Ruckus – October 20, 2011

KCPT's Ruckus Podcast - Audio

TOPIC 1: FINN TO PEN?
Bishop Robert Finn and the local diocese have been charged with failure to report child abuse.

TOPIC 2: SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES!
After a lengthy absence, Phill Kline is back in the news. A Kansas disciplinary panel has recommended that Kline be indefinitely suspended from practicing law in the state. Kline, a former attorney general and district attorney, is not practicing law in Kansas. He’s teaching law in Virginia.

TOPIC 3: HORATIO CAIN?
Presidential hopeful Herman Cain has been critical of the “Occupy Wall Street” protestors, telling them to blame themselves if they don’t have a job and aren’t rich. Local columnist Mary Sanchez says the protestors aren’t to blame, it’s the system. And, Sanchez believes, the work ethic is still alive and well in the United States.

TOPIC 4: BROWNBACK-ED SCHOOL PLAN
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has unveiled plans to change the state’s school finance formula. Johnson County residents have complained about the current formula since its inception.

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