By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Reno County and City of Hutchinson officials met this week to talk about the local response to the question of whether or not there should be a 2020 Kansas State Fair.
"On top of the issues that we're having to deal with, with COVID of course, we also are dealing with some politics of being forced to local decision-making versus being shoved back to the state level," said Hutchinson City Manager Jeff Cantrell Tuesday. "This is a state event, state property. What the consensus of the group was is that we have a communication to the Governor and some of her immediate associates that this really is a state decision."
Local government has no intent to get in the way of whatever the state decides.
"I think we were united in that discussion that we would have a communication that would be a companion communication with the county that would go out to that effect," Cantrell said.
The Kansas State Fair is scheduled for September 11 to 20 in Hutchinson.