Category: Communities

Candidate forums sponsored by Business West are planned next week.

Candidates for offices on the primary ballot have been invited to participate in the forums.

Forums will be conducted online this year, similar to last year’s forum, and then will be broadcast later on the Kansas City Kansas Community College cable television station and also on YouTube.

They will not be in-person forums, and there will not be an audience during the forums. The forums will not be debates. The moderator will be Murrel Bland.

Candidates will present information, and questions will be asked by local panelists.

The Wyandotte County Republican Women are holding a meet-and-greet luncheon with Republican candidates on Sunday, July 25.

The event will be from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, July 25, at the Moose Lodge, 6621 Turner Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.

Lunch will be available upon purchase, and donations will be accepted at the door.

Several candidates are planning to attend.

Candidates include Carolyn Caiharr, running for mayor of Edwardsville; Chris Steineger, running for mayor of Kansas City, Kansas; Daniel Soptic, running for Wyandotte County Sheriff; Daran Duffy, running for mayor of Kansas City, Kansas; Dennis Grindel, running for Board of Public Utilities, at large, position 2; Diana Whittington, running for Unified Government Commission, District 8; Eleanor Morales-Clark, running for UG Commission, District 5; J. Michael Tiner-Mackey, running for UG Commissioner at large, District 2; Mark Gilstrap, running for BPU at large, Position 2; Mathew Birzer, running for USD 204 (Bonner Springs) School Board; and William Barajas, running for USD 204 (Bonner Springs) School Board.

For information, call 913-721-2769.