Legislative leaders appalled by municipal ‘seat shopping’ Posted at
Kansas legislative leaders denounced the practice of municipal government and school board members resigning from office fully aware their peers would quickly reappoint them to a different vacancy on the governing body to artificially extend their terms. Bipartisan distaste for the insider deals exists among members of the 2018 Legislature, but no consensus emerged in interviews with top Republicans and Democrats about viability of a bill to forbid or limit the maneuver.