Days after a Johnson County official spoke publicly of the “emotional and mental harm” she experienced from an investigation into her citizenship status prompted by an unsubstantiated tip, more details emerged about the events that transpired, including that an official record of the voicemail that sparked the probe does not exist.
Lenexa City Councilmember Melanie Arroyo, who was elected in 2021, said during Tuesday’s City Council meeting that the Lenexa Police Department requested she provide them with documents proving her U.S. citizenship after someone called the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) claiming that Arroyo isn’t a legal resident and isn’t eligible to serve in local office by law.
To run for office in Lenexa, candidates need to be eligible and registered to vote, which by definition also means they need to be U.S. citizens. Voter registration rolls are public records…