The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity-Kansas released the following statement in response to the veto of Senate Bill 51:
“Today, we learned that the Governor has vetoed a measure to restrict the power of annexation of cities,” said Americans for Prosperity Kansas state director Derrick Sontag. “AFP supported this bill, as it would have given local residents more control in the annexation process by allowing them to vote to approve annexation in certain instances.
“The legislation was viewed by AFP and others as taking a critical first step towards providing the ultimate safeguards from over-zealous annexation by government bodies.
“Property rights and freedoms should not be trampled in the name of supposed ‘economic development’ by the public sector. Economic development is best left for the free market to determine without government intervention.
“The consent of the governed is the backbone of this country yet today, despite receiving more than 450 emails in support of this legislation within the last week, Governor Parkinson violated that right.”
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