Enforcement

Sly Gets It: Safer Communities are More Prosperous Communities Click here to download the Sly James enforcement agenda (PDF). There’s no question, Kansas City has become a much safer place to live and work since the early 1990s. Lately, however, our numbers have been moving in the wrong direction. In 2010, homicides in Kansas City [...]

Employment

Sly Gets It:  Too Many Kansas City Residents are Out of Work Click here to download the Sly James employment agenda (PDF). As a small business owner, Sly James understands how important it is for Kansas City to create jobs in this difficult economic environment. Kansas City needs a healthy mix of jobs, from hard [...]

Efficiency

Restore Confidence in City Hall by Improving Accountability Sly Gets It: City Hall is Broken Click here to download and print the Sly James Efficiency agenda (PDF). Kansas City’s budget is a mess, but City Hall is so consumed by crisis and drama that nothing gets done. The city needs a leader who can focus [...]

Education

Sly Gets It: Our Educational System is Leaving Too Many in Our Community Behind Download and print the Sly James Education Agenda (PDF) When talking about education in Kansas City, the conversation tends to revolve around the Kansas City Missouri School District, and there’s a good reason for that: 84.6 percent of the students who [...]