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    "ocrText": "3\nhospital for the indigent aged, as well as for\nthe road bonds. On May 8, 1928 about a year\nafter the road report was made by Stayton and\nVeatch, the bond issues were voted on. The road\nbond and county hospital projects were carried,\nbut the Court Houses and Jail were defeated.\nThe City's program was also defeated except for\nsome Swope Park bonds and some hospital bonds.\nAs soon as the bonds were carried, the Court pro-\nceeded to carry out the program as outlined and\nto date all contracts have been let and by the\nend of the year will be completed. We engaged\nStayton and Veatch after much legal skirmishing\naround and they have successfully seen to the\nconstruction. The Hospital is nearly completed\nand will be built under the estimate without a\nsingle extra to increase the cost. Some people\nare saying that this is a remarkable record and\nought to be bragged about and made a campaign\nissue. Gentlemen, it is my opinion that it ought\nto be a customary record for public officials to\ndo their job well, and that if a public official\nhasn't , a future constructive program to run on,\nhis past record( unless it's bad) should not be\nconsidered.\nI have brought you a map showing the County system\nand its relation to Kansas City and the adjoining\ncounties. While we were doing all these things\nI have be en telling you about, we found that Kan-\nsas City is the center of a fast growing metropol-\nitan area in two states, and the people in this\narea have common interests that can be served by\nthe co-operation of the governing body of six\ncounties. We began studying Regional Planning\nand we found that every large city in the Country\nis having the same problems as we are.\nIn December, 1928 the County Court of Jackson County\nasked the County Courts of Clay and Platte Counties\nand the County Commissioners of Johnson, Wyandotte\nand Leavenworth Counties, together with the Mayors\nand Presidents of Civic Bodies in the towns of all\nthese counties to meet with us at the Hotel Balti-\nmore and discuss the idea of a Regional Planning"
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