Prairie Village voters reject dismantling mayor-council government, defeat slate of PV United candidates

Prairie Village voters reject dismantling mayor-council government, defeat slate of PV United candidates

An unusually large mid-term turnout ended a tumultuous year in divisive Prairie Village politics by resoundingly defeating an attempt to jettison the mayor-council form of government in effect since the founding of the city in the 1950s. According to reporting by KSHB-41, the Johnson County (JOCO) Election Office certified 2,004 signatures in 2023, above the required amount of 1,945 to place the question of abandoning the current form of governm…