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Every claim on this site traces to one of these documents, the letters, the docket, the packets, the broadcast, the headlines. Read them yourself.
Primary documents
PDF · 4 pages
The LeVota letter
Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota fires his $199,000-a-year Chief of Staff, the salary, the hidden job hunt, the verdict on her character, in writing.
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Interactive
The letter, annotated
The same letter with page-by-page highlights and plain-language notes.
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Photo · on file
The Tush letter
Alderman Theresa Tush urges Raytown's tire shops to pack a meeting against the Dobbs permit, and floats a cap on business licenses. Photographed copy.
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City & court records
Missouri Case.net
The 2015 court docket
Case No. 1516-CV02659, the residency disqualification. Votes cast for her were not counted.
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City of Raytown · PDF
P&Z packet, July 2, 2026
The first Dobbs hearing: 5–2 to recommend denial, with the staff report warning the lot would 'remain vacant and underutilized.'
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City of Raytown · PDF
P&Z packet, Aug. 6, 2026
The reconsideration: 7–1 to recommend approval. The property owners urge the city to approve.
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City broadcast · Video
Board of Aldermen broadcast, Aug. 11, 2026
Watch the final vote yourself. The motion fails 5–3; Garza votes no; Tush and Thomas are absent.
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City of Raytown · PDF
BOA packet, July 21, 2026
Discussion Item 9: 'Alderman Theresa Tush, Code of Ethics Violation, Mayor McDonough.' The Dobbs fight goes personal.
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Press coverage
Kansas City Star · 2015
Kansas City Star, the residency question
The Star's report on her withdrawal from the 5th District race amid questions about the charter's residency requirement.
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Kansas City Star · Editorial
Kansas City Star, 'will not be counted'
The editorial: a judge disqualified her over residency, and any votes for her would not be counted.
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AP via News Tribune · 2011
Associated Press, the 2011 conflict
Her husband resigns from the Guadalupe Center after the county attorney warns the funding would have to stop if she served.
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KSHB · 2026
KSHB, out as Chief of Staff
Six months into the $199,000-a-year role, after LeVota's letter.
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More from the record
File II · The Pattern
Sixteen Years, One Pattern →
Every documented stop from 2010 to today, the spine of the whole record.
Case File No. 6713-26
The Dobbs Tire File →
Five years vacant. A 7–1 recommendation. A 5–3 vote that killed it, plus the letter that packed the room.
Annotated, page by page
The Termination Letter →
Her own boss put it in writing: the $199,000 salary, the hidden job hunt, the verdict on her character.
Still unanswered
Open Questions →
The questions Ward 4 voters keep asking, tracked until she answers them.
Spread the record
Share Toolkit →
Ready-to-post lines, the PDF of the letter, and print materials for your neighborhood.
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One-Page Flyer →
The whole record on a single page, built for doorsteps.