GOPers have taken the school children of Kansas hostage

It's what they do.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/jun/03/editorial-call-session/

The governor and state legislators can protest and posture all they want, but their rhetoric won’t do anything to resolve the state’s school finance crisis. The only way progress can be made is through a special legislative session, which Gov. Sam Brownback should schedule as soon as possible.

The Legislature’s decision this week to end its regular session without any meaningful attempt to address a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that threatens to cut off state funding to K-12 schools on July 1 was beyond disappointing to most Kansans. Instead of having any constructive discussions about the issue, the governor and legislators focused their attention on criticizing the court and trying to figure out ways to circumvent the court’s ruling that the current school funding plan has equity flaws that make it unconstitutional.

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Sen. Ty Masterson, R-Andover, compared allocating that money to paying ransom. His comparison is stunningly apt. Right now, the children of Kansas are the hostages in a damaging political standoff. Some of the public officials may pay a political price for their role in this situation, but the people who stand to lose the most are the children of Kansas.

They and the rest of the state deserve better. The governor needs to schedule a special session, and legislators need to return to Topeka with something other than political vengeance on their minds. Get this matter resolved before Kansas once again becomes a national poster child for dysfunctional government.

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GOPers are bad for Kansas, and they are bad for the nation.