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Mayor & City Manager Monthly Press Conference (City of Topeka, October 28, 2026) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr8ZwbjC7Ac This ~30-minute press conference features Mayor Spencer Duncan and newly appointed Interim City Manager Michael Webb. It covers recent leadership changes, two March 2026 mail-in ballot measures, the city manager search, and related questions (including data centers). Key Points from Mayor Duncan’s Remarks Anonymous online criticism Duncan revisited earlier comments about anonymous online posts. He clarified that he objects to using anonymity to bully, mock bodies, invent lies, or claim false insider knowledge—calling it cruel, dishonest, and cowardly because it avoids accountability. He distinguished this from legitimate named criticism or disagreement, which he accepts. Much of the commentary targets city employees, council members, or residents rather than him personally; he argued people deserve basic decency even amid disagreements. Former City...

  PROPERTY DOSSIER Stormont Vail Health: $248 Million of Shawnee County Real Estate, 99% Off the Tax Rolls Real property titled to Stormont-Vail HealthCare Inc and two affiliates, Shawnee County, Kansas • Prepared for Henry McClure , McClure Real Estate / MCRE, LLC • Prepared by Trudy Young , VP of Real Estate, MCRE, LLC • County data retrieved October 26–27, 2026 (CT) • Report date October 27, 2026 $247.8M 99.0% $69,277 $539,770 → $0 2026 appraised value, 89 Stormont-titled parcels of that value is classed Exempt by the county 2025 general property tax billed on all 89 parcels Capitol Tower tax bill, 2023 vs. 2025   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: HEADLINE FINDINGS ·         Stormont Vail holds a quarter-billion dollars of Shawnee County real estate, and almost none of it pays property tax. The county lists 89 parcels titled to Sto...