Cindy Neighbor in the News
House OKs secret utility rate increases - (Wichita Eagle - January 26, 2007) ...The state House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to permanently allow secret utility rate increases that pass along to customers the cost of security improvements at electric and gas plants. Rep. Cindy Neighbor, D-Shawnee, offered an amendment that would have extended it two more years until 2008... Read the full story...
More on the minimum wage in Kansas (Kansas City Star - February 26, 2007) ...House Democrats have long argued that the state’s minimum wage of $2.65 — the lowest of all states that set a minimum hourly rate — should be raised to match the federal level. Last week they tried unsuccessfully to add an increase to a bill. Their proposed amendment sparked some of the best debate so far this session... Read the full story...
Events suggest support for cloning measures has slipped (Wichita Eagle - February 25, 2007) ...As the Legislature passed the midpoint of its 2007 session, events suggested that critics of embryonic stem cell research have seen support erode for their legislation on human cloning...Read the full story...
First-years talk about Legislature (Johnson County Sun - January 24, 2007) ...Cindy Neighbor: Focus on Health Care - Although starting her first year as a Democrat, Neighbor, representing 18th District residents in Shawnee, knows her way around the House floor... Read the full story...
Saturday Morning Coffee with Cindy - January 20th. Cindy Neighbor invites you to join her for coffee Saturday January 20th from 8:30am until 10:00am at Scooter's Java Express (10610 Shawnee Mission Parkway). Take a moment to come and meet Cindy, and discuss the issues facing the 2007 Kansas Legislature. Share your ideas and concerns.
Neighbor News Updates (January 10, 2007)... I want to share with you the issues that are coming before us each day, so I will be sending out regular “Neighbor News Updates” to keep you in touch with what's going on during the legislative session.
Tight races await decisions (Kansas City Star - November 11, 2006) ...In another close race, Democrat Cindy Neighbor in Shawnee’s 18th District is 138 votes ahead of GOP Rep. Mary Pilcher Cook. Most observers believe that big of a lead will be hard to overcome. Read the full story...
Kansas shifting political colors? (Kansas City Star - November 10, 2006) ...Cindy Neighbor, former lawmaker and Shawnee Mission school board member, turned Democrat to mount a successful race for the Kansas House. Read the full story...
Switchers come out even (Kansas City Star - November 10, 2006) ...Cindy Neighbor of Shawnee nipped incumbent Republican Mary Pilcher-Cook in the 18th District 49 percent to 48 percent, with 3 percent going to the Libertarian candidate. Read the full story...
Dems add 2nd House seat (Johnson County Sun - November 9, 2006) Johnson County Democrats picked up one additional House seat Tuesday when former moderate Republican Rep. Cindy Neighbor - after switching to the Democratic Party - defeated conservative Mary Pilcher Cook in the 18th House District. Read the full story...
An upset and a close call in Kansas House races (Kansas City Star - November 8, 2006) In a handful of closely watched races for the Kansas House of Representatives, area voters sided mostly with incumbents. But they also delivered an upset and a very close call. In their fourth meeting, Democrat Cindy Neighbor reclaimed her legislative seat from state Rep. Mary Pilcher-Cook. Read the full story...
Cindy Neighbor Endorsed by the Johnson County Sun! (Johnson County Sun - October 19, 2006) Cindy Neighbor over Mary Pilcher Cook, Republican, and Eric Mills, Libertarian. Neighbor, a member of the Shawnee Mission school board, has proved her strong dedication to adequate funding of public education. Cook, the Republican incumbent, is among the most conservative of the right-wingers in the county delegation. Read the full story.
Candidates' views differ in 18th House District (Johnson County Sun - October 19, 2006) Democrat Cindy Neighbor, 57, challenges incumbent Republican Mary Pilcher Cook, 52, for the 18th House District seat. Read both candidates' responses to the Sun's questions...
Cindy Neighbor Endorsed by the Kansas City Star! (Kansas City Star - October 17, 2006) Democrat Cindy Neighbor of Shawnee understands the challenges faced by area school districts. Incumbent Republican Mary Pilcher Cook has worked against adequate school funding and an open climate for scientific research. Read the full story.
It's their way or else. (From the Johnson County Sun - October 12, 2006) Cindy Neighbor left the GOP for the Democratic Party this year to oppose Mary Pilcher Cook, a Christian conservative member of the Kansas House... Read the full story.
Help celebrate Cindy's ??th birthday! Join Cindy on Wednesday, October 4th at the Old Shawnee Town "Town Hall" to help celebrate her birthday. More information on the party...
GOP Leaders Back Democrats in 39th; Nix GOP Candidate (From the Johnson County Sun - September 14, 2006): Other Republicans no longer able to deal with the religious right's agenda have, like him, begun to support Democrats or become Democrats themselves including former Representative Cindy Neighbor, who now seeks to take back her seat as a Democrat. Read the full story...
Republican rift may signal power shift (From the Lawrence Journal World - September 13, 2006): In a state long known as rock-ribbed Republican, something big might be happening. Come the general election Nov. 7, the mighty GOP might be knocked to its knees. Read the full story...
Kansas Republicans evolve -- into Democrats (By Nadia Pflaum, Salon.com - September 5, 2006): "For Cindy Neighbor, who's running for the state House, the decision to ditch the Republican Party came when she looked at a platform that included opposition to stem cell research and support for school vouchers and the teaching of intelligent design. 'Even when they say they're a wide-open party,' Neighbor laments, "it's, 'If you don't agree with us, you're not one of us.' It was about being able to have some freedom to be an individual rather than just a puppet." Read the full story...
Moderates, Conservatives Get Ready for GOP Primary Battles (From the Hutchinson News - July 16, 2006): Read the full story ...
Cindy Explains Why She Switched (July 8, 2006): Cindy Neighbor, along with several other former Republicans who switched to the Democratic party recently explained her reasons. Citing some items in the Republican platform that she could not support, Cindy said that they "...just went against what I really had grown up with, I think, as being a moderate Republican. Read more...
Blue Thoughts from a Red State (June 21, 2006): Cindy Neighbor has joined a growing list of former Republicans who have joined the Democratic party. Cindy, a former moderate Republican, says she has "...not left the Republican Party, it left me." Read more...
Cindy Files for State Representative (December 30, 2005): Cindy Neighbor of Shawnee announced she would run for the Kansas House of Representatives in the 18th district as a Democrat. Neighbor made her announcement in front of a small crowd of supporters at Herman Laird Park, next to Shawnee Town. "I have made this transition because I believe the current leadership of the Kansas Republican Party has lost touch with its roots and has abandoned the traditions and values that so many of us hold dear," she said. Read the complete story.