The sad things is that Phil Kline is a decent man, being demonized over many years by RINO's and area liberals. I have met him on numerous occassion and really like him. We have mutual friends.
I hold particular disdain for Johnson County RINO's, who smear conservatives, and the only reason they are Republican is because being a democrats would be "too blue collar, too working class" and would be embarrassing while in their weekend golf foursome.
OTOH, John Altevogt and his minions are dour, mean, and don't help themselves by much of what they do either.
I've heard from others that he is an honorable man, and I cannot for the life of me imagine why he would that the position. He has to know that there is zero chance of his winning election on his own so his political career is dead. He also has to know that it leaves him open to ridicule and second guessing and being blamed for everything that goes wrong in Joco. Unless he's looking at it as a stepping stone to something big in the private sector then I can't see the logic behind the decision.