Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The State of the Judiciary Speech, Cancelled? - Kansas City Week in Review
Welcome to Brownbackistan, where the state legislature is now considering changing the way appellate court judges are selected - on the basis of politicizing the one truly independent branch of government in an already too-far-to-the-right-for-its-own-good state. From Kansas City Week in Review:
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Episode 4 - Reggie Marselus
Today's guest is Reggie Marselus, a retired IBEW worker and prolific writer whose letters to the editor have appeared in the Kansas City Star, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal.
Reggie has filed to run for the Kansas 3rd Congressional District seat on the Democratic ticket in 2014 against Kevin Yoder.
Our discussion with Reggie was on labor issues, how decisions in Topeka will affect average Kansas workers, and touched on Reggie's Congressional campaign.
We were at the Second Saturday breakfast at Lucky Brewgrille in Mission (hence the background noise), so no beer today.
Click here to download.
Reggie has filed to run for the Kansas 3rd Congressional District seat on the Democratic ticket in 2014 against Kevin Yoder.
Our discussion with Reggie was on labor issues, how decisions in Topeka will affect average Kansas workers, and touched on Reggie's Congressional campaign.
We were at the Second Saturday breakfast at Lucky Brewgrille in Mission (hence the background noise), so no beer today.
Click here to download.
Answer to Episode 3 Trivia Question
In Episode 3 of the podcast, we asked the following:
"Our Episode 3 guest, Lee Cross, is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Law School. UMKC is one of only seven law schools to count among their alumni a President of the United States (Truman) and a Supreme Court Justice (Charles Evans Whittaker). We want to know what the other six schools are."
The correct answer is, in alphabetical order:
Princeton University gets an honorable mention, as many Supreme Court Justices did undergrad work there, as well as three Presidents - JFK, Madison and Wilson (who also served as Princeton's President) - but Princeton lacks a law school.
"Our Episode 3 guest, Lee Cross, is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Law School. UMKC is one of only seven law schools to count among their alumni a President of the United States (Truman) and a Supreme Court Justice (Charles Evans Whittaker). We want to know what the other six schools are."
The correct answer is, in alphabetical order:
- University of Cincinnati (in this case, it's one man - William Howard Taft, who was both President and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court)
- Columbia University
- Harvard University
- University of Virginia (founded by Thomas Jefferson)
- College of William & Mary
- Yale University
Princeton University gets an honorable mention, as many Supreme Court Justices did undergrad work there, as well as three Presidents - JFK, Madison and Wilson (who also served as Princeton's President) - but Princeton lacks a law school.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Two shows tomorrow
Tomorrow, we will have two episodes ready for you. We will be speaking with labor expert Reggie Marselus about labor issues in Topeka, and recording the proceedings of the Johnson County Democrats' monthly Second Saturday breakfast.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
KanVote Calls for Repeal of Voter Registration Restrictions
As most of you may know, Kansas recently passed legislation - pushed by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (of SB1070 infamy) - that makes it much harder to vote in the Sunflower State.
The first part of the legislation to go into effect was requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. This resulted in 532 legal Kansas voters having their votes not counted. That's 532 too many.
The second part of the legislation, which went into effect with the New Year, requires proof of citizenship (i.e. birth certificate) to even register to vote.
Fortunately, there are some people in Kansas who believe that this has gone too far. Enter KanVote, a grassroots coalition that seeks to reverse Kobach's excessive voting restrictions. They even have a petition - click here to take a look.
The video is from a KanVote event in Wichita earlier this week.
The first part of the legislation to go into effect was requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. This resulted in 532 legal Kansas voters having their votes not counted. That's 532 too many.
The second part of the legislation, which went into effect with the New Year, requires proof of citizenship (i.e. birth certificate) to even register to vote.
Fortunately, there are some people in Kansas who believe that this has gone too far. Enter KanVote, a grassroots coalition that seeks to reverse Kobach's excessive voting restrictions. They even have a petition - click here to take a look.
The video is from a KanVote event in Wichita earlier this week.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Is Privatizing Medicaid in Kansas a Good Idea?
On occasion, we will post video that's relevant to what we discuss on Sunflower Brew.
This week, we are sharing video from Kansas City Week in Review, a weekly local political news show produced by KCPT (the PBS station in Kansas City). In this particular clip, they are discussing Brownback's plan to privatize Medicaid in Kansas.
In the interest of full disclosure, I interned at KCPT during the winter/spring of 2012. One of the programs I worked on regularly was Kansas City Week in Review.
This week, we are sharing video from Kansas City Week in Review, a weekly local political news show produced by KCPT (the PBS station in Kansas City). In this particular clip, they are discussing Brownback's plan to privatize Medicaid in Kansas.
In the interest of full disclosure, I interned at KCPT during the winter/spring of 2012. One of the programs I worked on regularly was Kansas City Week in Review.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Next week: Episodes 4 and 5
There will be no new show this week. However, next week we will make up for that with two shows:
First, we will sit down with Reggie Marselus and discuss labor issues and Topeka. Reggie is a retired IBEW worker and a prolific letter writer whose letters have been published in the Kansas City Star, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal.
Second, we will record the program of the Johnson County Democrats' monthly Second Saturday breakfast.
First, we will sit down with Reggie Marselus and discuss labor issues and Topeka. Reggie is a retired IBEW worker and a prolific letter writer whose letters have been published in the Kansas City Star, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal.
Second, we will record the program of the Johnson County Democrats' monthly Second Saturday breakfast.
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