fair play

Does this worry you as much as my signs? 

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Henry McClure 

Time kills deals

785-383-9994

www.henrymcclure.live

Fwd: your signs

How many emails have you sent regarding unfair taxation? 

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From: rosegreenhow <rosegreenhow@proton.me>
Date: Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Subject: your signs
To: mcre13@gmail.com <mcre13@gmail.com>

mr. mcclure -

you want to be mayor but you dont even respect the sign  laws. i see your signs up all over still. thats illegal and they are supposed be down. if i saw one i would understand it was missed. but all of yours still seem like they are up.

wish you would be more respectful of the laws.

have a blessed day

Sent with Proton Mail secure email.

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Henry McClure 

Time kills deals

785-383-9994

www.henrymcclure.live

signs

Under Kansas law, political signs on private property are generally permitted during the 45-day period prior to an election and for two days following the election. This means that cities and counties, including Topeka, are restricted from regulating or prohibiting the placement or number of political signs on private property or the unpaved right-of-way during this timeframe. 

However, there are still some restrictions and regulations to consider. You must have the property owner's consent to place a political sign on private property. While signs are allowed in the unpaved right-of-way during the election period, they are generally not permitted in areas that could block a motorist's line of sight, particularly near intersections. Cities and counties can still regulate the size and setback distance of signs for safety reasons. Political signs cannot be attached to utility poles, traffic signs or signals, trees, stones, or fence posts. Additionally, state law prohibits placing political yard signs and other campaign materials within 250 feet of a polling location's entrance. Signs can be put up no earlier than 45 days before an election and must be taken down within 2 days after Election Day. 

For Topeka specifically, after the third day following an election, signs in residential areas cannot be larger than six square feet, while in other areas they can be up to 32 square feet. If a sign violates regulations, the city will issue a written notice to the candidate for removal within 3 days; otherwise, the sign may be impounded. Impounded signs are held for 10 business days before disposal. To reclaim a sign, the owner must pay outstanding fines, plus removal and storage fees. Intentionally damaging or removing another person's property, including yard signs, can be considered criminal damage to property and may result in fines or other penalties. 

In summary, although there's a period when cities and counties cannot ban political signs, it's essential to follow rules about location, safety, and removal, and always get the property owner's permission before placing signs on private property. 

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Henry McClure 

Time kills deals

785-383-9994

www.henrymcclure.live

Fwd: Sign rules

My signs on private property - my larger signs 

They can stay up 

Right 

Wrong? 

H 

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Henry McClure 

Time kills deals

785-383-9994

www.henrymcclure.live

McClure Says Unpaid Taxes at Lauren’s Bay Holds City ‘Hostage’

Henry McClure  
785.383.9994
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From: Henry McClure <mcre13@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Aug 16, 2025, 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: McClure Says Unpaid Taxes at Lauren's Bay Holds City 'Hostage'
To: Yahoo Mgmt® <carolyncogswell@yahoo.com>

Got it 

Henry McClure  
785.383.9994
sent from mobile 📱
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On Sat, Aug 16, 2025, 1:00 AM Yahoo Mgmt® <carolyncogswell@yahoo.com> wrote:

Sorry, another pesky little typo, in the seventh paragraph down before $2.4 million the word "is" has been deleted.

McClure Says Unpaid Taxes at Lauren's Bay Holds City 'Hostage'

 

Jim Klausman, a Topeka developer who owns Wheatfield Village at 29th and Fairlawn in Topeka, as well as Midwest Health, consisting of more than 50 healthcare communities in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, owes millions of dollars in back taxes on a very nice housing district near 47th and Wanamaker called Lauren's Bay. Commercial real estate broker Henry McClure, who is running for Topeka mayor against City Council Member Spencer Duncan, says taxes on these and about 100 other properties in the area have remained unpaid for a decade.

 

Earlier, KSNT reported Klausman had agreed to pay past-due special assessments on those properties "in return for tax incentives from the city."  In April, the Topeka City Council agreed to establish a community improvement district (CID) for 16 properties in the Lauren's Bay neighborhood, as well as "three city-owned lots that have sat empty for years." A CID is a type of tax incentive.

 

A CID is a designated geographic area where property owners or businesses within the district agree to pay an additional tax or fee. This revenue is then used to fund improvements and services within the district's boundaries, supplementing those already provided by the local government. 

 

KSNT reported April 9 that  Assistant Topeka City Manager Braxton Copley said, "Right now they're close to $300 a month [in special assessments], by spreading them out over 20 years it's going to get them down to $185 per month for the ones owned by the developer because some of the special assessments or some of the assessments, the payment they're going to be making is going to be used to pay down principle on those future specials." This agreement only applies to the 16 lots approved by the City Council for a CID in April.

 

Chuck Dultmeier of Dultmeier Homes is a Topeka home builder and has been building houses since 1970. He first bought land in Lauren's Bay in 2008. Dultmeier owns 140 lots in the Lauren's Bay subdivision.

 

On January 9, 2024, Dultmeier presented to the Topeka City Council an offer to help the city develop the Lauren's Bay subdivision. The City Council has not acted since then regarding Dultmeier's appeal. He says waiving Klausman's special assessments holds local developers hostage and hinders the development of Topeka.

 

"We were told you could not develop if you owed back taxes or specials," Dultmeier said in an interview with McClure August 15. Now, Dultmeier says, with "a  deal on 15 lots,"  Klausman will collect from the city tax-payers $2.4 million dollars over 20 years for a $700,000 investment. (The earlier report was for 16 properties.)

 

Dultmeier says he just wants to help Topeka by developing Lauren's Bay, but the process cannot move forward while Jim Klausman holds title to the property, yet has outstanding special assessments for ten years. Meanwhile, many lots in the area have been abandoned and are now unsightly, littered and dilapidated.

 

Dultmeier says he has met with Klausman on four separate occasions to work out a marketing plan that he believes, if it goes forward, would pay back the overdue special assessments "in full and more," but the only response he has gotten from Klausman is, "I'll get back with you."

 

"Since it's such a blighted area we left Lauren's Bay, this has hurt Topeka growing to the West," he said.

 

McClure says Klausman is "holding the taxpayers hostage because he doesn't pay and he doesn't build."

 

It is not known whether actual repayment of the special assessments is currently in process or when these special assessments will be repaid.

 

Dultmeier says he is grateful to the city for bond money when he was first getting started and he wants to help Topeka by helping develop Lauren's Bay.

 

McClure suggests meeting with the City Manager to work on resolving this issue.

https://dultmeierhomes.com/communities/laurens-bay-topeka-ks  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carolyn Cogswell