My wife keeps asking me, "How are you going to do this and still work full-time?" The answer is that being a State Senator or Representative is supposed to be a part-time gig. It is interesting to me that they can spend as much time in Topeka, as they do, not get much done, and still collect their daily wages and expenditure reimbursements. If they spend as much time in Topeka, as they can, it will amount to payments of between $50,000 and $60,000 annually. With laptops, WiFi (wireless internet), IM, chat, Facebook, twitter, and email there is absolutely NO reason Senators or Representatives need to waste our time, or dollars, in Topeka debating things that can be taken care of from the field or office. The only time they need to spend in Topeka is maybe to vote on a bill. Even that could be done electronically with the proper cyber security. We don't need to consolidate state agencies as much as we should make use of technology we already have. If ya'll elect me I will donate any compensation I receive, over $12K annually from the State of Kansas, to a District 101 charity.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/142618/government_workers_skip_telecommuting_opportunity.html
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