Open Questions
Questions for Theresa Garza, Ward 4.
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Question 1
Where does she work now?
What we know: Before the county, Garza was Spire's regional manager of government affairs, lobbying and economic development for Missouri's gas utility. That was public: the Kansas City Business Journal profiled her in the role in 2021. She no longer works for Spire.
What we don't know: where she works now. After her April 2026 firing, she hasn't publicly said.
Why it matters: Spire is a regulated utility with interests before local governments across Missouri. If a sitting Alderman is on a utility's payroll, or being courted by one. Voters deserve to know. It's the same conflict-of-interest question that followed her out of state government in 2011.
Alderman Garza: who signs your paychecks today?
Question 2
Who paid for her degree?
What we know: Garza spent years on the Jackson County payroll, as a legislative aide and later as a county legislator, and holds a Master of Public Administration from Park University, earned during that period.
What we don't know: whether county taxpayers covered any of that education, and under what program. Jackson County has had educational-assistance benefits; whether she used them is a matter of public record, if the county produces it.
Why it matters: After a letter accusing her of spending county time on personal business, taxpayers are owed a full accounting of what else the county paid for.
Alderman Garza: did Jackson County taxpayers pay for your education?
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