It really does make a difference.

Red state Dems are still better than Repubs on the issues that matter

May is the soonest anyone can be evicted at this point, assuming you've paid thru March. This is pretty much meaningless.

the one thing that makes her not completely hated by the R's is that she is calm and sensible. They don't like her, don't get me wrong, but she is calming things after the Brownback tragedy. Little by little, step by step. She is enjoying the job too and I find that awesome.

I would have loved for big moves from her but she knows what she is doing. If this needs to be moved to later dates she will do it. Sure we know it probably will but she is dealing with the worst R wing congress we have had in a while. We do not have Medicaid because they will not pass it until they get their abortion bill that requires every pregnancy to be seen through, no matter who might die or who inpregnated you. Laura Kelly is doing a great job working around them as much as possible.

and it looks like I will eventually die here too! Just South of Topeka. You?

People that claim climate change is a HOAX need to ask anyone from Kansas who's at least 50/60 years old if they think the winters are as cold now as back in the 60's/70's/80's. I can still remember when the temp might not get above zero for days and days.

Now we have temps that are 74 degrees on Super Bowl Sunday.

You used to be able to know when to plant because the dates never changed but now everything has changed.

I have quite a few friends in Wichita who I worked with to create Kansas Equality Coalition now Equality Kansas. Wichita has some very cool people.

I'm a small scale landlord. I have four rentals with a modest income, and it's what I depend on to pay my bills. Two of my tenants are on Section 8, so I know I'll get at least partial rent. One of my tenants works a pretty low wage job, and there's a big possibility that she'll be out of work soon because of the situation. I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that I'm not going to be getting rent from her for at least a month or two. That loss of income is really going to hurt. So while I agree that it would be heartless to evict someone during this time of hell, I also feel for people like me who depend on that income to get by themselves.

It's going to be a rough year.

There need to be a national moratorium on all collection activities. Foreclosures, evictions, repossessions, garnishments, collection calls.

EVERYTHING!

I am skeptical the Governor - by executive fiat - can deprive people of the right to collect rents on their property. Now, if the State of Kansas will appropriate funds to pay the due rents, etc., all well and good. Otherwise, it is an uncompensated confiscation of private property for public purposes - the very definition of a violation of the "takings clause" of the U.S. Constitution.

I see a real risk in a Governor depriving a set of citizens - in this case landlords - from access to the courts to vindicate their rights.

In many states, courts are only working restraining orders and criminal arraignments. There's little need for a governor to explicitly bar evictions if the courts are already shut down.

The Arkansas Supreme Court just issued an per curiam order forbidding non-emergency lawyer-only hearings through early April and jury trials through April.

Foreclosures are usually resolved by default or summary judgment - no trial required. With the days of electronic filing, there is little reason for judges not resolving matters that do not require hearings. The closing of the civilian courts is a condition prerequisite to the imposition of martial law.