North East Kansas Voter Education

07/14/2017

http://www.holtonrecorder.net/news/county-commission-concerned-about-special-prosecutor-fees

County commission concerned about special prosecutor fees Wed, 07/05/2017 - 16:23 holtonadmin By Ali Holcomb  The Jackson County Commissioners recently expressed their concern with the amount of county funds being spent to employ special prosecutor Jacqie Spradling of Topeka throughout the Jacob Ewi...

12/07/2016

Groups roll out a plan to repair the budget.

A coalition of Kansas advocacy groups and unions is proposing reinstating a top income tax bracket for people making more than $40,000 a year, eliminating business tax exemptions and increasing the gas tax as a way to confront the state’s fiscal challenges.

11/30/2016

I spent election night in Garden City, Kansas, home of a large immigrant population who worked within the meat packing industry. The night of the election, many second and third generation immigrants gathered at a local Mexican restaurant to watch the...

11/14/2016

Prime Example #1.
Jerry Henry and Dennis Pyle just spent Thousands Arguing which Candidate was More 'Pro-Life'. Who got that 'Kansans for Life' Endorsement.
They wanted Voters to Focus on Abortion. What Neither of them Said was that, in order to get that Endorsement, they also had to be ANTI-Contraception.
While many in the area are against Abortion, very few want anyone messing with their Birth Control and Most understand that BC Prevents Unplanned Pregnancy and thus Reduces Abortions by Prevention.
If we would have had a Pro-Choice candidate, they could have Highlighted that!

This is Part of the Education that our Communities Lack. We NEED to create these Dialogs if we hope for anything to change in 2018.

11/14/2016

We NEED to develop Language that Details WHY our Platform is Important. So we don't have to Try to alter our views for Voters who might be more conservative. We NEED to teach others how to use this in conversations they have Everyday with people..especially the Teenagers...lets get them off to a better start and Change the Dynamics of our Population.