By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  February 22nd at 10:20 PM  | 

PART 4 OF 4 about poll in Gardner, Kansas.  You can read part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here. In August 2011, I polled Kansas’ second-largest city of Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City, MO.  We learned, in part: 67% of voters wanted to balance the city budget through cuts in spending, and only 23% wanted higher taxes. Asked a different | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 13th at 06:00 AM  | 

Background: “John Toplikar’s encouraging victory in the election for Johnson County Commission, part 1 of 2″ at Redstate. Interview: “The Conscience of Kansas” runs daily at 5-6 p.m. in central Kansas on 105.7 FM “The Patriot,” the station that carries Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, and Sean Hannity. Listen live to 105.7 FM by clicking here.  Here is the link to the station’s Facebook page, and to its Web | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 11th at 02:19 AM  | 

Congratulations to Commissioner-elect John Toplikar.  Out-raised 15 to 1 and out-endorsed, Toplikar beat the incumbent 67% to 33%. The political action committee I chair in Kansas got involved in one race this cycle: the 6th district county commission race in Johnson County, Kansas.  The race involved two functional incumbents, both Republican:  a conservative former Commissioner John Toplikar, and liberal Commissioner Calvin Hayden, who beat Toplikar by | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  October 17th at 09:53 PM  | 

Above is the audio for a phone call about John Toplikar, the Republican choice and fiscal conservative choice for Johnson County Commission. It’s in southwest Johnson County, a suburb of Greater Kansas City. The district has about 50,000 voters, which is larger than a state senate district in Kansas. The call was paid for by Kansans for State & Local Reform, which I chair. Audio: | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  October 12th at 09:20 PM  | 

Brief update:  At the end of the article, I’m going to pre-emptively write a rebuttal to unfair and misleading attacks about John Toplikar, the kind that appeared at the original location to the video below (at mrcTV.org), and which were written by anonymous commenters who won’t go on the record.   Above is the audio for a phone call about John Toplikar, the Republican choice | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  June 3rd at 08:10 AM  | 

I realize that far more — thousands, probably — people will know about this Kansas City Star article because I mention it on this blog, but I will use this opportunity to reiterate how thoroughly dishonest McClatchy-owned newspapers are, and to highlight the pathetic record of Kansas Senate Vice President John Vratil, who is in the fight of his political life. Brad Cooper is a | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 20th at 08:50 PM  | 

Note: For readability — the columns are better lined-up vertically at our original article at our site. I’ll break down these results for you over the next few days.  But here are the detailed results of a recent poll conducted in Overland Park, Kansas, a large suburb of Kansas City, MO.   Part 3 of results Telephone survey among likely 2012 voters in Overland Park, | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  July 16th at 11:47 PM  | 

Overland Park Mayor Carl Gerlach served as a key Brownback for Governor campaign member. No comment from Gov. Brownback, from the state Republican Party, or from the Johnson County Republican party, on the 46% property tax increase in the second largest city in Kansas. The following article appears in the Kansas City Monitor. There They Go Again: Overland Park Jams 50% Tax Through August 1 public hearing scheduled, | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  April 13th at 01:17 AM  | 

Click here to read this as a Web-friendly Email. Benjamin Hodge Kansas GOP Delegate, 2009-’10 Kansas Representative, 2007-’08 JCCC Trustee, 2005-’09 Web site: KansasReform.com Phone:  (913) 259-4236 Email: contact@benjaminhodge.com Wednesday, April 13, 2011 An update to our PAC board’s make-up PAC advisory board heading into 2012: Rep. Mike Kiegerl, Michele Lockwood, Sen. Kay O’Connor, and Joel Yourdon This is a team effort.  In this nation-wide limited government movement, and | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 11th at 11:07 AM  | 

The biggest November 2 upset in the state of Kansas, and in the Greater Kansas City area, was Jason Osterhaus’ 53% to 47% defeat of Larry Winn for the Johnson County Commission.  The margin was 1400 votes.  It wasn’t even close. There are seven county commissioners and six districts, with each district representing more voters than a Kansas Senate district. Larry Winn probably spent about $70,000 over the | Read More »