Legislator Megan Marshall Smith Makes EPIC Mistake By Opposing Frank White Recall

Inside scoop that local newsies don't have time to share . . .

Insiders tell us that Jackson County Legislator Megan Marshall Smith imagines she'll garner the 5th District KCMO council seat as Ryna Parks-Shaw is termed out . . . That power move might be easier if she wasn't jumping aboard Exec Frank White's sinking ship. 

Accordingly . . .

Here's a peek at her sketchy defense and opposition of a local voter movement that might soon reach critical mass . . .  

Neither the JCEB or the KCEB would comment on camera Monday, but the JCEB Republican Director Tammy Brown confirmed they're not preparing for an Aug. 26 election. Friday, Democratic Legislator Megan Smith, the only one to abstain from voting on the Aug. 26 date, called an election at that time a violation of state and federal laws.

"It ensures and invites more lawsuits and of course, more injunctions and runs the risk of being invalidated," Smith said during the meeting. "To all the work that all the voters have done to collect signatures and do the process, imagine proceeding forward with an Aug. 26 election that the election board said that they cannot facilitate, only to have it later determined to be invalidated."

Smith wants the recall election to take place Nov. 4, like White does. Jones disagrees.

"Megan Marshall Smith is right there in the middle, backing Frank White. She needs to go just like he does. People need to remember Megan Marshall Smith stands with Frank White. She must go as well," Jones said.

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Jackson County Election Board not preparing for Frank White recall election on Aug. 26