Don Loux’s platform as a City Commission candidate can best be summed up by his three-word campaign slogan: “Let’s Fix Emporia!”

When Loux looks at the way that the current government and other operating bodies in Emporia function, he sees duplicity, dysfunction, and a lack of consolidation.

“Having a city and county consolidation saves money and gets rid of duplicate things like personnel. Having two fire departments and law enforcement agencies all just costs extra money,” said Loux.

Loux remembers seeing the news of the KCK-Wyandotte consolidation in 1997 in the Kansas City Star and seeing the future developments like the Kansas Speedway and the Legends complex that are attributed to the decision.

Loux holds a unique position as a candidate who is relatively new to Emporia, having m

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