Janet Wilson
Janet Wilson was a candidate for District 1 representative on the Wichita City Council in Kansas. Wilson was defeated in the primary election on August 1, 2017.
Biography
Wilson is a board member of Wichita Independent Neighborhoods, Inc. and the Wichita Transit Advisory Board.[1]
Elections
2017
Brandon Johnson and Mike Kinard defeated John Stevens and Janet Wilson in the primary election for the District 1 seat on the Wichita City Council.[2]
| Wichita City Council, District 1 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Brandon Johnson |
52.19% | 1,546 |
| Mike Kinard |
22.72% | 673 |
| John Stevens | 14.82% | 439 |
| Janet Wilson | 10.26% | 304 |
| Total Votes | 2,962 | |
| Source: Sedgwick County, Kansas, "August 1st, 2017 Primary Election," accessed August 1, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2017
Wilson provided the following response about city funding during a July 2017 forum:
| “ |
You all know until we got Lavonta [Williams] as councilwoman and Carl Brewer as our mayor, District 1 was always being underfunded, underdeveloped and unkept. You have to fight. Just like when you were down there ... fighting for the [McAdams] pool, you have to be down there to hold them accountable every time that budget comes up. I learned about the budget. I know how to do ROIs [Return On Investment], ROEs, return on equity, and return on investment, interest and accounting. That’s what I went to school for. The thing you have to look at is sometimes you have to partner with other neighborhoods, other districts, in order to get your project through. I am the person that can do that because I know exactly where the money is and I know who to go to get it from.[3][4] |
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| —Janet Wilson (2017) | ||
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Wichita Eagle, "City Council, school board candidates," June 1, 2017
- ↑ Sedgwick County, Kansas, "Current Candidate Listings," accessed May 31, 2017
- ↑ KMUW, "Four Candidates In The Race For Wichita City Council District 1; Where Do They Stand?," July 28, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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