Soldier and Legislator.

• Position: Stateline - Lee Tafanelli - Brief Article

For the first time in 60 years, there is a soldier serving in the Kansas Legislature. Representative Lee Tafanelli was working as an adviser to the assistant secretary of the Army at the Pentagon until two days before the start of the 2002 session, when senior U.S. Army officials gave him special permission to return to Kansas to serve in the Legislature. At the Pentagon, he was working on issues...