Judge Joseph Ellis of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, this morning denied an appeal by 3rd District City Council candidate Michael Fletcher, who is fighting to remain on tomorrow's primary election ballot. Last Thursday, Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Ann Mesle ruled in favor of the 3rd District incumbent, Councilwoman Sharon Sanders Brooks, who argued that Fletcher can't run for her seat because he has a home in California.
Brooks' lawyer, Clinton Adams, used documents filed by Fletcher
in California to prove that the candidate's primary residence is in Long
Beach, and not in Kansas City's 3rd District, as Fletcher has claimed.
State and local charter laws require City Council candidates to live in
the district they wish to represent.
Fletcher told Prime Buzz that he isn't giving up the fight yet. But it's hard to imagine what recourse he has, given that the primary is ... um, tomorrow.
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