SEIU

Don Jordan, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, sent a letter to an unknown list of Home and Community Based Service (HCBS) providers recently asking for information on behalf of the Service Employees International Union/SEIU including:

attendants’ names,
addresses,
telephone numbers.

Read the text of the letter below (or click on the [...]

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Recent video of former Kansas Governor and now  HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius with Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter in front of a group of concerned citizens in Philadelphia has been cited as “orchestrated outrage” by some such as Rachel Maddow on MSNBC.
Possibly to avoid any confrontation with concerned citizens who have read the proposed health care [...]

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Earl Glynn on July 13th, 2009

Last week the Wichita Eagle’s blog speculated about a Tiahrt-Glickman rematch in a senatorial bid in 2010.
The Eagle’s blog posting mentioned that former U.S. Congressman Dan Glickman from Wichita admitted he was not a great fundraiser.  So where might Glickman get money to run for U.S. Senate in Kansas?
Today, Andy Stern, the head of the [...]

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On Monday President Barack Obama nominated Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be the next Health & Human Services Secretary.
Sebelius’ Senate confirmation may create a fight, largely because of her controversial stance on abortion.
One major union, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), is likely to support Sebelius monetarily in her confirmation battle, since they represent thousands [...]

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Earl Glynn on December 14th, 2008

[Updated Dec. 16] The criminal complaint (alternative source), recently filed against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, and his chief of staff John Harris, described Blagojevich’s desire for a high-paying position with Change to Win, likely since he saw the money and power of organized labor:
HARRIS noted that ROD BLAGOJEVICH is interested in taking a high-paying position [...]

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Earl Glynn on December 4th, 2008

Kansas law is quite peculiar in letting out-of-state PACs have fewer reporting requirements than in-state PACs.  Out-of-state groups are allowed to spend huge amounts on Kansas politics and not have their “verified statements” shown online.  There is no online list of out-of-state PACs that get to hide their political participation in Kansas’ elections. As [...]

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