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This last week I spent five days at the National Association of Counties national conference in New Orleans, LA. I have never been to New Orleans, but I can definitely understand why people fall in love with it. The music, the food, and most of all the incredibly friendly people, which reminded me of home. And this year's conference was chock full of sessions on data centers, affordable housing, mental health supports for youth, and immigration services. I cannot stress enough how important...

Over two years ago, in May of 2024, I asked our jail design consultants and members of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee when and how we were going to conduct public input sessions to inform the jail design. There was not a clear answer. Last Wednesday was the first time the public (and myself) were presented with designs for the proposed jail and Sheriff's office building. That is not public input, that's barely public feedback given that only those that can show up at 9am on a...

I am pumped about the event tomorrow night and I hope that you can join us! This is our moment to celebrate together and also unveil our (Me and Mandi) Progressive Platform. It's time we put out there what we want to get done in Johnson County, especially now that we have the blessing of your votes during the last primary election. We will have food, cake, awards, and yes, even an auction, lol! It's been a busy week, so I will leave you with a link to the V-eekly Mand-ate video that we posted...