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)  |  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 »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 14th at 03:13 PM  | 

The Overland Park, KS,  City Council has already voted once to tentatively approve a 46% property tax increase.  The vote was unanimous.  To read more information about this likely tax increase, you can visit my columns at KCMonitor.com here, here, and here. Poll performed by the State and Local Reform Educational Foundation of Kansas.  Join us at LibertyLinked, a pro-liberty social networking site. [Note: Visually, | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  August 1st at 02:46 PM  | 

Connect on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend Benjamin B. Hodge – Chair, State & Local Reform Group of Kansas – State Representative (Overland Park and Olathe), 2007-’08 – Johnson County Community College Trustee, 2005-’09 – Chair, Special Committee on Eminent Domain and Property Rights, County Government, 2006 – Kansas Republican Party Delegate, 2009-’10 Monday, August 1, 2011 Tonight: Your one and only public | Read More »