Former transit chief running for City Council
This could be a first for local politics. Former KC Area Transportation Authority executive director Dick Davis is running for the 1st District City Council seat now held by the term-limited Bill Skaggs. Dick also directed the Mid-America Regional Council in the 1970s, so he has experience in regional planning as well as transit. The 1st District includes most of the Clay County part of KCMO and the Old Northeast neighborhoods north of Independence Ave.
While we aren’t making an endorsement, we thought it would be interesting to pass along that he has a kickoff fundraiser tonight – 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Chappell’s in North Kansas City (323 Armour/210, 3 blocks east of Burlington/North Oak).


