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Good evening,   Thank you for writing and sharing your concerns, Mr. McClure. Principles of sound financial stewardship are essential for good governance, and it’s clear you share this value.   The League exists to help Kansas cities govern effectively and lawfully. We do that in part by supporting home rule and the principle that decisions about local affairs are best made by elected officials closest to the people they serve. The League provides guidance and advocates for Kansas municipalities, but it does not prescribe a single policy approach for every city or take positions on the specific ordinances and policies individual cities adopt.   Mayor Duncan has addressed the specific questions you raised regarding Topeka’s policies and projects. I will leave those matters to him and the City’s Governing Body.   Thank you again for taking the time to share your perspective. ...

For the record  We will most likely get there depending on what you do at Go Topeka  Spend money that is not on the ballot is a no no.  Go Topeka, bad boys and girls.  H  From: Henry McClure <mcre13@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2026 8:55 PM To: sduncan@topeka.org <sduncan@topeka.org> Subject: I never filed an ethics complaint   Spencer, One correction to your letter. You wrote that I sent an ethics complaint to the state about your League job and that it wasn't accepted. I never filed an ethics complaint. My letter never went to the ethics commission. I wrote you an email saying I don't think you're calling the shots fairly, and I copied the executive director of the League of Kansas Municipalities. That's an opinion shared with your employer, not a complaint to the state. If you think otherwise, prove it. Wrong again. Henry McClure (762) 291-2765

Spencer, This is the complete version of my earlier email, with the part I left out added in. You went out of your way to note that I was involved in College Hill, as if the Post Audit numbers were a verdict on me. Let's get the facts straight. I was a minority partner and owned three properties in the project. I had no say over how it was run. College Hill sat in a high-crime area, and no private developer was going to build there unless the City signed on with its full faith and credit. Washburn University was the one pushing the whole community to get behind the project. The Topeka City Council approved it and pledged the City's full faith and credit. That was the council's decision, not mine. I was a victim of what happened next, not the perpetrator of it. What happened next was the 2008 financial crisis, the collapse they made a movie about, The Big Short. Here's what it did, according to the Federal Reserve's own numbers: American...