Ryan Wright, executive director for Kansas Values Institute, spoke to the hundreds of attendees at the Taking Back Kansas convention on Aug. 30, 2014, about the issues facing our state. Now is the time for us to stand up for our values - Kansas values. It's our state, let's take it back! Learn more about KVI at www.kansasvaluesinstitute.org

1. What’s the
Matter with
Kansas?
Presented by Ryan Wright, Executive Director | www.KansasValuesInstitute.org | Ryan@KansasValuesInstitute.org

2. Our Values…
Opportunity
Responsibility Fairness

3. Our Values…
op·por·tu·ni·ty (noun)
a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do
something.
 ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION
 ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
 JOB CREATION
OPPORTUNITY

4. re·spon·si·bil·i·ty (noun)
something that you should do because it is morally
right, legally required.
 FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUTCOMES
 ALLOWING—NOT LEGISLATING—
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Our Values…
RESPONSIBILITY

5. Our Values…
fair·ness (noun)
the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free
from bias or injustice; evenhandedness.
 TAX POLICY
 FREE AND FAIR COURTS
 CARING FOR THE LEAST AMONG US
FAIRNESS

6. What is the
Matter with Kansas?

7. What’s the Matter with Kansas?
The Brownback Experiment

8. What’s the Matter with Kansas?
The Brownback Experiment: An Economic Meltdown

9. “Everybody is
entitled to their
own opinion, but
not their own
facts.”
–Karl Rove, Political Advisor,
President George W. Bush

10. What’s the Matter with Kansas?
The Brownback Experiment: Failing Schools

11. What’s the Matter with Kansas?
The Brownback Experiment: Failing Schools

12. What’s the Matter with Kansas?
The Brownback Experiment: Costing Kansas Jobs

13. What’s the Matter with Kansas?
The Brownback Experiment: Costing Kansas Jobs

14. What’s the Matter with Kansas?
The Brownback Experiment: Costing Kansas Jobs

15. What’s the Matter with Kansas?
The Brownback Experiment: Costing Kansas Jobs

16. In 2012, SIX races for the Kansas House were
decided by fewer than 200 votes. Six additional
moderate votes would have stopped the
Brownback Experiment.
This month, one Topeka House
race was determined by only 62
votes.
Small change can make a BIG difference.

17. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world. Indeed,
it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead
THANK YOU!