Degmada 6-aad ee Kansas City waxay ka bilaabataa Country Club Plaza waxayna gaartaa xadka Degmada Cass. Doorashooyinka Golaha Deegaanka Magaalada ee soo socda, xildhibaankii hore ee Degmada Jackson Dan Tarwater iyo shaqaale ka tirsan urur aan macaash doon ahayn oo u adeega halyeeyada ciidanka hore Johnathan Duncan ayaa u tartamaya kursiga bannaan.
Tartanku wuxuu ka tarjumayaa xiisad siyaasadeed oo ballaaran oo ka jirta Kansas City, taas oo u dhaxaysa garabka isbeddel-doonka ah ee diiddan xaaladda hadda jirta kuna doonaya Kansas City mudnaanta siisa baahiyaha dadka ugu nugul ee deggan, iyo kuwa u ololeeya xalal dhexdhexaad ah.
Duncan iyo Tarwater waxay ahaayeen labada musharrax ee ugu codka badnaa doorashadii hordhaca ahayd ee magaalada ee bishii Abriil. Tarwater wuxuu helay 45% codadka, halka Duncan uu helay 24%.
Tarwater wuxuu ka tirsanaa Golaha Sharci-dejinta ee Degmada Jackson (Jackson County Legislature) laga bilaabo 1994 ilaa 2022. Wuxuu sheegay inuu rabo inuu khibraddiisa golaha sharci-dejinta ku soo biiriyo Golaha Deegaanka Magaalada.
“Heerka dambiyadeennu hadda xakamaynta ayuu ka baxay,” ayuu yiri Tarwater. “Jidadkeenna, dhabbayaasha lugta, waddooyinkeenna — dhammaantood waxay u baahan yihiin waxqabad.”
Duncan waa askari hore oo ka soo qayb galay dagaallada Ciidanka ee Ciraaq. Hadda waa Agaasimaha Hawlgallada Maamulka ee Veterans of Foreign Wars, oo ah urur aan faa'iido doon ahayn oo u adeega askarta hore. Duncan wuxuu muddo saddex sano ah wax ka abaabulayay ururka kiraystayaasha magaalada oo dhan ee KC Tenants. Wuxuu leeyahay qof kasta oo ku nool Kansas City wuxuu u qalmaa inuu sii joogo.
“Marka aan eegno baahiyaha magaaladeenna, qaar badan oo ka mid ah wax lagama qaban karo haddii aadan haysan guri,” ayuu yiri Duncan. “Waxaa jira dad ka hadla in dadka lagu hoyiyo xabsiyada, taasina aniga iguma muuqato wax sax ah.”
Taageerada Duncan waxaa ka mid ah KC Tenants Power, oo ah garabka ololaha siyaasadeed ee KC Tenants; laanta Kansas City ee Our Revolution; Pro-Choice Missouri; Sierra Club iyo Teamsters Local 41.
Tarwater waxaa taageeray Fraternal Order of Police, Firefighters Local 42 iyo Northland Strong.
Duncan wuxuu leeyahay magaaladu waa inay si dadweyne ah u maalgeliso guryaha oo ay ku kireyso qiime ka hooseeya kan suuqa, halkii ay lacagta magaalada iyo canshuur dhimis siin lahayd horumariyayaasha dhismaha ee dalbanaya kirooyin aysan awoodin dad badan oo deggan magaalada.
“Waxaan u baahannahay inaan maalgashanno bulshooyinkeenna si aan dhab ahaan u dhisno guryo ay dadku awoodi karaan,” ayuu yiri.
Tarwater wuxuu sheegay inuu taageero “caawinta dadka si ay iyagu isku caawiyaan.”
“Hadda waxaan u baahannahay inaan dadka shaqada ku soo celinno,” ayuu yiri Tarwater. “Waxaan u baahannahay inaan dadka ka shaqaysiinno goobaha shaqada dhismaha ee kala duwan, shaqooyinka ururrada shaqaalaha ee mushaharkoodu wanaagsan yahay.”
Duncan iyo Tarwater waxay sidoo kale isku khilaafeen magdhawga Shacabka Kansas City ee Madowga ah. Duqa magaalada Quinton Lucas ayaa dhawaan u magacaabay 15 xubnood Guddiga Magdhawga ee Duqa Magaalada (Mayor’s Commission on Reparations) si ay u daraasadeeyaan sida uu u ekaan lahaa magdhawga dadka Madowga ah ee deggan Kansas City.
“Waxaan u malaynayaa marka aad eegto wareejinta hantida ee ka dhacday bulshooyinkeenna Madowga ah, inaan u baahannahay inaan dib u maalgashanno bulshooyinkaas,” ayuu yiri Duncan. “Sidaas darteed waxaan taageeri lahaa magdhawga iyo taageerada dhaqaale ee tooska ah ee la siinayo bulshooyinkeenna Madowga ah.”
Tarwater ma uusan muujin taageero ku aaddan lacagaha tooska ah ee la siinayo dadka Madowga ah ee deggan magaalada.
“Waxaan u malaynayaa inaad caawin karto adigoo qofka baraya sida kalluunka loo soo qabto halkii aad kalluun siin lahayd, markaa waxaan aad uga doorbidayaa inaan arrintaas uga shaqeeyo amaahyo la awoodi karo iyo waxyaabo kale oo ka caawin kara inay bilaabaan ganacsi madax-bannaan,” ayuu yiri.
Duncan wuxuu sheegay in magaaladu ay tahay inay maalgeliso kheyraad badan oo bulsho halkii ay xabsi gelin lahayd. Kansas City hadda waxay ka doodaysaa inay ku bixiso $1.5 milyan si loo naqshadeeyo xabsi cusub oo dowladda hoose leedahay.
Duncan ma aaminsana in waaxda boolisku ay shaqaalaysiiso saraakiil dheeraad ah, wuxuuna aaminsan yahay inay magaaladu maalgeliso barnaamijyada diiradda saara sababaha salka u ah dambiyada. Wuxuu taageeraa in dib loo soo celiyo shuruudda ah inay saraakiisha KCPD ku noolaadaan Kansas City; Guddiga Komishanka Booliska (Board of Police Commissioners) ayaa sannadkii hore ansixiyay siyaasad u oggolaanaysa saraakiisha KCPD inay ku noolaadaan Kansas.
“Waxaan u baahannahay shaqooyin leh mushahar lagu barwaaqoobo. Waxaan u baahannahay guryo,” ayuu yiri Duncan. “Taas ayaa ah sababta aan ugu biiray KC Tenants – sababtoo ah bixinta guryo iyo dhab ahaantii guryo la awoodi karo oo dhab ah iyo xasilloonaynta xaafadahayaga waa ka hortagga rabshadaha. Bulshooyinkayagu waxay u baahan yihiin fursado badan.”
Tarwater wuxuu sheegay in KCPD ay u baahan tahay saraakiil dheeraad ah. Wuxuu sheegay inuusan taageersanayn xeerka deganaanshaha sababtoo ah sida ay u adag tahay in la buuxiyo boosaska.
“Waxaan u baahannahay in saraakiishu halkaas joogaan sababtoo ah waxay u baahan yihiin inay roondo ku baxaan,” ayuu yiri. “Waxaan u baahannahay inaan samayno roondada lugta. Xitaa waxaa laga yaabaa inaan dib u soo celino roondada fardaha ee bartamaha magaalada oo aan waddooyinkayaga ka dhigno kuwo ammaan badan.”
Kursiga gudaha degmada lixaad, iyo sidoo kale dhammaan 11-ka kursi ee kale ee Golaha Deegaanka Magaalada, ayaa doorasho loo geli doonaa 20-ka Juun. Codbixiyeyaasha Kansas City ee Degmada Jackson waxay ka hubin karaan diiwaangelinta codbixiyaha, waxayna ka heli karaan goobta codbixinta mareegta guddiga doorashada. Haddii aad ku nooshahay Degmada Clay, booqo mareegta Guddiga Komishanka Doorashada. Codbixiyeyaasha Degmada Platte waxay eegi karaan mareegta Guddiga Doorashooyinka.