Has Kline gone mad? Stilwell loses vote to incorporate

I am a conservative Republican and am pretty much in lock step with the agenda. On some issues I'm even a little more radical. I want the government out of my life as much as possible.

I read today that Phil Kline has now flip flopped and decided to run for election as Johnson County Prosecutor. This is unfortunate. We all know the infighting that has been going on too long within the Johnson County Republican party. The Mods and Conservs are fighting over control of the party and while as a rule the conservatives have enjoyed control of the party infrastructure the Republican electorate has become increasingly moderate. So, the conservatives pick the candidates and the rank and file republicans vote for a moderate democrat instead. Unfortunately, the conservatives refuse to get the message and promote more moderate candidates.

So, Kline who has minimized his support to only the pro-life crowd has somehow decided there are enough of them to elect him. He is wrong. I like the quote today in the paper saying something like Kline has a strong ability to get people who don't like him to vote. His only goal in life is to pursue the Planned Parenthood case. Look, we need a real mechanism to make sure that children who are seeking these services haven't been raped or violated by family or friends. If crimes happened they need to be prosecuted but Phil has politicized to the point where it has no credibility. Why can't it be just like a gun shot at the hospital? In every case the police need to be called. In each case where an underage girl requests an abortion why can't they have someone review it and make sure there isn't incest, rape, etc? Relying on PP to report it isn't going to happen and children need to be protected but let's get the politics out of it.

Kline should have honored his word and not sought a full term as prosecutor. Tim Golba seems clearly thrilled. I'm against abortion as well but not in the militant way Mr. Golba pursues it. It is very rare that I speak out against a fellow Republican other than John Toplikar but he should have stepped aside and now hopefully he'll get beat in the primary and then that will be it.

Stilwell of Aubry Township had its bid to incorporate as a city was rejected by the JoCo Commission. Responsible commissioners voted no and idiots like John Toplikar voted for it. Why was a no vote the right thing? The area requested is too large. They needed a unanimous vote and that seems unlikely. Some have suggested that commissioners might support a smaller area closer to the size of Spring Hill. I'm not sure if the group outside the smaller area will go for it. Who gets to keep their seat in the lifeboat???? Toplikar is an idiot as I've said before. Anyone can see he took this vote because he knew it was a loser and had no chance of passing. He looks good and finds friends in the group. Again, it was a vote of NO COURAGE!