Many of our Johnson County legislators, including Rep. Pat Colloton and Sen. David Wysong, have been quoted in the media as saying that their constituents made the difference in why they voted against new coal plants in Kansas. This is the way it should be. Lobbyists and big business should not make all the laws just because they have the money and power.
Letter writer Pat Nolan (5/8) asks, “When will unions learn that they, and they alone, are responsible for ruining the American economy over the past 40 years?” I had to wonder what version of history he has been witnessing. My recollection of eight years of Reaganomics and eight years of George Bush make me think maybe they had more than a little to do with it.
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