Did Wyandotte County 6th District Commissioner Phil Lopez make an obscene gesture during Thursday night's commission meeting?

Lopez told KSHB 41 Wyandotte County reporter Rachel Henderson he has a tree service, uses chainsaws, and his wrist bothers him.

He denied that shaking his wrist to ease his discomfort was an obscene gesture.

"It's like somebody's trying to make everybody focus on that and not on the outrageous budget that is being portrayed here," Lopez said.

Commissioner Mike Kane called out Lopez, and two other commissioners, Tom Burroughs and Chuck Stites for voting against an action that involved the data center in Piper.

Kane claimed the three commissioners voted the way they did because of the upcoming election.

Lopez told Henderson he was sitting there listening, "but s

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