Howard F. Sachs American judge

February 8, 2022 To the Board of Directors of the Bishop Spencer Place: There is a principal person in the archives of Kansas City development who aided in the original concept, then the planning strategy, and finally the creation of Bishop Spencer. That is Dr. Charles B. Wheeler. Without his dedicated backing of the fund-raising and community support, the facility would have crawled slowly toward its Grand Opening, if at all. While leading for years in the operation of St. Luke’s Dept. of Pathology, he recognized Bishop Spencer as a way to fill the gap in elder treatment, which became a model example in Kansas City for how a population can care for its older people. An idea was fertilized and a new being was born. As a child is created and raised into adulthood, a moral debt is incurred onto the offspring: to improve their lives over the last generation’s, and then to somehow pay back the parents for giving them the opportunity to succeed. A father and mother take care of their babies, and the babies grow up to take care of their father and mother. That’s only fair. Dr. Wheeler is 95 years old, and now needs help from those whom he helped long ago. His skills as a lawyer, as a senator, as a KC mayor, as a doctor have all helped build the wealth of our metropolis, yet he has directed little attention to self-preservation. His profits have always been directed toward others, not himself. At this point in life, he deserves to enjoy the gratitude from the beneficiaries of his life-long future-sight, and not to continue struggling to keep house. He needs a loving home. To the present directors of the place he helped to build, I make a request: that Bishop Spencer welcome him as a respected founder and grant him residence in the finest apartment on your campus. Allow him to manage his own meager savings, yet take away the burden of housing expenses. Supporting the remainder of his life will be only a tiny fraction of the goodness he has brought to our lives and environment through the years. Although the daughter who lives with him is also slightly disabled, these two people have held tightly to their independent status. Yet, now they need our support. Kansas City would delight to know that the Circle of Life is alive and well, shown by the honor that Bishop Spencer provides to its forbears. Please consider this proposal seriously, as your decision to house him may well reveal our generous Heart of American profile. I await your response. Sincerely, Bruce J. Taylor 816-509-7943 cell February 8, 2022 To the Board of Directors of the Bishop Spencer Place: There is a principal person in the archives of Kansas City development who aided in the original concept, then the planning strategy, and finally the creation of Bishop Spencer. That is Dr. Charles B. Wheeler. Without his dedicated backing of the fund-raising and community support, the facility would have crawled slowly toward its Grand Opening, if at all. While leading for years in the operation of St. Luke’s Dept. of Pathology, he recognized Bishop Spencer as a way to fill the gap in elder treatment, which became a model example in Kansas City for how a population can care for its older people. An idea was fertilized and a new being was born. As a child is created and raised into adulthood, a moral debt is incurred onto the offspring: to improve their lives over the last generation’s, and then to somehow pay back the parents for giving them the opportunity to succeed. A father and mother take care of their babies, and the babies grow up to take care of their father and mother. That’s only fair. Dr. Wheeler is 95 years old, and now needs help from those whom he helped long ago. His skills as a lawyer, as a senator, as a KC mayor, as a doctor have all helped build the wealth of our metropolis, yet he has directed little attention to self-preservation. His profits have always been directed toward others, not himself. At this point in life, he deserves to enjoy the gratitude from the beneficiaries of his life-long future-sight, and not to continue struggling to keep house. He needs a loving home. To the present directors of the place he helped to build, I make a request: that Bishop Spencer welcome him as a respected founder and grant him residence in the finest apartment on your campus. Allow him to manage his own meager savings, yet take away the burden of housing expenses. Supporting the remainder of his life will be only a tiny fraction of the goodness he has brought to our lives and environment through the years. Although the daughter who lives with him is also slightly disabled, these two people have held tightly to their independent status. Yet, now they need our support. Kansas City would delight to know that the Circle of Life is alive and well, shown by the honor that Bishop Spencer provides to its forbears. Please consider this proposal seriously, as your decision to house him may well reveal our generous Heart of American profile. I await your response. Sincerely, Bruce J. Taylor 816-509-7943 cell