Author: Bob Weeks
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Mike Pence at RightOnline
At an afternoon session of the RightOnline Conference in Las Vegas, Indiana Congressman Mike Pence said that the November elections will be a great comeback for conservative values. He’s optimistic, and he likes our chances.
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Wink Hartman ad a bust, disservice
On Tuesday the Wink Hartman campaign began running a television advertisement that contains claims about Mike Pompeo that, so far, are unsubstantiated. See Hartman ad malicious and false, says Pompeo and Pompeo Disputes Claims In Hartman Ads, Demands Hartman Show Evidence
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Hartman ad malicious and false, says Pompeo
The campaign for the Republican Party nomination for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas has been marked by some hard-hitting commercials. Often commercials are based on subjective claims, such as “Vote for me! I’m great and my opponent is terrible!” Now the Wink Hartman campaign has aired a television advertisement that leading…
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Wink Hartman on bailouts, and his own
Wichita businessman Wink Hartman, a candidate for the Republican Party nomination for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansasis opposed to government bailouts. Strongly so.
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The ‘tax expenditure’ solution for our national debt
While most critics of government spending focus on entitlements, regular appropriations, and earmarks, there is a category of spending that not many pay much attention to. The spending is called “tax expenditures.” In Kansas some have been calling them “tax appropriations.” It’s a big issue. As economist Martin Feldstein writes in the Wall Street Journal,…
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Economic principles to be applied at event in Wichita
The Americans for Prosperity Foundation announces a meeting with the title “Applying Economic Principles to Current Events and International Issues.” The special guest presenters at this meeting are Gabriella Megyesi and Gregory Rehmke. These two speakers are also presenting at the Free the World Seminar 2010. This evening event allows people who are unable to…
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Schodorf poll indicates three-way tie in Kansas fourth Congressional district
Today the campaign of Kansas Senator Jean Schodorf released a poll that shows her in a three-way tie with Wichita businessmen Wink Hartman and Mike Pompeo in the race for the Republican Party nomination for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas.
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RightOnline in Las Vegas this week
Later this week the RightOnline Conference takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Charles and David Koch, supporters of free markets and economic freedom
Economic freedom and market-based policies create the most opportunity and prosperity for everyone, including the poor and the environment, says Richard Fink, and that’s why Charles and David Koch of Wichita-based Koch Industries, Inc. support these principles and public policy organizations that work to advance them.
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Sedgwick County Commissioner disputes Wichita Eagle headline on audit
This week controversy arose surrounding a request by two Sedgwick County Commissioners for more information from the county’s auditor, Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, L.C., a public accounting firm. The financial issue concerns the way that EMS employees are paid and its impact on the county’s budget. Commission chair Karl Peterjohn and Commissioner Kelly Parks asked…
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Sedgwick County Commission candidates Burtnett and Ranzau appear in forums
On Thursday and Friday the candidates for the Republican party nomination for Sedgwick County Commission from the fourth district met in two forums. The Thursday forum was part of the monthly meeting of the Sedgwick County Republican Party, and on Friday the candidates met as part of the Wichita Pachyderm Club luncheon meeting.