We need to keep Steve Rose, Publisher of the Johnson County (KS) Sun in our prayers, apparently he is ill and is trying to make things right with the head man.
I can think of no other reason for his criticism of Democrat Congressman Dennis Moore of Kansas.
Dennis Moore; former Republican, former District Attorney of Johnson County and now Democrat representing the 3rd Congressional District of Kansas for half an eternity.
Steve Rose a popular character in Johnson County once when meeting Ronald Regan ask the President ‘how it felt shaking hands with a flaming young liberal’ or, something to that effect.
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By Steve Rose The Johnson County Sun
March 25, 2009
Dennis Moore may be hanging us out to dry. After our strong endorsements for him over the past 10 years, he is co-sponsoring horrendous legislation that is grossly anti-business and unabashedly pro-union.
In Dennis Moore’s six successful, though usually very narrow victories, for U.S. Congress, this newspaper has supported him, often to the frustration and dismay of Republicans who believe a Republican should represent Johnson County, where the GOP outnumbers Democrats by 2-1.
Traditionally, we have endorsed Republicans, but in the case of Moore, we have crossed over party lines, just as many other Republicans have, because Moore has been a conservative Democrat on major issues and has been particularly pro-business, often bucking unions who have been among his major supporters, both financially and in their grassroots efforts on his behalf.
Until now, Moore has withstood unions’ virulent opposition, to support both the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
Moore has also stood up to environmentalists, when his opinions differed, even on the most contentious issues. A recent example is his support for offshore drilling, which caused much angst among environmentalists who have supported him.
Now comes one of the most anti-business, pro-union pieces of legislation to ever come before Congress, and not only is Dennis Moore on record as supporting it, he actually signed his name as a co-sponsor.
This menace to business is known as the “Card Check” bill.
The key to the complicated legislation is this:
As of now, employees who vote whether to organize a union or not do so in private. The union never knows how anyone voted.
Under the newly proposed law, everyone would sign or not sign their ballots in the open with everyone’s vote known. That means the union would know whom to harass and intimidate to get them to vote their way.
There is more to this odious bill than that. Under the proposed new rules, if over 50 percent of the employees sign authorization cards, a union is automatically formed. Today, the matter would go before the National Labor Relations Board, where the union might or might not be organized and where businesses would have a say in the outcome.
In a county like Johnson County, where small businesses are the backbone of our community, how could our representative vote for a bill that could result in mass unionization?
