Comment history
- Blog: State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park June 18, 2013 · 31 comments
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013 · 68 comments
- Blog: Student residents forced out of KU apartment building because of drought-related damage June 19, 2013 · 5 comments
- Kobach considering filing charges against protesters who came to his home June 17, 2013 · 122 comments
- Letter: Two is enough June 19, 2013 · 23 comments
- Senate Democratic leader asks attorney general whether Supreme Court's voter decision affects Kansas June 18, 2013 · 13 comments
- Blog: City to consider using gated, pay-as-you-leave system for new downtown parking garage June 19, 2013 · 11 comments
- Lawrence man sentenced to 52 months in prison for February bank robbery June 18, 2013 · 5 comments
- On the street: What is your favorite Shakespearean play? June 19, 2013 · 4 comments
- Editorial: Little choice June 19, 2013 · 6 comments
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013
- Opinion: Dick Vitale loves life, wife and Andrew Wiggins June 19, 2013
- Transfer Hunter Mickelson to sit out, soak it up for a year June 19, 2013
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013
- Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center to host "Beach Bash" June 18, 2013
- KU dean blasts negative national report on teacher preparation programs June 18, 2013
- Report says schools underfunded $657 million in FY 2015 June 17, 2013
- Local teen recovers from massive stroke June 4, 2013
- Location of Superman's hometown sparks geographic divide June 17, 2013
- Questions for working adults going back to school include finances, time management January 5, 2013
Another bill opposed by unions introduced as House gears up for debate on paycheck measure
What it says rockchalk1977 is that government employees who are members of bargaining units value our freedoms. We can stand up to the brutal oppression of the Billionaire Boys Club because we have the freedom of the ballot box to protect our rights, unlike the poor stiffs in the private sector.
January 31, 2013 at 8:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Letter: Union attack
The members of my bargaining unit VOTE to endorse candidates or support certain legislation. This bill violates our individual rights to freedom of speech and association. We have the absolute RIGHT to endorse a candidate of our choice. If you take away our freedom of choice, you have created a fascist state.
January 31, 2013 at 8:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Another bill opposed by unions introduced as House gears up for debate on paycheck measure
I was appalled when I read the substance of HB2123, the so-called “Public Employees Freedom Act”. This bill almost re-enacts slavery in the government workplace.
If we can be arrested if we protest, that is not freedom. If we cannot sign our name on a document because it deals with collective bargaining, that is not freedom. I suggest that the provisions in this bill actually violate my constitutional rights to freedom of speech and freedom of association.
This would be another black eye for Kansas and subject us to even further ridicule than we already receive. A bronx cheer to the Tea Party ding-dongs who came up with this one.
January 31, 2013 at 7:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )