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ICYMI: Full video from Monday’s Roeland Park candidate forum

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If you weren’t able to attend Monday’s forum for the candidates running for Roeland Park’s governing body, you’re in luck: The good people at the Northeast Johnson County Chamber of Commerce have posted video from the event.

Here’s a rundown of the timecodes for the questions asked by moderator Brian Brown:

1.) What should the city do with its property tax rate now that Walmart isn’t planning to leave the city in the coming year or so? (Answers start at 16:52)
2.) What is your vision for the future of the city’s parks? (Answers start at 25:30)
3.) What should happen with the city’s aquatic center given that the partnership with JCPRD is coming to an end? (Answers start at 33:25)
4.) How should Roeland Park address the rash of sinkholes it’s experienced in recent months? (Answers start at 42:20)
5.) Roeland Park needs to find a new home for its public works facility. Where should it go? (Answers start at 49:50)
6.) What are the most critical initiatives the city needs to look at over the next four years? (Answers start at 58:21)

About the author

Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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