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Latest comment: 3 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Since Mark Samsel just became a flaming hot media topic, the page should probably be semi-protected. AndroidCat (talk) 03:15, 3 May 2021 (UTC):Reply
(AndroidCat talk), (GorillaWarfare talk) That might only fix part of the problem. This article is about a, until recently, fairly obscure rural legislator who went to excellent schools including K.U. law, worked 10 years in Kansas City, MO, at a major metropolitan, national law firm before becoming a partner, then recently left to return to his tiny hometown and became a substitute teacher. His bizarre in-class behaviors were captured on cell phones by numerous students and he was arrested for felony battery. One Wikipedia editor has repeatedly scrubbed the article of the well-sourced behavior posted by 16 other registered editors plus numerous IP editors, that has catapulted Samsel to national attention, leaving only a stub article. A Google search of Samsel's name + "school" yields 167,000 hits. This is the third Kansas state legislator to attract major attention this year with delayed or no action taken after a spectacular meltdown, the second being former Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop, recently charged with felony drunk driving, 90 mph going the wrong way on Interstate 70. Restorative actions have largely been deferred by the majority caucus while the alleged offenders' votes were needed to pass major legislation over gubernatorial vetoes. Activist (talk) 11:18, 5 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
