July 21, 2003
Monday, July 21
SAVE THE DATE! Wine tasting fundraiser
Post Oak Farm Neighborhood Town Hall
Parade wrap-up
Pages/Interns
Interim Committees
Wine Tasting Fundraiser
You are invited to a wine tasting in the Hamptons! Well,
almost. Please join Special Guests State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins
and House Speaker Doug Mays at the Hampton Inn at I-435 and Midland
Drive (16555 Midland Drive, Shawnee) for a wine-tasting fundraiser for
my campaign. Beer will be provided by Boulevard Brewing
Company.
Where: Hampton Inn, 16555 Midland Drive, Shawnee, KS
When: Wednesday, August 27, 5:30 – 7:00 pm.
$50 Guests, $250 Sponsors, $500 Hosts
RSVP by Monday, August 25th to treasurer@stephaniesharp.com
or 913-579-4376
Post Oak Farm Neighborhood Town Hall
Post Oak Farm is the first subdivision to organize an informal BBQ/pool
party gathering this Friday, July 25th . This will be a fun,
meet-and-greet for neighbors to ask me questions, talk issues, and
generally get to know each other. Thanks, Lisa Shields and John
Balling in Post Oak Farm for getting this together! RSVP to Lisa
at shields7909@hotmail.com
so we can get a good count for food.
Parade Wrap-Up
Thank you to the AWESOME parade volunteers, I’ll have the Lenexa parade
pictures up on the website when they are developed:
Lenexa Community Days: Dave and Darlene, Beckie, Rindy, and Chris
Fairchild; Dan Allen, Ward Cook, Bev Sharp (mom), Dr. Al Castaneda,
Casey Finnell, Sarah Rose
Old Shawnee Days: Brittany Huelat, Ward Cook, Dan Allen, Shawn
Cowing, “The Ralstin kids,” Sarah Rose
Pages/Interns
I still need pages for the session (your student spends 1 day in
Topeka, running errands around the Capitol), and interns. Reply
to vote@stephaniesharp.com
if interested.
Interim Committees
As promised, here is the list of interim committees and general topics
they will be addressing. Click on this link to monitor the
schedules of the committees:
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/ksleg/KLRD/interim2.html
I was assigned to the Commerce and Labor Interim, which will be dealing primarily with worker’s compensation issues. It is worthy to note that none of these committees are looking at education reform. Legislative leadership is attempting to reach a compromise with the Governor’s office on how to fashion a multi-branch committee to investigate a variety of education issues.
Agriculture–1 day, food safety consolidation.
Assessment and Taxation–10 days, monitor Streamlined Sales Tax,
administration of severance tax.
Commercial & Financial Institutions–4 days, review of health
insurance mandates.
Joint Committee on Economic Development–6 days, agritourism, rural
economic development, workforce development.
Judiciary–8 days, Uniform Securities Act, allocation of judicial
resources, docket fees.
Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice–8 days, inmate
capacity, records of children in need of care, capital punishment where
defendant is mentally retarded, monitor SB 123, prison fellowship
program.
Commerce & Labor–6 days, unemployment insurance wage base, worker
compensation.
Legislative Budget–8 days, long-range revenue structure group, indigent
defense costs, community college operating grants.
Appropriations/Ways & Means–4 days, funding animal health, Medicaid
reimbursement rates.
Local Government–5 days, Open Records Act, publication
requirements.
Joint Committee on Pensions, etc.–8 days, long-term KPERS funding
issues.
Legislative Education Planning Commission–6 days, positive behavior
supports.
Children’s Issues—7 days, KDHE licensing for after-school
programs.
Utilities–3 days, telecommunication, broadband.
Kansas Security–3 days, study Kansas security.
State-Tribal Relations–1 day, placing Indian land in trust.
Health Insurance Issues Working Group - 7 days. Variety of health
insurance and Medicaid issues.
As always – thanks for your support! Feel free to pass this newsletter on to friends and family, or have them email me to get on the list. Mark your calendar for the Post Oak event and the fundraiser on August 27th. See you there!
Stephanie Sharp17th District, KS House
Serving Lenexa and Shawnee