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inanna

(3,547 posts)
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 11:20 AM Jan 2016

Kansas Lawmaker Retracts Panel's Dress Code, Apologizes

Source: Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. — Jan 26, 2016, 9:58 AM ET

A Kansas lawmaker has apologized and retracted a dress code that banned plunging necklines and short skirts for women testifying before his committee.

Republican state Sen. Mitch Holmes issued a statement Tuesday saying it was unacceptable for him to provide specific guidance about how women should dress in the state's Ethics and Elections Committee's rules without also producing similar guidance for men.

Legislators in both parties have strongly criticized the guidelines issued last week that said "low-cut necklines and mini-skirts" are inappropriate "for ladies."

Holmes of St. John, who is the committee's chairman, apologized and said he "meant no offense."

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/kansas-lawmaker-retracts-panels-dress-code-apologizes-36523584

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Kansas Lawmaker Retracts Panel's Dress Code, Apologizes (Original Post) inanna Jan 2016 OP
It doesn't cost much to buy a legislator in Kansas. DURHAM D Jan 2016 #1
Wow, he goes cheap. yardwork Jan 2016 #3
I think there's three digits missing in those numbers. haele Jan 2016 #5
Come on Holmes...I know you watch FOX news. That dress is the uniform there. Tikki Jan 2016 #2
Seriously, has a woman wearing a mini skirt or low-cut neckline ever testified tanyev Jan 2016 #4

DURHAM D

(32,595 posts)
1. It doesn't cost much to buy a legislator in Kansas.
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 11:27 AM
Jan 2016

The top 5 donors to Holmes' 2008 campaign:

1. Koch Industries $600
2. Kansas Assoc of Realtors $500
3. Sunflower Electric Power Corp $400
4. Kansas Land Title Assoc PAC $250
5. HSBC North America $250

haele

(12,581 posts)
5. I think there's three digits missing in those numbers.
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 07:15 PM
Jan 2016

I suspect it's $600K, $500K, etc...

Otherwise, he can be bought for $2000 dollars. I think we can pass the hat here at DU and buy him if that was the case.

Haele

tanyev

(42,356 posts)
4. Seriously, has a woman wearing a mini skirt or low-cut neckline ever testified
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 06:58 PM
Jan 2016

before the Kansas Ethics and Elections Committee?

Sen. Holmes' fantasies don't count.

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