February 2023

ROYAL STARS

AAAA ARIES (March 21-April 19) AAAA This is an excellent day to study or, in turn, to teach. You will enjoy hanging out with others if the conversation is stimulating and informative. You are eager to learn something today. You want to flex your intellectual muscles. Tonight: Daydreams and fantasies.

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Growing up with Dodge City’s rich history

When thinking of the Old West, one can’t help but mention Dodge City, Kanas, and its footprint of rich history for the American Cowboy and infamous lawmen. Wyatt Earp may have reached national fame in Tombstone, Arizona, but he along with his clan of brothers and friends John “Doc” Holliday and Bartholomew William Barclay “Bat” Masterson, were already household names from their start in Dodge City.

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Stealing the Fort Dodge jail

They wore dust masks and operated clandestinely under the cover of darkness as they “stole” State of Kansas property. One of the “desperados” was mayor of Dodge City, and another was a future mayor who later became a Boot Hill Honorary Marshal.

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From the Statehouse to Your House

February 25, 2023 Dear Friends … Week 7 of the Legislature is a time of transition known as “Turnaround,” which loosely interpreted means that all House and Senate bills have to be voted out of their originating Chambers and sent across the Rotunda to the other side. Generally regarded as the “halfway point” in our Session, it also gives rise to such terms as “exempt” and “non-exempt” committees and bill “blessings.” The former classification applies to big ticket panels like Tax, Ways and Means, and Federal and State Affairs, which can continue to consider measures within their jurisdiction even after the “deadline.” The Senate President can also do what is called “bless” a proposal to allow it to be heard and “worked,” notwithstanding its falling outside the scope of normal subject matter assignment. All that said, the net effect is a flurry of all-day (and usually late evening!) Floor activity in a race to “move” everything of high importance to Leadership.

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