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Who is Kline? Who is JoCo? Who is Hendricks? Who is Howe? Who is Phill?

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Kline - Phill Kline, Johnson County DA. He was Kansas Attorney General when the Johnson County DA, Paul Morrison, changed parties, ran against him in 2006, and beat Phill in the general election. The JoCo Republicans then appointed Phill to fill out Morrisons remaining two year as DA. Morrison later got caught shagging his secretary and resigned in disgrace.

JoCo - Johnson County, Kansas. Suburban Kansas City.

Hendicks - liberal columnist in the Kansas City Star.

Steve Howe - Republican former senior member of the Johnson County DA office. When Morrison was elected, Howe ran to replace him. The local Republican Party is badly split between factions and appointed Phill by a narrow margin. Phill promptly fired Howe. Howe has the support of most of the county GOP for the 2008 election.

Phill - Phill Kline, see above. For a while we had two Phillip Klines in the state legislature. To differentiate between them, we identify them as one-l Phil and two-l Phill.

Clear now?

[joebellis]

Phill Kline is pro-life District Attorney in Johnson County, KS, a Kansas City suburb.

Kline was formerly Kansas Attorney General.

Lost reelection battle for Attorney General to the former Johnson County District Attorney, Paul Morrison.

Morrison changed to the Democratic Party to run for that office.

Hendricks is a writer for the Kansas City Red Star.

Kline was appointed by the County GOP to fill the remainder of Morrison’s term.

Kline is currently conducting an investigation of Planned Parenthood and abortions of minors.

Hope this helps.