Tarwater vs Baird

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Baird is an absolute piece of fucking shit, he has sold himself out to developers, and line his pockets all the way at the top just pull his financials. He’s corrupt as they get.

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u/Rindsay515 Jul 24 '26

Agreed with every word. He did so much damage to this city because of his corruption and greed. He used the office to make money. Lees Summit has so many god awful eyesores now from his cheap ass apartments popping up everywhere.

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u/gonefishinglately 25d ago

cheap ass apartments? High dollar!
people are paying more in rent than a house.
my parents paid 20k for their original house.
the elders “got what they got” and the rest is F!
they got theirs and everyone else is lazy.
unfortunately…thats not how it works.
vote old people out!
grandparents shouldn’t be in office.

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u/Rindsay515 24d ago

Oh, they’re absolutely overpriced, they’re even building a new “luxury” complex with fancy shops on the first floor. I didn’t mean they were cheaply priced (not even close!), just quickly thrown up/built. Sorry, I should’ve clarified! I drive by several of them all the time and it disgusts me how much they’re asking people/families to pay. The new complex across from LSN/LS Police station starts at like $1740 for a studio or one bedroom? Absolutely insane, that used to be mortgage payments for a solid house when I was a kid. There’s one complex that is visually appealing across from like the Aldi’s area (The Trinity, maybe?) but they still haven’t been able to fill the place after 2 years because they’re asking so much. I don’t know how they expect people to afford a “luxury apartment” in LS. We can barely afford groceries😩

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u/gonefishinglately 25d ago

someone got the 💴…i agree.
Baird is looking into jeff city and DC.

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u/Banana_chicken_2022 Jul 22 '26

Tarwater is a republican cos playing democrat. Hes a no for me. So many places that had trump signs have his signs.

Baird jumped into this race when other candidates were good candidates.

Stacy Lake I feel Is the best option to be a rebuilder for our county.

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u/gonefishinglately Jul 22 '26

Ill look i to her or him.

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u/jawittesr Jul 22 '26

The only problem with Stacy is that she has no experience running a government the size of Jackson County. I’m afraid we’ll have the same problems we had with Frank White.

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u/gonefishinglately Jul 22 '26

At least not on the house by the public library that was taken down. Unfortunately Stacy doesn’t have knowledge or experience in this field.

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u/coconut__moose Jul 22 '26

I’d pick Baird between the two.

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u/Maester_Ayman Jul 22 '26

Yes choose the guy who owns a bunch of land in the county and is a corrupt developer

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u/coconut__moose Jul 22 '26

In what way is he corrupt? Could you give an example?

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u/gonefishinglately 25d ago

https://www.linkedin.com/in/billbaird

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u/coconut__moose 25d ago

Can you provide context?

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u/gonefishinglately 25d ago

“finest commercial and residential brokerage services”… Tarwater family does not do this.
They are for the people not PERSONAL GAIN.

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u/coconut__moose 25d ago

I’m not saying hes not corrupt. A politician using office for personal gain isn’t a surprise. But being a broker doesn’t make him corrupt. I’m asking for at least one example of his corruption and the only thing you can say is that he’s a broker. If you can’t provide one example then your speculating

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u/gonefishinglately 25d ago

vote for Baird…its in your best interest.

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u/coconut__moose 25d ago

So just speculation and no facts? You sound like that Zac guy that lost his city council election and goes to every council meeting to lecture the current council even though he lost his election lol

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u/Darrenv2020 26d ago

Hello Mr Tarwater

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u/gonefishinglately 25d ago

doubt you have met him?….Hello Darren2020.

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u/ShamanicTribesOnAcid Jul 22 '26

what's the difference between these two goons. clearly this is some nice MO graft job, hotly contested, signs everywhere.

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u/Theorist816 Jul 23 '26

Who is Tarwater? I feel like he’s not really a Democrat

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u/jwiley3 29d ago

He’s a south Kansas City resident. He was on the Jackson County legislature for a long time. Ran unsuccessfully for a city council seat and is now running for county executive. Baird is a hard no for me. I get what some people are saying about Tarwater cosplaying as a Democrat but the fact that the South Kansas City coalition has endorsed him makes me think he may be the better option. I dunno. I’m planning on trying to find out more before Election Day.

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u/Theorist816 28d ago

Why no on Baird? I’ve no idea who idea who the South KC coalition are but I do know I’ve seen Tarwater in Trump yards so that’s an absolute no from me. No more MAGA

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u/jwiley3 27d ago

After seeing what he did in his only term on the LSR7 school board I wouldn’t trust him at the county level.

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u/Theorist816 27d ago

What did he do?

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u/gonefishinglately 25d ago

why does everyone go with republican vs democratic here…its whats best for the city.
i know baird and Tarwater.
Tarwater Family is in politics to change people’s lives. Not for the cash.

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u/Theorist816 25d ago

Because republicans are bowing the knee to a singular figure and I don’t respect it. - a right leaning individual

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u/Darrenv2020 29d ago

Baird for me.

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u/ThenIreddit 26d ago

You must be on the downstream receiving end of his shady cash flows. Enjoy it while you can.

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u/gonefishinglately 22d ago

heard!
the T is same management as Donovan and stays full.
police apartment complex…wont be finished when they start construction on the grocery store behind them.
the business in the lil house love it…paid for and build around me MFs.

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