JCCC Board increases tuition, refusing to cut enormous legal and administration costs
From the GardnerEDGE: ”The cost will increase by $6 for Kansas residents and $16 for out-of-state residents.”
Kansas City Star profiles Hodge, other candidates: “JCCC candidates focus on transparency, revenue”
What do you know? A fair article from The Kansas City Star. Outgoing trustees say if Hodge is elected he’s likely to shake things up on a board that they say currently works well together. But Hodge and another candidate, James Nelson, contend that the board operates too much behind closed doors and isn’t being held accountable for decisions. Both have said they are out to make | Read More »
Ben Hodge in Johnson County Sun: End favoritism in schools – Respect all students, all school employees, and all taxpayers
To The Johnson County Sun’s credit, one thing the left-wing paper always does is to offer an opportunity for all candidates for major races to write in their own words why they’re running for office. The Sun asks a few questions, and candidates can write almost anything they want, under a certain number of words. The responses from candidates for Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees were | Read More »
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Olathe-Gardner Representative Mike Kiegerl endorses Benjamin Hodge for JCCC Board
(Click here to read the original Email in a Web-friendly format). Endorsement: State Representative Mike Kiegerl (R-Olathe) endorses Hodge I’m pleased to announce the endorsement of State Rep. Mike Kiegerl, a Republican from Olathe. I’m honored by the support of Kiegerl, who has shown great courage while voting in the Legislature. Kiegerl (pictured above) represents the 43rd Kansas House District (out of 125 districts in total). District 43 | Read More »
Benjamin Hodge’s letter to the editor in The KC Star, Wednesday, March 16
Kansas City Star columnist Steve Rose, a guy who consistently lies about and attacks conservatives (it doesn’t matter whether this issue is economic conservatism or pro-life law enforcement), recently dedicated a column to another conservative candidate (James Nelson) and me; we’re running for positions on the local community college board. It’s a race where three candidates can win at-large positions, and so that’s why Rose | Read More »
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Reader to Johnson County Sun: Benjamin Hodge’s conservative voice will bring diversity to liberal school board
I owe this anonymous Johnson County Sun reader a “thank you” for his/her voice of support for my JCCC candidacy. In the March 16, 2011, version of “Talk Back” (a call-in portion) in The Johnson County Sun, a readers says this: Trustees are liberal I’m glad to see conservative Ben Hodge file to run for the JCCC Board of Trustees. There needs to be more | Read More »
Kansas editorial site ‘Kaw and Border’ defends Benjamin Hodge after false KC Star column
I’d like to highlight this column by the respected regional editorial news site Kaw and Border, ”Steve’s Rose Colored Glasses Regarding JCCC.” For a brief back-ground. Steve Rose now writes a column for The Kansas City Star. He used to own a paper that his father started, The Johnson County Sun, which is now in its waning days. While Rose is liberal, it’s not his liberalism that’s troublesome, but | Read More »
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The flawed, anti-democratic judicial selection model used in many states
The following article is published in Kansas City’s new monthly print newspaper, The Citizen, during this month of March 2011. If you’re in Kansas City, please contact The Citizen’s owners to ask how you might help make the paper as successful as possible (for example, if you know of coffee shops or bars where the paper can be dropped off for free to readers. This article is about how | Read More »
Editorials by student paper and even liberal Johnson County Sun: JCCC wasted $125K on “re-branding”
Click here to read this campaign Email in a Web-friendly format. Benjamin Hodge Kansas GOP Delegate, 2009-’10 Kansas Representative, 2007-’08 JCCC Trustee, 2005-’09 Web site: BenjaminHodge.com Phone: (913) 259-4236 Email: contact@benjaminhodge.com Saturday, March 5, 2011 “They listened to JCCC President Terry Calaway tell them of impending staff layoffs, then voted to spend money that might have saved a few of those jobs.” – Johnson County Sun editorial Incredible: Even the liberal Johnson | Read More »
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Campaign update: Sheriff Myers’ & Patricia Lightner’s phone calls in support of Ben Hodge for JCCC
Click here to read a Web-friendly version of the original Email. Or, please read below. Benjamin Hodge Kansas GOP Delegate, 2009-’10 Kansas Representative, 2007-’08 JCCC Trustee, 2005-’09 Web site: BenjaminHodge.com Phone: (913) 259-4236 Email: contact@benjaminhodge.com Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Listen to the Audio:Phone calls go out to voters from Johnson County Sheriff Currie Myers (ret.) and three-term State Representative Patricia Lightner, in support of Hodge for JCCC Board campaign I’m | Read More »
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