Kansas Prog Blog Attacks 'Conspiracies' Of State Senator Mike Thompson

Posted only because it's worthwhile to watch Johnson County politics to get personal from a distance.

"The conspiracies spewed at the Statehouse ranged from ballot box stuffing to a fanciful conspiracy involving the organization where I work, Loud Light. Although Loud Light and other Kansas-based groups, such as the League of Women Voters, attended the hearing, there was no chance for us to refute the bizarre allegations because only those invited by Sen. Mike Thompson, the Republican chairman from Shawnee, were allowed to speak. Instead of allowing Kansans the chance to talk about their own state’s elections, the committee chairman cherrypicked information and testimony he wanted legislators to hear, neglecting the constituents that sent them to Topeka in the first place."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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