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Rep. Clayton defends herself against AFP smear campaign

“Rep. Stephanie Clayton, R-Overland Park, a self-described moderate, voted against the bill. Clayton accused AFP, a conservative advocacy group with ties to the Koch family, of perpetrating a smear campaign against her. “She supported an earlier bill that had bipartisan backing and lacked the controversial reforms. The bill had 91 votes in the House but was scuttled after the Senate demanded passage of the conservative policy-laden bill. “The final bill, which barely passed the House with 63 votes, was not even printed before lawmakers voted on it, Clayton said. She said she would not vote for a bill...
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AFP deceptive ads target pro-education legislators

Last month we warned you about campaign claims and their true translations. Here’s Campaign Claim #1 being used to attack public education supporter Rep. Stephanie Clayton. These deceptive ads are being paid for by AFP. Here’s what we posted last month: Campaign Claim #1: “Rep. X is anti-education or voted against education funding because he voted against HB 2506.” Translation: Rep. X is actually pro-education and voted against HB 2506 because of the harmful policy provisions and tried to ensure passage of a clean or compromise education finance bill. Game On members won’t be fooled. Tell your friends....
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New funding not the whole story on HB 2506

From Representative Bollier’s Facebook page: “As Rep. Rooker points out, the added taxing authority is wonderful but not the only money needed to pay the salary increases. For me, I am thankful we have the extra money from HB2506 but was not willing to bring Washington-style politics to the statehouse when HB2506 came before us without us being able to actually READ the bill. I voted YES on the initial bill passed by the House that had the increase in the Local Option Budget but WOULD NOT vote YES on a bill that I could not read!!! i...
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