NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — There was a whole lot of agreement on Thursday at the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber candidate forum for state house and senate candidates.
To a man, the Republican candidates for Kansas Senate 34, House District 102 and House District 114 were in favor of further tax relief, especially property taxes.
They all want to see the people who live here stay here and bringing people to the state they believe has to start with making it affordable to live here.
Service is the attitude of all six, candidates Bob Fee and Michael Murphy in Senate District 34, Kyler Sweely and Tyson Thrall in House District 102 and Steve Schweizer and Kevin Schwertfeger in District 114.
The intent is for government to stick to its core functions and those include roads and public safety and education, but it was also a core tenet for all that there be better oversight of the things that government does and that, to the greatest degree possible, government gets out of the way.
The candidates leaned into their vocational and voluntary board experience when looking at what committees to be a part of, and they fundamentally want to see competition and the free market provide solutions.
Hutch Post is working with each campaign to get all of those with competitive races on the radio between now and then so that we can go more deeply into issues individually.
Also, a community member was recording video of the event Thursday and hopes to provide that in the coming days. When it is available, Hutch Post will upload it.
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