Topic: Motor fuels tax
Interview of Fred Kerr, March 30, 2015
Interviewed by Burdett Loomis
Fred Kerr reflected on his 15 years serving in the Kansas Senate representing the 33rd Senate district. He recalled Senate leaders and fellow Senators who helped him as a freshman and the influence of those mentors on his career. Fred recalled the process involved in securing a leadership position in the Senate and the dynamics of leadership races. He also reflected on the urban-rural divide in Kansas politics that during the late 1970s and early to mid 1980s was often more of a force than the partisan divide. A version of this interview is posted on Show Morethe website of the Kansas Historical Society.
Another oral history interview of Kerr is included in the Statehouse Conversations collection on this site.
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Interview of Robert (Bob) Storey, February 5, 2015
Interviewed by Burdett Loomis
In his 2015 oral history interview, Bob Storey recalled his service in the Kansas Senate from 1969-1976. His recollection was of a Senate in transition in terms of urban-rural influence on policymaking due to the one-person, one-vote principle enunciated by the U.S. Supreme Court in the mid-1960s. He recalled intricacies of interactions among Senate leaders and governors and occasional intrigue in Senate leadership elections. He also reflected on improvements in the functioning of state government during the years when reorganization and modernization of many state functions took place.