Midwest Voices

Yael T. Abouhalkah

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Robert Moser is secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, paid with tax dollars to protect public health.

And he’s been making some pretty important decisions lately about the Sunflower Electric power plant, including another one Thursday.

Alas, Moser refuses to return phone calls to The Kansas City Star’s reporters after he makes those decisions.

In my book, that’s a spineless decision, showing that a public official doesn’t have the courage to stand up and explain his or her actions to the public.

And make no mistake: The public is the loser when an official such as Moser refuses to talk about what he’s done. That makes him look like he’s part of an imperious state government.

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