Tonight Governor Mark Parkinson will be delivering the 2010 State of the State Address to the Citizens of Kansas. This address will no doubt be a somber one with high unemployment, a budget shortfall of nearly 400 million, and the continued threats to further slash our vital state services and the workers that provide these services.
KOSE Executive Director Jane Carter and KOSE Government Affairs Liaison R.J. Wilson are continually monitoring the situation for state employees on a daily basis. They will maintain a presence at the Statehouse to relay critical information to KOSE members. However, as state employees and KOSE members, you are charged with the most crucial act of making your voices heard loud and clear to your legislators when our livelihoods are under attack from budget cuts, privatization schemes, or facility closures.
It has been an intensive 4-year budget crisis here in Kansas and that is why the KOSE 2010 Lobby Day on March 17th will be a major event for us in the fight to keep our vital services, our jobs and livelihoods. However, we simply mustn’t wait for March to begin the fight to protect our livelihoods. KOSE will provide a Shadow Lobby Day program in February to build pressure and keep it on our legislators till March.
If you are interested in participating in our Shadow Lobby Day program in February as an individual or small group please contact Gus Froemke, KOSE Communications Specialist: gus@koseunion.org
The State of the State Address is Today at 7 p.m. central and can be viewed statewide on Sunflower’s Broadband Channel 6.
