KU law professor Stephen Ware on judicial selection in Kansas, where 10,000 people control 2.8 million

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 4th at 10:58 PM  | 

KU professor Stephen Ware:  ”This violates basic equality among citizens, the principle of one-person, one-vote. The current system elevates one small group and treats everyone else like second-class citizens.” The Kansas judicial selection model is unlike any other state.  Like many states, Kansas uses the elitist, undemocratic ”Missouri system,” where law-degree-holders (not necessarily the same thing as those who know more about the law) have far more | Read More »

Property tax increase in Overland Park, KS. Poll: 70% of likely voters want spending cuts instead of tax increases. Strong majority OK with cuts to services.

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 15th at 06:09 PM  | 

Read my recent Email as a Web page, here. The vote is expected tonight at Overland Park City Hall.  It impacts everyone in Kansas City. Benjamin B. Hodge – Chair, State & Local Reform Educational Group of Kansas – State Representative (Overland Park and Olathe), 2007-’08 – Johnson County Community College Trustee, 2005-’09 Monday, August 15, 2011 TONIGHT, OVERLAND PARK LIKELY TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES | Read More »