HoweDon’t look for an endorsement from the Mainstream Coalition’s political action arm on Steve Howe’s campaign resume.
The board of MainPAC, an affiliate of the politically moderate Mainstream group, voted to endorse Howe, who is running against Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline in the Aug. 5 GOP primary.
But the conservative Howe turned down the endorsement.The former assistant district attorney, fired by Kline when he took office, is holding together a fragile coalition of GOP conservatives and moderates.
For social conservatives in Johnson County, the “secularist” Mainstream Coalition is the enemy. Howe doesn’t want to be regarded as sleeping with the enemy.
It could cost him critical conservative support.
What a joke...Howe's MAIN committee chairs are ALL mods...
Steve Howe's campaign is the biggest sham in JoCo history.
Greg Musil is entrenched with moderate politics and the "refusal" of the MAINstream endorsement is little more than a sly way of pretending to be a conservative.
Do your homework, Kansas City Star...isn't Musil on the Board of the Mainstream coalition???
The other big sham is the fact that in 18 years, Steve Howe accomplished NOTHING.
He can't name three cases he led that were serious violent criminal cases (note I said "led" - because he's quick to take credit for Scott Toth's work).
Sitting at a desk pushing paper for 18 years doesn't mean this guy is a leader.