Barely a month after Tyrone Garner was sworn in as mayor and CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, he and the county commission selected Cheryl Harrison-Lee to be the new interim county administrator. The appointment means African Americans, for the first time in county history, hold five key UG positions simultaneously: mayor, police chief, district attorney, county administrator and general manager of the Board of Public Utilities. For Garner, the milestone was about more than just breaking racial barriers. “What resonates more to me than anything else is that I see a new energy in people really caring about Wyandotte County, wanting better for Wyandotte County — wanting better for themselves, their families and their neighbors,” he said.
Source: KCUR News
