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Julie Haas, Associate Vice President, Marketing Communications, ext. 3120
Peggy Graham, Writer, ext. 3425
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9/17/09
Story by Peggy Graham

Attorney Fred Logan is the speaker for next Polsky lecture

Fred Logan
Fred Logan

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Fred Logan, KCTV-5 political analyst, Kansas City Business Journal public affairs columnist and attorney, will present Politics in the Age of Obama: Perspectives in the Nation and Kansas as part of the Polsky Practical Personal Enrichment Series from 7:30-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, in Polsky Theatre of the Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College,

The seminar is free, but seating is limited. Reserve tickets by calling the JCCC box office, 913-469-4445. Reserved covered parking is available. Refreshments and networking are offered one-half hour before and after the program.

Logan will speak on the following topics:

  • How did Barack Obama revolutionize American politics?
  • How does it impact Democrats?
  • How are Republicans responding?
  • What does the 2010 election cycle look like?
  • What will happen in Kansas next year?

Logan has served as the political analyst for local CBS affiliate KCTV5 since 2002. In 2008, he wrote “Fred Logan’s Campaign Blog” on the KCTV Web site. He covered the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions for KCTV5. He wrote extensively on the conventions and provided commentary in live shots from Denver and St. Paul.

Logan’s “Public Affairs Journal” column appears every other week in the Kansas City Business Journal. The Kansas Press Association gave him a First Place Award of Excellence for Column Writing in 2008. He has twice served as a panelist for programs at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, and  served as chair of the Kansas Republican Party from 1987 to 1989. He is an attorney and partner with Logan Logan & Watson, L.C., Prairie Village.

This series is underwritten by the Norman & Elaine Polsky Family Supporting Foundation within the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation in partnership with JCCC and includes topics not now being offered elsewhere.

Previous Polsky Series seminars can be viewed at http://video.jccc.edu anytime or SureWest or Time-Warner Channel 17, Comcast Channel 22 (Johnson County only) from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday or 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday.

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