Voters will once again decide the fate of two statues of U.S. President Andrew Jackson outside the Kansas City and Independence courthouses after legislators took steps this week to resume removal efforts. In a 7-1 vote, Jackson County legislators approved a resolution at a meeting Monday to start the process to remove and store the statues of the county’s namesake and install a statue of Harry S. Truman at the courthouse in downtown Kansas City. There are several procedural steps ahead before the statues can actually be removed, Caleb Clifford, chief of staff for the Jackson County Executive’s Office, said in an email. The resolution calls for the issue to be placed before voters on the November 2024 ballot. To do that, the legislature will need to pass an ordinance placing the issue on the ballot, he said. Read more about the statue removal process at the link in our bio. #KansasCity #Statueremoval #JacksonCounty #AndrewJackson