Kansas neighbors, have you seen our elefcted officials anywhere?

BV resident Krista Gordon, who has worked in BV public schools for 10 years and whose kids attended BV Schools, highlights a concern that many citizens have with certain southern Johnson County legislators. During campaign season, they’re knocking doors and making promises. After Election Day, they’re unavailable and unresponsive. Read Gordon’s opinion piece in The Kansas Reflector here: https://bit.ly/4liJU2c 

As Gordon says in her editorial, Kellie Warren and Carl Turner don’t host or attend public town halls with open questions from the audience. But it wasn’t always this way. Their (Republican) predecessors did. We haven’t heard about any public appearances by TJ Rose, Sean Tarwater, or Chris Croft, either. Since legislators are supposed to be “representing” us, they owe it to their constituents to be accessible.

Some BV-area legislators are highly accessible and responsive. State Senator Cindy Holscher holds regular public town halls. KS House Reps. Linda Featherston, Mari-Lynn Poskin, Heather Meyer, Dan Osman, and Nikki McDonald appear at Sen. Holscher’s town halls and/or League of Women Voters town halls. These legislators also respond to emails and regularly communicate with constituents via e-newsletters. This is what they’re supposed to do, and what we should be demanding from every legislator in our area.

Does your BV-area legislator host public town halls with open questions from the audience? How else do they communicate with you? Let us know in the comments.

If your state legislators aren’t holding or participating in public events, consider emailing them to request it. Find their email addresses here: https://ksleglookup.org