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A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect in Wyandotte County from 5:50 p.m. Thursday, June 25, through 1 a.m. Friday, June 26, according to the National Weather Service.
Wyandotte County also will be under a flash flood watch from 7 p.m. Thursday until 1 p.m. Friday, the weather service said.
Residents should be prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued, the weather service added.
For more weather information, see www.weather.gov.
The ACLU has announced support for State Rep. Valdenia Winn, D-34th Dist., who could be expelled from the statehouse for calling a bill that would have denied in-state tuition to immigrants an example of “institutional racism.”
Winn will face a disciplinary hearing Friday, June 26 where an investigative committee of six legislators will decide whether to recommend that she be censured or even expelled from the Kansas Legislature.
“Representative Winn is being punished for speaking her mind on legislation before the committee – something the First Amendment is intended to protect against,” said Micah Kubic, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, in a news release. “If the investigative committee recommends action, many more legislators can expect to be silenced – and that’s bad for Kansans. Legislators ought to encourage a robust discussion of all issues before them, not be in the business of policing one another’s speech.”
Editor’s note: The following is a message sent to Murrel Bland, former editor of the Wyandotte West, by Rep. Pam Curtis about Bland’s column on Wednesday. The column on the tax shift is at https://wyandotteonline.com/opinion-column-huge-tax-shift-seen-for-kansas-taxpayers/.
Murrel – your commentary is spot on – I read it in the Wyandotte Daily and shared it yesterday via email and social media – it got picked up by #ksleg twitter feed and is being shared by others.
I appreciate you lending your voice to this issue – you have a lot of credibility and it makes a difference in educating others.
I am headed back to Topeka tomorrow for Sine Die – it may be an epic Sine Die – evidently there are issues with the effective date on the property tax lid and other technical clean-up issues that we may be considering – the hearing on Val Winn is also tomorrow and there are multiple rallies planned.
Pam Curtis