The city commission is required to rule on any change in zoning for the city. It takes 4 votes to get a change pushed through the commission. Commissioners who run for office independently are much more likely to vote for the interests of the current residents in a neighborhood than for special interests.
The legislature recently passed a much needed law that requires all convicted sex offenders to be removed from the general nursing home population and segregated into nursing homes that house only sex offenders. This is a very good business opportunity for someone. Operation of a facility for sex offenders will probably be cheaper because no one will care all that much about whether the facility is run down or even run properly.
I definitely agree that sex offenders should not be placed in the general population but I think it is very important that the locations of the sex offender nursing homes be situated in an industrial or rural area which is far away from residential neighborhoods.
James Harrod's wife now owns the old Rose Manor Nursing Home in the 900 block of East Independence. It appears to be a fairly run down facility that would only be useful as a nursing home. It has campaign signs all over the grounds.
Rumor has it that the Harrods are considering turning it into a nursing home for sex offenders. Surely this is not true. If it is though I want everyone in Shawnee to know that I, Marva O'Neal would never vote to allow a facility of this type to be put in any residential neighborhood.
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