Re: Demand that JEDO and the City and County terminate Service Contract No. 2019-01 with Growth Organization of Topeka/Shawnee County, Inc. (GO Topeka) and stop all half-cent draws not authorized by the 2014 ballot
Subject: Re: Demand that JEDO and the City and County terminate Service Contract No. 2019-01 with GO Topeka Spencer, Thank you for writing back. I accept the point about tone. The questions stand on the documents. They do not require a personal exchange. Two clarifications, then the request. First, I do not treat you as the final authority, and I did not read your earlier note as claiming GO Topeka was named on the 2014 ballot or holds a perpetual franchise. The demand is directed to the City, the County, and JEDO because those are the parties that levy the tax, adopted the interlocal, and sit on the 2019-01 contract. Second, this is not, in the first instance, a JEDO workshop item. JEDO can review performance, carry-forward, and incentive results. Those reviews are useful. They are not the threshold issue. The threshold issue is legal: What the November 2014 ballot authorized, as distinct from what the later interlocal and later JEDO votes allocated. What Service ...