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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 2015
Page
4
The Topeka Capital Journal reports many bills entering the Kansas Statehouse are crafted by anonymous groups. Legislators merely introduce the measures, allowing powerful special interests to shape policy behind the scenes.
The Kansas editorial argues anonymity in bill sponsorship rose from 80 percent in the 1920s to 92 percent recently, with committee driven submissions now common. It links lack of signatories to diminished accountability and rising political expediency, urging voters to demand named authors and educated scrutiny to curb special interests.
Editorial cites changes in the Legislature narrowing expertise and boosting influence of special interests. Former Kansas Gov John Carlin comments on how lawmakers rely on model bills, affecting policy decisions and public restrictions on e-cigarettes.
The Telegram urges signed letters under 500 words with writer address and phone for confirmation before publication. Letters may be edited for libel and taste. Thank you notes should be general. form letters poems consumer items or business testimonials will not be printed. Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 editor online www gctelegram com
Dr. John Richard Schrock argues against capping external assessments at 2 percent of class time. He claims NCLB overtests, drains art and music, and pressures teachers to teach to tests. He urges universal, internal evaluation preserving student uniqueness and professional teaching authority.
Opinion piece mocking Jeb Bush's bid for toughness in the 2016 campaign. It contrasts his quiet, polite style with calls for a harsher approach and parodies his rhetoric while noting his awkward syntax and public feuds with Donald Trump. The piece compares Bush to past WASP norms and laments the loss of Mr Nice Guy.
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill requiring crisis pregnancy centers to post information on affordable contraception abortion and prenatal care with a phone number to county family planning services. The Reproductive FACT Act aims to inform women seeking unplanned pregnancies of alternatives, though centers do not perform abortions.
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