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)  |  November 1st at 10:18 PM  | 

 The Topeka Capital-Journal joined Democratic Senate leader Anthony Hensley in: Promoting tax and spend policies that damage businesses Insulting a major business after it leaves town Stating clearly that they expect businesses to ask their approval and permission before making decisions Proposing anti-business “solutions” — picking winners and losers by taking money from most businesses, and giving “incentives” to a small number of businesses Sending | 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 13th at 01:09 AM  | 

Great news: Republicans are running in every one of the 22 state representative seats in Johnson County. On June 7, I wrote how there was not yet a candidate in District 24, where GOP County Chair Ronnie Metsker resides.  I said that he should run, if nobody else will.  An update:  Republicans have a candidate — Michael Foltz from Roeland Park — though I don’t yet know | Read More »