Kansas Meadowlark

The Hays Daily News is reporting that Don Hineman, one of the organizers and the first chair of the Kansas Alliance for Education (KAE) group, won the primary election in State Rep District 118 in Western Kansas after the official canvassing of votes.

Most don’t know much about the KAE group and the number of connections this group has with left-leaning political groups in Kansas.

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A friend would talk about his “favorite” State Senator and “favorite” State Rep, whom he considered to be fiscal conservatives and would be responsible spending tax dollars. This friend would suggest that State Senator John Vratil and State Rep Cindy Neighbor were fiscal conservatives. I would protest and ask: “What are their KTN’s scores that prove these legislators are friends of the taxpayers?”

Yesterday the Kansas Taxpayers Network (KTN) released their 2008 legislative vote rating (more…)