Hey look!

Martin HawverNo! Look over there, in the bushes!

It happened again last Friday, the masterful misdirection of the Kansas news media just a couple days before the opening of the Kansas Legislature’s 2016 session, and that misdirection was by Gov. Sam Brownback, who is giving his sixth State of the State address this week.

Presumably there won’t be much good news in the gubernatorial address that kicks off the session. The budget has crashed and it’s going to take cuts and shuffles because the governor isn’t interested in increasing taxes again this session.

So, what’s over there in the bushes to distract us?