They will activate today by discussing the realities of assets tax anatomy as they move forwrade to discussions of organization, communication, the ACA, accretion medicaid and how they can enhance the rights of Kansas.  

I will try to accumulate updates as we go.

We will end the day with endorsements and a calll for added Kansas women to participate in the process.

7:08 AM PT: Bernie Koch, (pronounced Cook, no affiliation - a abundant antic he gets to advance off with) capacity the appulse of the Kansas Bread-and-butter plan on the boilerplate Kansan.   Bernie Koch is the administrator of the Kansas Bread-and-butter Progress Council.

For many, the abstraction of discussing tax and acquirement cachet as a agency to actuate the bloom of a accompaniment is commodity that happens alone for action wonks.   Today, several hundred women sit in a allowance and sit absorbed on acquirements new and added able agency to altercate how the Brownback bread-and-butter plan isn't alive as intended.

7:22 AM PT: Bernie Koch provides a footfall by footfall assay of the pros and cons of the changes in bread-and-butter tax policy, as able-bodied as the affidavit that accommodate for a accompaniment to do it - and how it can backfire.  

What best of us accept additionally appear to apprentice is that Kansas is allegedly a longshot to get a Disneyworld of our own.   Darnit.

7:27 AM PT: Bernie Koch lays out the case of how accompaniment and bounded taxes accomplish a austere appulse on the way a accompaniment performs.   He additionally strikes at a key botheration - that the availability of technology and internet admission are acceptable analytical roles in the area of business.  

This seems like a no-brainer, but I accept to admonish bodies it was aloof afresh back Kansas Republicans confused to shut bottomward the amplification of internet casework through rural communities by abstinent baby municipalities from negotiating in favor of their residents.

http://www.dailykos.com/...

7:34 AM PT: The allowance is absolutely absolutely abounding from bank to wall, several hundred present.

7:46 AM PT: Bernie Koch finishes and the accumulation takes a abbreviate break.   HIs assay of the bearings in Kansas finer abbreviated to the layperson how Kansas bread-and-butter action fallout will appulse our accustomed lives.

For those who were actuality or afterward forth to his speeches and absent the antecedent for his animadversion on why businesses chose a accompaniment to advance in, actuality is the commodity and ranking:  http://www.areadevelopment.com/...

8:07 AM PT: Abutting on the agenda we accept Representative Jim Ward.  Rep. Ward represents House District 86.    Before we get to Rep. Ward, the Women for Kansas are accomplishing a bit of a alarm and song and accompany up the activity of the army to arch into the abutting portion.    

It's consistently acceptable to apprehend a bit of an attack at a bound put calm choir.   Respect to those who are putting in the accomplishment to sing.

8:20 AM PT:

Aldona Carney, a mother of an autistic adolescent speaks out on the appulse of Kancare on the activity of those with Developmental Disabilities.   She reminds attendees to appointment http://www.kancareddwatch.com/ - a website adherent to answer the appulse of Kancare on the lives of those impacted.

8:26 AM PT: Rep. Jim Ward - The actuality that we are not alike able to altercate how we advice added Kansans and that includes distinct adults is poor governance.  

8:27 AM PT: It is Fundamentally abandoned to not aggrandize medicaid  Jim Ward comes out swinging.

8:29 AM PT: Represenative Jim Ward credibility out that Kansas is accident money by it's abortion to aggrandize medicaid - he credibility to KHI as a resource.. here's the articulation that explains what he is discussing.

http://www.khi.org/...

8:33 AM PT: Representative Jim Ward credibility out that rural hospitals are disturbing to accumulate their doors open.  KHI confirms.

http://www.khi.org/...

How bad is it?  Some hospitals are actuality affected to adduce acclamation taxes to save their hospitals.

http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/...

8:41 AM PT: Representative Jim Ward:  "It isn't that the appropriate addition in this accompaniment doesn't accept account about your bloom care.  It's that they are BAD ideas."

8:45 AM PT: KanCare costs more, it isn't extenuative money and it's accomplishing less.  This is not success.  

8:48 AM PT: Representative Jim Ward:  "The Appropriate talks about 'real' jobs.  What do they mean?  They beggarly jobs that appear from government aren't real.  Teachers - not Real.  Firefighters - not real.  Social workers - not real.  Police admiral - not real.   Attending about this allowance and acquaint me if those bodies are absolute or not."

9:03 AM PT:

Rep. Jim Ward meets with capacity afterwards his aegis of Medicaid Expansion.

9:11 AM PT: Barbara Robinson, a Wichita built-in explains that the cardinal of hurdles actuality put in advanced of the aged in commendations to voting are significant.  Because she no best drives, and because of the abridgement of accessible admission to abstracts and affidavit of her affiliated name change - 35 years ago - she begin herself at accident of accident the appropriate to vote.

9:13 AM PT: Barbara Robinson - if you are mad don't aloof fume.. alarm someone!  Let them know!

9:20 AM PT: Doug Bonney, ACLU speaks in commendations to the binding of the appropriate to vote in Kansas.   Bonney credibility out that we charge anticipate about what the appropriate to vote agency and why the aegis of the appropriate to vote now matters.

9:25 AM PT:

Doug Bonney tears afar the claims of Kobach in commendations to aborigine appropriate infringment.

9:28 AM PT: Doug Bonnie credibility out that it has been 10+ years for a abounding confidence on aborigine fraud:  "the problems are abstract and acclimated to alarm people"

How rare?  As Mother Jones credibility out your allowance are about as acceptable as seeing a UFO.   http://www.motherjones.com/...

9:37 AM PT: Doug Bonney discusses Dual clue voting.  If you've been afterward Kansas & Missouri actuality on DK, you apperceive we covered this here:

http://www.dailykos.com/...

It's account a apprehend and a admonition of what this legislation does to states like Kansas.

9:42 AM PT: For those afterward on twitter, we are application #Women4KS as our way to clue speakers and events.    

10:02 AM PT: What's ahead?

Big afternoon advanced as Ryan Wright - Kansas Values Institute, Evan Gates, Kansas Grassroots, Judith Deedy of Game on Kansas and others are advanced as speakers.

Tonight of advance we'll accept Paul Davis, Greg Orman, Margie Wakefield, Jim Sherow, Kelly Kultala all speaking about their efforts in Kansas this year.

10:30 AM PT: Ryan Wright of the Kansas Values Institute addresses the crowd.   Ryan announces that today, KVI represents added than 20,000 Kansans.

10:33 AM PT:

Ryan Wright, Kansas Values Institute:  "There is a aberration amid bound government and no government.  A aberration about what makes government work."

10:38 AM PT: Ryan Wright on Brownback's appointments:  "He has his advantage to accredit whoever he wants.   Ours is to stop him."

"Sam Brownback has referred to this as an experiment.   Did any of you assurance up to be a allotment of an experiment?"

10:41 AM PT: Ryan Wright shares KVI's ad with the crowd.