We keep hearing reports of arm twisting going on behind the scenes in Topeka. We hear legislators are being threatened that if they don’t vote with party leadership on particular bills they will lose their committee chairmanships, or their schools will lose funding, or they will be subject to postcards in their next legislative session. As concerned community members, we can throw up our hands and say Washington style politics has come to Kansas, and the game is over. Or we can contact our legislators and tell them we are watching their votes and will base how we vote in the 2016 election on how they vote during this session, and we will share our information with our friends and neighbors. Which are you going to do?