About 1,000 people from across the state attended the Adequate Yearly Funding rally held on the east steps of the Kansas Statehouse on Tuesday. Gov. Mark Parkinson and other Democratic leaders addressed the crowd, urging people to spread the word that without new taxes schools will face deeper budget cuts.
Demonstrators held up a variety of signs urging support for eduction spending, including one that read, "We want what's right, not what's left."
Published on March 16, 2010
The rally was held on the east side of the Statehouse even as members of the Kansas House were voting to postpone debate on the session's first major tax bill.
Published on March 16, 2010
Gov. Mark Parkinson urged the crowd to chant with him, "We want what's right, not what's left."
Published on March 16, 2010
The governor was introduced at the rally by Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat. Others who spoke included House Minority Leader Paul Davis of Lawrence and Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, who is a candidate for governor.
Published on March 16, 2010
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