses. We'll read the certified counts when they post and print any change. | |||
The Lead | |||
THE STADIUM PLEDGE, AS POSTEDOn Nov. 5 the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, took up two items on the Chiefs' proposed stadium. KSHB reported both passed 10-0; KCTV called the pledge vote unanimous. The Nov. 5 minutes were not posted on the county's meeting portal as of Nov. 11. The first repeals a charter ordinance passed Oct. 8 that exempted the county from sections of House Bill 2466. The agenda says that ordinance "never became effective." As posted, the repeal is set to take effect 61 days after final publication. The second amends the county's pledge of local sales, use and hotel taxes toward repaying STAR bonds. As posted in the agenda packet, the amended pledge is "subject to and expressly contingent on" two things: the project locating inside a mapped area, and bonds issued by Dec. 31, 2030, or a later date the county approves. The Board of Commissioners meets again Thursday, Nov. 12, at 5:30 p.m. Claim · Primary, read 11/10 · Copy, captured 11/10 | |||
The Docket | |||
Kansas City, Missouri, City Council, Council · Ordinance 260975 Authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a cooperative agreement with Belleview Townhomes, LLC, and its lending partner Lead Bank to assist in the completion of the 29 Belle Townhome Project located at 2909 Belleview Avenue; appropriating $130,000.00 from the Shared Success Fund for the purpose of the cooperative agreement; waiving the contract solicitation and Article IV, Chapter 3, requirements otherwise set out in the Code of Ordinances as to the agreement authorized in this Ordinance; directing the City Manager to explore implementation of a public solicitation process if a new developer is necessary; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. Authorizes the City Manager to negotiate and sign a cooperative agreement with Belleview Townhomes, LLC, and its lending partner Lead Bank to help finish the 29 Belle Townhome Project at 2909 Belleview Avenue; appropriates $130,000.00 from the Shared Success Fund for that agreement; waives the contract solicitation and Article IV, Chapter 3, requirements for it; directs the City Manager to explore a public solicitation process if a new developer is necessary; and gives the ordinance an accelerated effective date. Introduced November 5, 2026, and referred to the Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee; the committee recommended Advance and Do Pass November 10, per the city's record. On the Council's November 12 agenda. The matter page read "Referred" on November 10, after the committee met. | |||
Kansas City, Missouri, City Council, Council · Ordinance 260968 Authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Design Professional Services Agreement with Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. in the amount of $1,688,170.27 for a total contract amount of $2,087,896.45 for the Prospect Avenue Safety Improvements Project between approximately East Linwood Boulevard and Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard; directing the City Manager to evaluate alternative project delivery strategies to address immediate needs and conditions and report back to Council in sixty (60) days; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date. Authorizes the Director of Public Works to sign Amendment No. 1 to the design services agreement with Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. for the Prospect Avenue Safety Improvements Project, between approximately East Linwood Boulevard and Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard, in the amount of $1,688,170.27, for a total contract amount of $2,087,896.45; directs the City Manager to evaluate alternative project delivery strategies and report back to Council in sixty days; and gives the ordinance an accelerated effective date. This is the committee substitute (version 2), posted November 10. Referred November 5, 2026 to the Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee; the committee recommended Advance and Do Pass as a Committee Substitute November 10, per the city's record. On the Council's November 12 agenda. | |||
Kansas City, Missouri, City Council, Council · Resolution 260972 RESOLUTION - Expressing the City Council’s support of the Stay Covered KC community retention campaign and its work to help Kansas City, MO HealthNet enrollees maintain their Medicaid coverage under Missouri’s new renewal and community engagement requirements. Expresses the City Council's support of the Stay Covered KC community retention campaign and its work to help Kansas City MO HealthNet enrollees keep their Medicaid coverage under Missouri's new renewal and community engagement requirements. Introduced November 5, 2026, and referred to the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee; the committee recommended Immediate Adoption November 10, per the city's record. On the Council's November 12 agenda. The matter page read "Referred" on November 10, after the committee met. | |||
Kansas City, Missouri, City Council, Council · Ordinance 260860 Authorizing and directing the City Manager to take steps to support the Kansas City, Missouri Homesteading Authority in functioning as a developer of publicly-owned land in partnership with the Land Bank of Kansas City; directing the City Manager to review the inventory of publicly-owned parcels and develop a plan for their development; directing the City Manager to identify no fewer than two demonstration projects within thirty days of the effective date; directing the City Manager to return to Council within six months of the effective date with a final plan, a proposed development services agreement, and any request for necessary appropriations; and report back to Council with a progress update within one year. Authorizes and directs the City Manager to take steps to support the Kansas City, Missouri Homesteading Authority in functioning as a developer of publicly owned land in partnership with the Land Bank of Kansas City; to review the inventory of publicly owned parcels and develop a plan for their development; to identify at least two demonstration projects within thirty days of the effective date; to return to Council within six months of the effective date with a final plan, a proposed development services agreement and any request for necessary appropriations; and to report back with a progress update within one year. This is the committee substitute (version 2), posted November 10. Referred to the Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee September 10, 2026; the committee recommended Advance and Do Pass September 22; the Council held it on the docket September 24 and re-referred it October 8; the committee held it October 20 and October 27, then recommended Advance and Do Pass as a Committee Substitute November 10, per the city's record. On the Council's November 12 agenda. | |||
Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Commissioners · Midtown Station, Tracking 21752 · RESOLUTION: MIDTOWN STATION Adoption of a resolution authorizing the continuation of negotiations with Eastside Innovation for the development agreement for the redevelopment of the former Indian Springs mall site. Authorizes the Unified Government to continue negotiating a development agreement with Eastside Innovation to redevelop the former Indian Springs mall site. On November 2, 2026, the Economic Development and Finance Standing Committee voted 5/2 to approve and forward it to the Board of Commissioners, per the agenda packet. On the Board's November 12 agenda at 5:30 p.m. (Tracking 21752). | |||
Calendar | |||
Thursday, November 12 · noon · Blue Room, American Jazz Museum, 1600 E. 18th St. · Free Jazz @ Noon, Homage | |||
Friday, November 13 · 5:30 p.m. · Blue Room, American Jazz Museum, 1600 E. 18th St. · $5; members free Indigo Hour, Kevin "Church" Johnson | |||
Friday, November 13 · 8:30 and 10 p.m. · Blue Room, American Jazz Museum, 1600 E. 18th St. · $10 per set Stacy & The Band | |||
Saturday, November 14 · 7:30 p.m. · Gem Theater, 1615 E. 18th St. "The Heart of a Champion: Buck O'Neil's 115th Birthday Bash," with a concert by the S.O.S. Band | |||
Saturday, November 14 · 8:30 and 10 p.m. · Blue Room, American Jazz Museum, 1600 E. 18th St. · $10 per set David Watson's Re-Birthing The Cool, Bebop N Beyond KC | |||
Monday, November 16 · 7 p.m. · Blue Room, American Jazz Museum, 1600 E. 18th St. · $10; members, musicians and students free Monday Night Jam Session, The Henry Fears Quartet | |||
Friday, November 20 · 5:30 p.m. · Blue Room, American Jazz Museum, 1600 E. 18th St. · $5; members free Indigo Hour, Lauren-Ashley | |||
Saturday, November 21 · 8:30 and 10 p.m. · Blue Room, American Jazz Museum, 1600 E. 18th St. · $10 per set Alex Abramovitz | |||
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Makih Franklin MAKIH FRANKLIN DAY OF REMEMBRANCE Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas | |||
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In 1868 the Georgia House declared 25 of its Black members ineligible and seated the runners-up, "provided none of them are men of color." On November 3, 2026, the Associated Press called Georgia's governor's race for Keisha Lance Bottoms. The Journal still holds the word that took the seats, and the line recording a protest it did not print. | |||
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