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Community Voices August 2, 2024 - 11:06 am

Letter to the Times: Voting for an effective legislator

by Amii Castle

”If Democrats don’t break the supermajority, or if Gov. Laura Kelly is replaced by an extremist governor in two years, we will need someone with experience and established legislative relationships to make things happen,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices November 8, 2022 - 12:21 pm

Letter to the Times: Vote to retain state court judges

by Amii N. Castle

“Vote ‘yes’ to retain all of our judges so there are no judge vacancies for Schmidt to fill if he wins the governor’s race,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices November 1, 2022 - 3:21 pm

Letter to the Times: Student debt relief is on hold, thanks in part to Derek Schmidt

by Amii N. Castle

“Why would Schmidt oppose helping millions of Americans be just a little better off? Because Schmidt favors big business over hardworking, middle-class folks,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices October 18, 2022 - 9:59 am

Letter to the Times: Not very nice to most Kansans

by Amii N. Castle

“’Senator Jerry Moran is a nice guy,’ they say. … But when you look at Moran’s voting record since he has been our U.S. senator, he’s actually not been very nice to most Kansans,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices September 23, 2022 - 12:18 pm

Letter to the Times: The ‘sheriff’ amendment — I’ll be voting no, but probably not why you think

by Amii N. Castle

”Passing this amendment would take power from local district attorneys to initiate a proceeding to ouster a naughty sheriff and would concentrate that power in one person — the state’s attorney general,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices August 28, 2022 - 11:38 am

Letter to the Times: Another proposed amendment, another attempted power grab

by Amii N. Castle

“After Kansas voters defeated an attempt to give the Republican-controlled Legislature more power on Aug. 2, Republican lawmakers are trying to take power once again in November,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices July 21, 2022 - 3:14 pm

Letter to the Times: Are you really going to force a child to have a baby?

by Amii N. Castle

“Abortion bans — particularly for children who get pregnant by a family member — are just plain cruel. And that’s what’s at stake if the proposed constitutional amendment on the Aug. 2 ballot passes,” Amii N. Castle writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices June 28, 2022 - 10:44 am

Letter to the Times: Kansas will ban abortion if amendment passes on Aug. 2

by Amii N. Castle

“If the amendment passes, Kansas lawmakers can — and they will — enact laws banning abortions. And we know they will because they’ve already tried,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices April 21, 2022 - 7:00 am

Letter to the Times: Banning abortions in Kansas

by Amii N. Castle

If a proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution passes, “With almost certainty there will be no legal abortions in Kansas — no matter how she got pregnant or even if she might die from the pregnancy,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.

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