1 I come to this issue with a similar perspective to this Commission, being from a heavily rural state and a small farming and ranching community deep in the Flint Hills of Kansas. But I also have roots here in Arkansas, my husband’s family is from Hardy, and my father’s mother was from Little Rock.
It’s really nice to be back in an area where I spent a lot of time growing up. My husband and I returned home to Kansas with our two children under three in late 2009, just as the impacts of the last financial crisis were making their way to rural areas.