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Did you contact committee members Monday? Kansas municipalities and KASB managed to get to Topeka to oppose the ban on lobbying for public entities. Note the hearing was added to the schedule after 5:00 pm Friday and scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Monday. That’s not very democratic. http://cjonline.com/news/2013-02-11/opposition-mounts-bill-barring-city-county-lobbying...

ALEC influence is strong in Kansas, and bad for Kansas education. Once they’re done with the union busting, watch for a move onto ALEC’s education policy-vouchers (aka “scholarships” and online education).  http://cjonline.com/news/2013-02-11/dems-decry-alec-influence-working-kansans...

“When you wage war on the public schools, you’re attacking the mortar that holds the community together. You’re not a conservative, you’re a vandal.” ― Garrison Keillor, Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America  ...

House Bill 2280 Celebrate Freedom Week brought to you by Rick Green of TEXAS as part of a national push for such bills. The Kansas bill specifically states “The religious references in the writings of the founding fathers shall not be censored when presented as part of such instruction.” Green’s website offers for purchase a Founders Bible-“Discover the Scriptures that the Founders used as the basis for our original founding documents, see what chapters inspired them in the fight for independence, understand the sacrifices they made because of their Biblically-based beliefs and learn about America as a Christian...