By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  April 3rd at 05:14 AM  | 

The election is this Tuesday, April 5.  To find your voting location by entering your name and birth date, click here to use the Johnson County Election Office’s search engine. My most recent Email (Click here to read the message in an Email-friendly format.) Saturday, April 2, 2011 Darla Jaye said this today, about JCCC Board candidate Benjamin Hodge: “He is the right candidate for the board” | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  March 18th at 06:35 PM  | 

(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 »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  March 16th at 07:38 PM  | 

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 »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  March 14th at 02:22 AM  | 

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 »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  March 6th at 02:21 AM  | 

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 »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  March 4th at 06:41 PM  | 

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 »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  June 13th at 09:48 AM  | 

Just a few days ago, a poll showed Patricia Lightner within four percentage points of Kevin Yoder.  Read more about the poll here and here.  The Lightner for Congress campaign is now announcing the support of nine conservative legislators, eight of them from the Kansas City area. From the Lightner for Congress campaign: Media Release June 12, 2010 Contact: Mike Pirner, 913-226-3843 Conservative State Legislators Endorse Patricia | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  June 2nd at 01:40 AM  | 

“Learning comes first” at Johnson County Community College.  Or something. Click here to listen to this interview at the previous Red County article, in which I’ve included the YouTube audio of the Darla Jaye program from Friday, May 28. Below is the transcript from the Darla Jaye program on Friday night, May 28, 2010. Darla Jaye spent the full first hour during the 6-7 p.m. slot discussing | Read More »