Dear editor,
Adrienne Vallejo Foster, a candidate for Congress, was born, raised and educated in Wyandotte County.
As a true ‘dotte original, Adrienne knows Wyandotte. She grew up near 10th and Central. She attended All Saints School and graduated from Ward High School in 1990. She played baseball at City Park, and Klopper Park, and knows the tasty treats from Casa de Tacos, and Paul’s Drive In. Adrienne knows our different neighborhoods and she knows our local problems: high property taxes, high utility rates, crime, code enforcement.
It’s time for someone with Wyandotte roots and experience to have a chance.
Adrienne’s heart-felt values are: Family, Faith, Freedom.
These values are how Adrienne and her husband, Stephen, married 24 years, have raised their five sons: Stephen Jr, Sebastian, Christian, James, and Blaise.
Adrienne graduated from UMKC with a Master’s degree in Public Administration. She started a small business providing legal transcription services.
She was elected in 2004 to the Roeland Park City Council and in 2009 was elected mayor of Roeland Park. During the recession of 2009-2010, she did not increase taxes or debt and forced the city manager to cut spending! The city manager also wanted to build a new city hall costing $10 million, but Adrienne said no, and today Roeland Park still uses the same, small, old building. She is fiscally responsible! We need that with UG and BPU!
Gov. Sam Brownback appointed her director of Latino Affairs for Kansas, a state-wide responsibility. Later, President Trump appointed her to the Small Business Administration to be an advocate for small businesses in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa.
Adrienne has the best combination of values, experience, and personality to be an effective Member of Congress.
As a Congresswoman, Adrienne will focus on national issues:
• get the economy going again, and get people back to work.
• reducing health care costs, so we can afford to buy it.
• support President Trump’s efforts to secure our borders.
• making Congress more fiscally responsible.
It’s Wyandotte County’s turn. Let’s elect a true ‘dotte original.
Chris Steineger
Lifelong Wyandotte County resident