City Council Member for
#OPKS
, Ward 2. Mom, advocate. It's free so this seems silly: Paid for by Melissa Cheatham for Overland Park, Treasurer Chris Moll.
Are you in Kansas feeling excited about Kamala but also feeling like you don't make a difference because Kansas's electoral college votes will go to Trump no matter what you do? Well... let me tell you ... there are some big possibilities here in November and we need your help
Opportunity
#1
: Break the GOP Supermajority in Topeka. We need to flip two house seats or three senate seats to do it and several run straight through
#JoCo
. Check out folks like Karen Thurlow, Andrew Mall, Ace Allen.
Opportunity
#3
: Elect a great DA in
#JoCo
. We have two democrats running and I believe both are well-qualified. Both candidates intend to focus on addressing violent crime and gun violence, as well as offering alternative sentencing to low-level, non-violent drug offenders.
Opportunity
#4
: Bring more solution-oriented and people-focused decision-making to the County Commission. Julie Brewer would be an outstanding addition.
We did it!
Thank you to everyone for helping me advance to the general election in November. Now we take a deep breath and then get back to work for the general election.
#OPKS
Tonight, we celebrate. Tomorrow, we rest. Then, can we talk about how much more good we can do if we keep working?
Hit me up if you want to talk about volunteering on a campaign before November, getting involved in local government, or running for office yourself.
It’s been a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, 14 states have banned most abortions, leaving millions of women and girls with nowhere to turn for the care they need.
And yet, there are reasons to hope.
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, voters in
The folks who pushed the amendment aren't going to stop. They're going to try to win every city council, county commission, and state house seat they can. Are you going to let them? Feeling energized? It's a great time to sign up to
@runforsomething
I'm excited to share some big news! I have filed to represent my neighbors on Overland Park's city council. I'll work hard to earn your votes and do all I can to maintain and improve our community. If we share a vision, please support me with a donation.
Overland Park is going to be doing a Safe Streets for All plan (Thanks Biden-Harris team and
@SecretaryPete
and DOT!). I hope we can pilot some of these raised crosswalks and other solutions and see them succeed so we can deploy them more widely.
I'm sitting on one of two new benches at Roe Park. I put in a request for these 10 days ago through OPCares website after noticing lots of people wishing they had a spot to sit and watch kids at play. LOVE living in this responsive city.
@opcares
@1struleoftweets
If you are in the KC area, you are totally invited to come knock doors to help us. But there are for sure candidates who need your help there. I'm tagging
@mkelleykc
who is more in tune with that side of the state line to suggest some meaningful races.
"Perdue did not move the Economic Research Service to Kansas City. He gutted it." Our community was excited for these workers to move here, but we need to understand that this was not a good thing for our country.
Moms For Liberty candidates were on the ballot in
#joco
this year and will be next year. We need to elect candidates who truly support our public schools, students and teachers.
Beyond me how new school board members can show up at first meeting & fire superintendent & general counsel w/out any justification or forewarning. This is a superintendent who drove buses when there were no drivers & told gen counsel to do same. 1/x
Me: What's important to you in this local election?
Voter: Woke culture. CRT. Kids taught to hate each other.
Me: I have kids in school and they aren't taught that.
Voter: That's because they are taught not to tell you what they are being taught.
Me: Uhhhhhh....have a nice day?
Tonight one of my colleagues stated that he does not think government should be declaring certain fuels to be more virtuous than others.
Going to disagree there and say that fuels that don't harm our health are more virtuous than ones that do.
#OPKS
A few notable, historically red counties I think Biden has decent-to-excellent chances to flip blue:
Maricopa, AZ
Butte, CA
Seminole, FL
Ada, ID
Dallas, IA
Johnson, KS
Kent, MI
Morris, NJ
New Hanover, NC
Collin, TX
Tarrant, TX
Williamson, TX
Chesterfield, VA
Spokane, WA
Board president Ousley took the lead to end cold cheese sandwiches for kids whose parents hadn’t put money on their lunch account. Every kid gets fed in
#SMSD
. We need to re-elect
@OusleyforSMSD
.
#votelocal
Yesterday's mail call. More
@BrentWelder
. I don't think I've gotten direct mail from anyone else. Interesting how prominently it features
@MomsDemand
. All 6 Dems are "Gun Sense Candidates" - not just him.
#ks03
A win for clean energy tonight!
At tonight's meeting, the City Council voted to add the solar panels to our soon-to-be-rebuilt fire station on 75th Street. The vote was 7-4.
#OPKS
Yesterday I was doing check-in texts with friends who haven't voted yet. Two planned to vote at a time when the location they had in mind would be closed. Really glad I checked in and we made an alternate plan. Talk to your friends people!
On this beautiful day I decided to walk to the bank. It was a reminder why so few people make the choice not to drive. Sidewalks adjacent to busy streets, sidewalk dead ends, few street trees (and also that fence adjacent to sidewalk that I posted yesterday). We deserve better.
When your
@runforsomething
Regional Director lives nearby, you get to meet her in person instead of on Zoom. Thanks for the incredible guidance and wisdom, Andrea!
Way to go
@KCMO
and
@KCParksRecDept
! Our whole region will benefit from your investments in native plants and I hope
@opcares
and others will copy your good work!
We've reached the phase of the campaign where multiple voters hold up my walk lit beside my face in disbelief that Heat-Advisory-Melissa is the same person as Pro-Photo-in-the-Spring-Melissa. Yep, that's me, sweating for your vote!
#OPKS
You've heard me say it before but local elections matter. So grateful my neighbors elected
@JaneeHanzlick
to help lead our community through this difficult time and to Janee for her willingness to serve. Also thanks
@edeilert
!
#joco
Last night I had the opportunity to ride along with Officer Cleckner of the
@OverlandPark_PD
. I appreciated the opportunity to learn more about the work she and her colleagues do to keep our community safe as well as some of the challenges they face.
#OPKS
Just did a test ride to the new middle school with my kid. Ugh.
I'm going to be talking with colleagues and staff about how to identify and fill in sidewalk gaps where sidewalks abruptly end on these priority routes. We deserve and need Safe Routes to School.
This Labor Day, remember that gay workers can be fired from their jobs for being gay in Overland Park and some people on the city council don’t want to use their positions to change that. Come make a comment on Wed at city hall if you have views on this.
I've been making calls for
#ksleg
candidates. Today I heard from
@Poskin4KS
that a voter who was marked as undecided told her that she had just voted for Mari-Lynn because a volunteer (me) had called her to tell her about education being ML's top concern.
#DoMoreThanVote
!
"For everyone who is angry about school funding and teacher pay in the [SMSD] and beyond, I implore you to hit the streets with me this summer and fall to ensure we elect more public school supporters in the November elections." Thank you
@cindy4kansas
!
If you are mad about that discriminatory adoption bill in the
#ksleg
, you probably don't want to vote for
@RepKevinYoder
, who just voted to take it national.
#ks03
I knocked on someone's door tonight who heard SMSD is funding CRT by taking money from special education. It would be illegal to take money away from special ed, so — fear not — that's not happening on so many levels.
#OPKS
I was so happy that my
@runforsomething
Regional Director was able to celebrate with me and my team last night (and meet another RFS local endorsee,
@ColeforPV
).
Three years ago, Election Night sucked. I committed to make a difference in my community. Two years ago, I celebrated a win for
@OusleyforSMSD
. Tonight I celebrate a win by
@jessbhem
. Tens of thousands of kids' lives will shift because of these wins.
#localelectionsmatter
Public Safety Cmte just voted not to add solar panels to our new fire station. Panels pay for themselves in 16 years, will last 30-40. Thank you to CMs Grummert and Mosher for the support. If you want to
#ActOnClimate
, let's talk about you running next year.
@runforsomething
The lesson from the disastrous SMSD rollout of back to school: involve people in decisionmaking. These changes are the result of correcting errors that could have been addressed up front if plans were made with us, instead of behind closed doors and then unilaterally announced.
Kansas has cut spending on pollution control programs by 11.5% in the last decade. With EPA under attack from its leaders, we need to fully fund these programs to keep our communities healthy.
#ksleg
Greetings from the
#ksleg
redistricting town hall at Matt Ross Community Center. Packed house, mostly masked. I'll share what I hear. I'm impressed so many people made it. It was a hustle for me as I had kiddos who needed celebratory ice cream after a great first day of school.
🚨🚨At
#OPKS
City Council meeting, City Manager Bill Ebel has just announced his retirement in Spring 2022.
The stakes for this fall's elections just got even higher. The mayor and council we elect will determine who applies for this important job. 🚨🚨
Nine summers ago, I sat on the floor of
@WonderscopeKC
's old location in Shawnee and dreamed of a world-class children's museum for our community. I joined the board and helped lay the foundation for a new museum. Today I saw the results of that dream come true.
#KCMO
That's what I call a hands-on mayor! This AM a constituent wrote to me about this dangerous situation. With it being early on a weekend, I didn't know what to do, so I texted the mayor to ask who to call. He just went on over and fixed it himself. Thanks
@VoteSkoog
!
#OPKS
OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS for the local general election are now available at . The results were certified by the Board of County Canvassers today.
✅ Votes Cast - 111,761
✅ Voter Turnout - 25.27%
@cyreejarelle
Even as an economically comfortable person, I rely heavily on my library. Not only would I read less without the library, but I know I'd read "safer" titles as I wouldn't want to "waste" money on books I wasn't sure about, new authors, new topics.
67 votes. If you've got a candidate you support, that's a margin YOU can swing for them by door knocking three shifts. Can you find a candidate and give them three shifts? Or one?
And hey -
#KS02
- remember to vote in YOUR congressional primary tomorrow for
@VoteKleinmann
.