February/March 2012 letter
Dear Johnson County neighbor,I would like to invite you to our first eventof 2012. It’s free, and we’re confident you’llfind the meeting interesting.Please join us at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8,at Colonial Presbyterian Church in OverlandPark, 12501 West 137th Street. Room 200.It’s west of Quivira and south of 135th Street.Our main speaker for the evening is a brightyoung man named Joshua Charles (right), whoco-authored Glenn Beck’s recent book,
TheOriginal Argument: The Federalists’ Case for the Constitution.
Mr. Charles earned a degree in Piano Per-formance fromKU, and is pursu-ing a Master’s inGovernmentfrom Regent.Please
RSVP
(contact info at bottom) or on our Web site,www.StateandLocalEducation.org.Our motto is “Educating Locally aboutLimited Government." Our mission is to pro-vide citizens with education and researchabout the merits of limited government at thestate and local levels, and to have fun doing it.Thank you,
Benjamin Hodge
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Rep. Benjamin Hodge
PRESIDENT
Sen. Kay O’Connor
TREASURER
Steve Weatherford
SECRETARY
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Benjamin Hodge
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Lives in Overland Park
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State Representative, 2007-’08
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Johnson County CommunityCollege Board, 2005-’09
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Chair, County Special Commit-tee on Property Rights, 2006
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Master’s Degree in Business
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Eagle Scout
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Public policy recognitions in-clude Kansas Press Association,Foundation for IndividualRights in Education, NRA, andAmericans for Prosperity
Kay O’Connor
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Lives with her husband inOlathe
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Former State Senator and StateRepresentative
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Appointed three times and cur-rently serving on Arts Board for Johnson County Government
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Teacher, Padre Pio Academy,elementary school
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Awarded “Friend of Open Gov-ernment” by Kansas SunshineCoalition
Steve Weatherford
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Lives with his wife and threechildren in Gardner
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Youth Pastor at church inOlathe
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Baker University graduate
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Life-long area resident and BlueValley High School graduate
About our Board of Directors
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Tax exemption information: We are in the process of obtaining our 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service. IRS Pub 557 indicates that the effective date of our exemption will be retroactive to our date of incorporation which is June 8, 2011.
Help us educate about economic freedom.
Donate Online
: Go online towww.StateAndLocalEducation.organd click the “Donate” button to donate using your credit cardthrough Paypal (you do not need to have a Paypal account).
Mail
: State and Local Ed. Foundation, PO Box 23412, Overland Park, KS 66283
Email
: Contact@StateAndLocalEducation.org
Phone
: 913-732-0010
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. I’d like to donate $ ________ to help promoteeconomic liberty in Kansas.
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. Please contact me to tell me more about theState & Local Educational Foundation of Kansas.
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The State & Local Educational Foundation of Kansas
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. I will attend the Thursday, March 8, meeting inOverland Park at 7 p.m.