City commissioners sign letter supporting no cuts at Fort Scott National Historic Site

Fort Scott City Commissioner Matthew Wells on Tuesday presented three letters concerning various local and national issues, one of which involves an appeal to Congressional representatives regarding recent cuts to the National Park Service, which includes the Fort Scott National Historic Site.

During the city commission meeting, Wells, who is also the president of the Friends of the Fort Scott National Historic Site organization, asked other commissioners to consider signing a letter he wrote and planned to send to U.S. Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran, as well as U.S. Rep. Derek Schmidt “to save our national historic site from the damaging impacts of the mass firings and other changes that have currently been made.”

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