We’ve compiled some of our favorite tweets from the past few weeks. If you’re not on Twitter, we highly recommend you get on it before the next legislative session.
John Celock @JohnCelock Jun 2
House chaplain urges #ksleg to resist urge “to choke the living daylights out of someone”
Yael T. Abouhalkah @YaelTAbouhalkah Jun 1
ICYMI, Sen. Greg Smith (R-OP) ranted last night: “Taxes are legalized theft.”
Smith’s jobs: Navy, law enforcement, teacher, senator #ksleg
Peter Hancock @LJWpqhancock Jun 8
Topeka, KS
Ballard is miffed. 119-page CCR. Actual bill is 600+ pages. Wasnt printed til after Senate began debate. #ksleg
Cory Gibson @VC262super Jun 9
RE:Block Grant“… It’s PREDICTABLE, STABLE and it will be flexible,” says Masterson 3-8-15. Then why are we discussing a 6.2% cut?
Carlotta Gunindapant @Kelli2431 Jun 8
So about those education cuts….. #ksleg [photo showing Sam Brownback tweet from 3/6/14 stating, “Funding schools is the most important thing government does. Funding all-day K is a true path forward.”]
Pattie Mansur @MansurPl 11h
11 hours ago
Kansas City, MO
Pattie Mansur retweeted sam zeff
Not a recipe for long term success. JoCo businesses speak up about future workforce needs. #ksleg
Pattie Mansur added,
sam zeff @samzeff
Per pupil spending has not recovered following recession http://tiny.cc/jbf8yx KS down 7%,MO down 4.7%,US avg down 4.6% @kcur #ksleg #moleg
Cory Gibson @VC262super Jun 10
We’ve seen one reduction this year, now threatened with another. #leadershipmatters
http://brownback.com/brownback-reaffirms-commitment-kansas…/ … “Critics said we couldn’t cut taxes and invest more resources in public education,” Brownback said. “We can, we did and we will as long as I am governor. Period.” (2014)
Xomfort @Xomfort Jun 11
This is a “vote for education” in the same way that it’s actually nothing like a vote for education.
KSCenterforEcoGrowth @ksprosperity Jun 12
Where was the concern for k12, colleges, Medicaid when projections of #ksleg 2012/13 tax changes showed crippling revenue shortfalls?
Jonathan Shorman @jshormanCJ Jun 12
In hallway, David Kensinger fist bumps Mike O’Neal #ksleg [immediately after the final vote to pass the tax passage]
Jim Mc Niece @128radcliff Jun 12
When does the state dialog in Kansas change from education cuts to education excellence?