Category: Kansas state government
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South Central Kansas Legislative Meeting a Disappointment
On Saturday March, 14, a meeting of the south central Kansas legislative delegation was held at the Marcus Center of Wichita State University. This meeting was a disappointment for several reasons. First, at its maximum, nine legislators attended. This is a poor rate of attendance. At the meeting in January, about 22 legislators attended. About…
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Earl Watkins, Sunflower Chief Executive, speaks at AFP event
Earl Watkins, President and CEO of Sunflower Electric Power Corporation recently spoke to a group of citizen activists as part of AFP – Kansas Day at the Capitol. Here’s a few notes from his talk.
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Kansas Smoking Ban Conflicts Wichita’s
Here’s a letter the Wichita Eagle printed from Wichita businessman Craig Gabel. There are many reasons to oppose more smoking bans. The posts Testimony Opposing Kansas Smoking Ban, Haze Surrounds Wichita Smoking Ban, Property Rights Should Control Kansas Smoking Decisions, and It?s Not the Same as Pee In the Swimming Pool supply some background. The…
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Legislative forum tomorrow
Here’s a post by the Wichita Eagle’s Deb Gruver about a legislative forum to be held tomorrow. In my experience, these can be useful meetings for citizens to attend. To find the Marcus Center, click here to view WSU’s page for it and a map. Members of the south-central Kansas area legislative delegation will be…
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We really don’t know what Kansas taxes should be — except lower
Today’s edition of the Kansas Jackass blog has a post written by Jason Croucher that criticizes Americans For Prosperity because the group doesn’t like taxes. That’s not quite accurate, as Croucher himself says he doesn’t like paying taxes. Instead, the post seems to argue that we have to pay taxes because they’re there, and we…
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More support for Proposition K in Kansas
About the only people who don’t like Proposition K are people dependent on government for their revenues. Here, a press release from the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy tells of two organizations who have endorsed Proposition K. There may be some who note that these two organizations, being involved in the real estate business,…
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Kansas Fed-Up with High Taxes
Here’s a press release from the Kansas chapter of Americans For Prosperity reporting on the results of a poll about taxes and spending in Kansas. Interestingly, the poll found that a majority of lower-income Kansans are opposed to higher taxes on high income earners. This goes against the theme of some authors, including Thomas Frank,…
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AFP Day at the Capitol, 2009 edition
Yesterday about 125 citizen activists gathered in Topeka for Americans For Prosperity Day in Topeka. About 45 left from Wichita on a bus at 6:00 am. The morning and early afternoon sessions included speakers such as Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins, Earl Watkins, President & CEO of Sunflower Electric Power, Ray Merrick, Kansas House Majority Leader, Dr.…
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You picked a fine time to leave us Kathleen
Musical commentary about Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, recently nominated by President Obama to become Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kansas Representative Bill Otto performs.
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Another inept Kansas smoking analogy
In today’s Wichita Eagle, Wichita busybody Charlie Claycomb makes another inept analogy in an attempt to press his anti-smoking agenda statewide. A while back he tried to compare a smoking section in a restaurant with a urinating section in a swimming pool. This is ridiculous to the extreme, as I show in the post It’s…
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Kathleen Sebelius: taxation and contributions
Here’s summaries of some information about Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, recently nominated by President Obama to become Secretary of Health and Human Services:
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AFP Kansas Statehouse Rally
Here’s a message from Derrick Sontag of Americans For Prosperity – Kansas, regarding a rally in Topeka next Monday. There’s a free bus from Wichita to this event. It leaves Lawrence Dumont Stadium parking lot at 6:00 am, and will return to Wichita around 7:00 pm. Contact John Todd, john@johntodd.net or (316) 312-7335 or Susan…