A perjury charge against Shawnee Mayor Michelle Distler appears to center around an email chain with multiple city councilmembers that could have violated state open meetings laws. Distler allegedly submitted a complaint under someone else’s name to the Kansas Attorney General’s Office. Her complaint pertains to an email chain from early March that includes her, four Shawnee city councilmembers, a handful of vocal Shawnee residents and former State Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, among others. File photo.
A felony perjury charge against Shawnee Mayor Michelle Distler appears to center around an email chain from last March that Distler said could have violated Kansas open meetings laws because it included multiple city councilmembers commenting on council business.