Committee chairmen in the Kentucky House of Representatives can keep the entire body from voting on a bill by not allowing their committees to vote on that bill -- an action that must occur before a bill can be voted on by the entire body.

That means House Education Committee Chairman Derrick Graham, D-Frankfort, who has made it unequivocally clear  that he opposes public charter schools, can deny all elected representatives the opportunity to vote on charter-school legislation.

Thus by extension, one politician can deny all Kentucky parents the opportunity to provide a better education for their children.

That politician needs to hear from your elected representative, which will probably happen after your elected representative hears from you.