Megan Phillips is the Democratic Party candidate running for the Kansas State District 8 seat in the November 3 midterms . Ahead of the elections, she spoke exclusively to HT.com about her views on various matters, including ICE activity in the state.
For 15 years, the legislature has chronically underfunded Kansas public schools, resulting in a deficit of about $200 million. Kansas law dictates that the state reimburse schools for their special education expenditures at a rate of 92%, but since 2011, they have woefully missed that mark. “I hope to hold community gatherings within diverse cultural spaces so that I can hear directly from my constituents about concerns that matter to them. Because the schools I love, where I send my kids, are under threat, explaining her choice to contest the midterms, Phillips said “I entered this race.
She slammed their ‘racist agendas’ and said she wanted to ‘see significant reform’ in how the government managed immigration concerns, going forward. That is inhumane,” Phillips said. That is a promise that I can keep if elected,” she said. Many constituents are as upset as I am about some of his decisions and his track record of saying one thing and doing another,” she said.
Phillips expressed concern about ICE activities in Kansas . “People should not be afraid to go to work, school, or doctor’s appointments for fear that they may be picked up off the street and thrown into detention centers indefinitely without due process or communication with the outside world. The aspiring lawmaker added that she hoped to work with local governments to help protect the people and fight for proper legal protocol. She promised to work for minority communities and protect them from legislative actions that could directly harm them. Phillips also expressed a strong interest in letting their voices be heard. This means schools have repeatedly footed the bill and made cuts year after year. We are at the edge of a funding cliff; if things don’t change fast, my local school risks closing, much like what happened to our neighbors in Olathe who just voted to close six schools at the end of this school year. I am not going to let that happen. She faces Republican Chris Croft, a seasoned politician who is also the House Majority Leader. However, Phillips is not all too perturbed. “I don’t think Chris Croft is particularly popular right now. HT.com has reached out to Croft as well for his remarks.
