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- ↑ Collison, Kevin (8 April 2013). "Outgoing mayor recounts Wyandotte County successes". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ AP (10 October 2012). "Reardon Named Kansas Mayor of Year". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ "Former KCK Mayor Joe Reardon to join law firm". The Kansas City Star. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ "Joe Reardon will assume KC chamber's top post in first quarter of 2016". kansascity. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
- ↑ "News | Rockhurst University".