Political Slice Of Life: Guv Kelly Cuts Quindaro Funding From Kansas Budget

They're calling it "political punishment" but the payback is very real for a KCK leader who supported GOP causes over this session.

Moreover . . . This kind of retribution stings a lot more FOR CONSTITUENTS than name calling in the legislature.

Here are the deets . . .

"Gov. Laura Kelly axed $250,000 in the next state budget for drafting a state plan to develop the Quindaro Ruins in Kansas City, Kan."

Here's the prob blog summary . . .

Funding for the site has been a heated topic this legislative session. One of the site’s top supporters, Kansas City Democrat Rep. Marvin Robinson, broke party lines to vote with Republicans on several key issues.  Robinson’s vote was the deciding factor in overriding Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a transgender athlete ban for K-12 schools and colleges, turning the legislation into law.

Some lawmakers said the last-minute inclusion of the Quindaro budget provision — which was popped into the budget after the transgender athlete vote — was suspicious. Rep. Ford Carr, a Wichita Democrat, said he was uneasy about the appearance of  backroom dealing for votes and said he wouldn’t sell his integrity for legislation, among other remarks about the history of slavery during the original budget discussion.

Again . . . We note . . .

The prob blog forgets that, in fact, this "remark" was an unacceptable racial slur that was graveled down by Republican leaders. 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

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