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The importance of leadership
Waymaster explains why some bills get heard and others dont
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Troy Waymaster was one of three elected officials that attended the Hoisington Legislative Coffee Saturday. There, he shared about the importance of leadership in getting a bill heard. - photo by Veronica Coons, Tribune staff
Frustration over bills that seemingly target western and rural Kansas unfairly was evident from some of the questions asked by attendees at the Hoisington Legislative Coffee Saturday. Hoisington School Board President Dean Stoskopf. and Superintendent Bill Lowry were vocal on a bill that would limit a district’s ability to raise funds for capital improvements and one that sought to consolidate small school districts, as well as the ongoing legal battles to define the Gannon decision on school funding. Hoisington City Council member Brian Wilborn also questioned the logic of the state legislature’s decisions to seek passages of some bills, while the biggest problems of school funding and the state’s budget see little progress.