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Kansas news digest
Read more: Kansas news digestNews from alternative media around Kansas for February 16, 2010.
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Journey to speak on ‘crystal ball of politics’
Read more: Journey to speak on ‘crystal ball of politics’This Friday, former Kansas senator and current District Court Judge Phil Journey will speak to members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club. his topic is “The Crystal Ball of Politics.” Journey is an engaging speaker, and many members are looking forward to this meeting.
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Regulation has not lessened, instead it has harmed us
Read more: Regulation has not lessened, instead it has harmed usLast week’s Wichita Eagle featured an op-ed by Brad Beachy, who is co-chairman of Wichita Democracy for America. Several of the claims made by Beachy deserve examination. In particular, Beachy blames free markets as the cause of our current economic problems: “The Great Recession we’re in now started in late 2007, after several years of…
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Second Lecture on Liberty to be in Emporia
Read more: Second Lecture on Liberty to be in EmporiaThe second in the series of three Lectures on Liberty will be held on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at the historic Granada Theater in downtown Emporia. The speaker will be Jonathan Bean, professor of history at Southern Illinois University and the editor of Race and Classical Liberalism, a wonderful collection of original sources which has…
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Wichita winter tea party: it’s inside this Saturday
Read more: Wichita winter tea party: it’s inside this SaturdayKansans For Liberty is hosting a tea party this Saturday February 20 at Century II Exhibition Hall. It starts at 1:00 pm.
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Kansas advocates for disabled face well-funded challenger
Read more: Kansas advocates for disabled face well-funded challengerFriday’s press event held by ACT (Advocates in Communities Team) of South Central Kansas provided an opportunity to learn about disabled Kansans and their families, and the challenges they face from reduced spending by the state. The stories told at the event and in supplementary materials are compelling. If there is a role for government-provided…
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Wichita-area legislators to meet with public
Read more: Wichita-area legislators to meet with publicThe South-central Kansas legislative delegation will meet with citizens on Saturday March 6 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. The location is the Hughes Metropolitan Center at Wichita State University. There will be a presentation on the Kansas budget and written questions from the audience. Representative Steve Brunk is chair of the delegation.
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Ad spotlights rise in Kansas taxes, spending
Read more: Ad spotlights rise in Kansas taxes, spendingA second ad from the Kansas Policy Institute illustrates the rapid rise in Kansas general fund revenues and spending in recent years. Click on Money Management 102 to view.
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David Burk, Wichita developer, overreaches
Read more: David Burk, Wichita developer, overreachesToday’s Wichita Eagle contains a story about a well-known Wichita real estate developer that, while shocking, shouldn’t really be all that unexpected. The opening sentence of the article (Developer appealed taxes on city-owned property) tells us most of what we need to know: “Downtown Wichita’s leading developer, David Burk, represented himself as an agent of…
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An inept Kansas smoking analogy
Read more: An inept Kansas smoking analogyIn today’s letter in the Eagle, Claycomb says that although the United States Constitution gives us the right to bear arms, since that right is heavily regulated, government has license to regulate smoking, as smoking isn’t mentioned at all in the Constitution.
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It’s not the same as pee in the swimming pool
Read more: It’s not the same as pee in the swimming poolIn a column in the February 27, 2008 Wichita Eagle (“Smoking ban issue not one to negotiate”), columnist Mark McCormick quotes Charlie Claycomb, co-chair of Tobacco Free Wichita, as equating a smoking section in a restaurant with “a urinating section in a swimming pool.” This is a ridiculous comparison. A person can’t tell upon entering…