Earlier this week, Shane Jett – the guy challenging incumbent State Senator Ron Sharp in a contentious runoff for SD 17 – made the news after he sued his ex-boss in tribal court, alleging he was fired from his job with the Citizen Potawatomi Nation after he came out as an anti-masker during a Shawnee City Council meeting.
I've read the lawsuit, and it's pretty weak and baseless. That, along with the fact that it was filed just two weeks before the runoff election, lets you know it's nothing more than a publicity stunt by Jett designed to accomplish three things: