“If you want to see the origin of this bill, follow the straight line between the Koch bothers, AFP, Brownback and the Senate. This lineage truly comes into focus when Sen. Marci Francisco (D-Lawrence) questioned Sen. Tom Arpke (R-Salina) about the amendment he allegedly authored. When Fransico asked why the education bill that would remove due process for only K-12 teachers, Arpke could not answer on either the content or intent of ‘his’ Amendment. He is merely a puppet and could find no answers since no one was there to move his strings. That is the problem with the...
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“Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, questioned why the bill contains provisions that were never vetted in committee hearings in the Senate. He said no amount of cameras would resolve this lack of transparency. ‘At the end of the day, who really wants these policy pieces?’ he asked.” http://www.kansas.com/2014/04/06/3388925/kansas-senate-convenes-sunday.html#storylink=cpy Unfortunately we know the answer: The Kochs, ALEC, AFP, KPI. This is simply bad government. These types of policy matters shouldn’t be raised in a bill designed to address unconstitutional inequity in schools, and they shouldn’t be raised at the last minute, without full hearings on the issues. We’re betting...
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Leave a Comment Thank you to 57 Representatives who voted against the education finance bill
Please thank these 57 legislators who voted against the education finance bill in the House: Alcala, Alford, Anthimides, Ballard, Becker, Boldra, Bollier, Bridges, Burroughs, Campbell, Carmichael, Clayton, Concannon, Curtis, P. Davis, Dierks, Doll, Edmonds, Ewy, Finch, Finney, Frownfelter, Gonzalez, Henderson, Henry, Hibbard, Hineman, Jennings, Kelly, Kuether, Lane, Lusk, Lusker, Meier, Menghini, Moxley, Pauls, Perry, Petty, Phillips, Proehl, Rooker, Ruiz, Sawyer, Schroeder, Sloan, Sloop, Swanson, Tietze, Trimmer, Victors, Ward, Weigel, Whipple, Wilson, Winn, Wolfe Moore....
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Leave a Comment Education finance bill with harmful policy passes the House 63-57
In order to pass, this bill had to have at least 63 votes. The following 63 “representatives” voted for the education finance bill in the House. Did they represent you? Barker, Bradford, Bruchman, Brunk, Couture-Lovelady, Carlson, Carpenter, Cassidy, Christmann, Claeys, Corbet, Crum, E. Davis, DeGraaf, Dove, Edwards, Esau, Estes, Gandhi, Garber, Goico, Grosserode, Hawkins, Hedke, Highland, Hildabrand, Hoffman, Houser, Howell, Huebert, Hutton, Johnson, Jones, Kahrs, Kelley, Kiegerl, Kinzer, Kleeb, Lunn, Macheers, Mason, Mast, McPherson, Meigs, Merrick, O’Brien, Osterman, Peck, Powell, Read, Rhoades, Rothlisberg, Rubin, Ryckman Jr., Ryckman Sr., Schwab, Seiwert, Suellentrop, Thimesch, Thompson, Todd, Vickrey, Waymaster. Absent or...
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