Wichita may have another sales tax initiative on the horizon after Justice Together, a grassroots interfaith coalition, prompted elected officials to verbalize their commitment to put one on the ballot to support affordable housing and homelessness.
All three council members in attendance Monday, Joseph Shepard, Dalton Glasscock and J.V. Johnston, said they would give Wichitans a chance to vote on the initiative if it had sufficient public backing to justify an election.
“I need to hear that from the community over months of conversation, and to show that we engage all voices in this process,” said Glasscock, who represents District 4, which includes much of southwest Wichita. “And so this is the start of that process. This is the start of moving that forward. And if you come back and you continue to advocate, as you are now, over the course of the next year … then yes.”…