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	<description>Benjamin Hodge is a former Kansas state representative (2006-08) and JCCC Board member (2005-2009)</description>
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		<title>Kansas Liberty &#8212; Despite AG&#8217;s findings, Howe pledges to keep doors closed to some public meetings</title>
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From the Kansas Liberty, Article by Holly Rowe Mo&#60; Six says &#8220;open meetings&#8221; should be just that. JoCo DA says there are exceptions.
Despite AG&#8217;s findings, Howe pledges to keep doors closed to some public meetings
Attorney General Steve Six, responding to an inquiry from state lawmakers about the scope of the Kansas Open Meeting Act, determined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to JoCo DA from Kansas Press &#8212; Kansas Watchdog</title>
		<link>http://benjaminhodge.org/index.php/2009/12/14/letter-to-joco-da-from-kansas-press-kansas-watchdog/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link: http://kansas.watchdog.org/2009/10/29/letter-to-joco-da-from-kansas-press/ or http://kansas.watchdog.org/2009/10/29/letter-to-joco-da-from-kansas-press/print/
- Kansas Watchdog - http://kansas.watchdog.org -
Letter to JoCo DA from Kansas Press
Posted By Earl Glynn On October 29, 2009 @ 9:14 pm In Accountability, Blog, Kansas Government, Transparency &#124; 5 Comments
Shown below is the letter to the Johnson County District Attorney [1] from three Kansas press/open records groups about a Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA) [2] complaint from a former JCCC trustee [3].
The letter requests that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial, Kansas City Star: Kansas&#8217; open meetings law must always be heeded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kansas&#8217; open meetings law must always be heeded
Kansas City Star, The (MO) - Thursday, October 29, 2009
A recent opinion by Kansas Attorney General Steve Six contains advice that all public officials should take to heart.
Asked for a hypothetical opinion based on the facts of a long-disputed incident at Johnson County Community College, Six cautioned public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Trustees vote to trim tax levy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://benjaminhodge.org/index.php/2009/11/08/trustees-vote-to-trim-tax-levy/</link>
		<comments>http://benjaminhodge.org/index.php/2009/11/08/trustees-vote-to-trim-tax-levy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article appeared in the Johnson County Sun.
&#8220;Trustees vote to trim tax levy&#8221;
Elaine Bessier
Johnson County Sun Johnson County Community College trustees unanimously approved a 2006-07 budget of $168.4 million, an increase of 10.8 percent over the 2005-06 total of $152 million, and lowered the property tax levy by .1 mill.
The mill levy assessed county [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Taxpayers to see stable mill levys in 2006&#8243;</title>
		<link>http://benjaminhodge.org/index.php/2009/11/08/taxpayers-to-see-stable-mill-levys-in-2006/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article appeared in the Johnson County Sun.
&#8220;Taxpayers to see stable mill levys in 2006&#8243;
Johnson County Sun
Taxpayers across Johnson County will see stable property tax mill levies for 2006.
Only one city in The Sun&#8217;s coverage area is planning a tax increase. The rest plan to hold the line on taxes in 2006.
Also, two school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Community college board lowers mill levy, tuition hike&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://benjaminhodge.org/index.php/2009/11/08/community-college-board-lowers-mill-levy-tuition-hike/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article appeared in the Johnson County Sun.
&#8220;Community college board lowers mill levy, tuition hike&#8221;
Elaine Bessier
Johnson County Sun
Johnson County Community College taxpayers will pay less for the college this year and students will pay less next year.
Taxpayers will pay less because the board trimmed the mill levy. Students will pay less because the board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;JCCC approves budget, lowers tax levy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://benjaminhodge.org/index.php/2009/11/08/jccc-approves-budget-lowers-tax-levy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article appeared in the Johnson County Sun.
&#8220;JCCC approves budget, lowers tax levy&#8221;
Elaine Bessier
Johnson County Sun
Johnson Countians will experience a 5.6 percent decrease in the mill levy for Johnson County Community College as a result of the Board of Trustees&#8217; unanimous approval Aug. 10 of a $152 million budget for 2005-06.
The levy is at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;No levy, tuition increases at JCCC&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://benjaminhodge.org/index.php/2009/11/08/no-levy-tuition-increases-at-jccc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article appeared in the Johnson County Sun.
&#8220;No levy, tuition increases at JCCC&#8221; 
Elaine Bessier
Johnson County Sun
There is good news for Johnson County taxpayers and Johnson County Community College students.
The mill levy assessed taxpayers to support the college in 2005-06 will remain the same, at 8.96 mills, for 2006-07. Tuition will remain the same, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Commission hears request to place eminent domain question on ballot&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://benjaminhodge.org/index.php/2009/11/08/commission-hears-request-to-place-eminent-domain-question-on-ballot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article appeared in the Johnson County Sun.
&#8220;Commission hears request to place eminent domain question on ballot&#8221;
Jack &#8220;Miles&#8221; Ventimiglia
Johnson County Sun
Eminent domain could be a hot button, 2006 election issue, Ben Hodge said after speaking to the County Commission during an Aug. 18 meeting. Hodge, 25, Prairie Village, a college student, surprised political observers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Help protect personal property rights&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://benjaminhodge.org/index.php/2009/11/08/help-protect-personal-property-rights/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article appeared in The Olathe News.
&#8220;Help protect personal property rights&#8221;
Benjamin Hodge
Letter to the editor
The Olathe News
August 23, 2005
I encourage Olathe residents to contact Johnson County commissioners to ask that commissioners open up debate on eminent domain and on the protection of property rights within the county. A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision now [...]]]></description>
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