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In Anaheim, I am the press
Read more: In Anaheim, I am the pressIn Kansas, alternative media outlets like this blog can’t get the same level of access that traditional media has in the Kansas statehouse. My post Kansas alternative media shut out of legislative access gives details.
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Nancy Armstrong, advocate for liberty
Read more: Nancy Armstrong, advocate for libertyToday I learned that Nancy Armstrong died yesterday. Nancy was an activist who organized the first tea party in Wichita at the end of February. Those who knew her admired her passion and energy.
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Jean Schodorf’s education credentials
Read more: Jean Schodorf’s education credentialsKansas state senator Jean Schodorf, a Republican from northwest Wichita, is testing the waters in the race for the Republican nomination for Kansas’ fourth congressional district. It appears that she’ll use her public education experience and advocacy as a selling point.
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Jean Schodorf a candidate for Congress?
Read more: Jean Schodorf a candidate for Congress?I just received a tweet from Jean Schodorf, a Republican member of the Kansas Senate from northwest Wichita: “JeanSchodorf Special announcement regarding 4th Congressional District, 2day from 12-1 @ the Midtown Resource Center. 1150 N. Broadway. Lunch Provided”
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Howard Dean lies about Sarah Palin
Read more: Howard Dean lies about Sarah PalinToday, while watching the former governor of Vermont on MSNBC television, I heard Dean said this about Sarah Palin: “…and I don’t think she can see Russia from her house.” But Palin never said such a thing. Tine Fey, acting as Palin, did.
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Face to face with the Wichita board of education
Read more: Face to face with the Wichita board of educationMembers of the Wichita (USD 259) Board of Education and a handful of district employees attended a “Face to Face” forum luncheon Thursday hosted by the Wichita Independent Business Association. The forums are intended as an informal opportunity for local business owners to meet and interact with government officials. “The purpose is twofold; for them…
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Audit report reveals important questions
Read more: Audit report reveals important questionsDo some school districts spend your dollars more efficiently than others, and if so, how can the others catch up? An auditing office in Kansas state government started to look at these questions. But what it did not ask — and in some cases, was not allowed to ask-is just as interesting, if not troubling.
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Wichita school district faces the public
Read more: Wichita school district faces the publicYesterday a business group hosted a luncheon where leaders of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, made short presentations and took questions from the audience. Overall, the event produced little in the way of new information for those who follow school district affairs even casually. Events like this, however, provide a useful measure of…
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Lack of data, oversight raises questions on Kansas school spending
Read more: Lack of data, oversight raises questions on Kansas school spendingIn the following report, investigative reporter Paul Soutar of the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy takes a look at school spending in Kansas. Particularly troubling is the decision to abandon an audit already in progress. A recent decision by the 2010 Commission to not complete an efficiency audit of K-12 schools in Kansas may…
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Questions for Wichita school district
Read more: Questions for Wichita school districtAt a luncheon event today, leaders of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, made short presentations and took questions from the audience. I didn’t get a chance to ask a question, but here are the questions I prepared.
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Sedgwick County Manager Bill Buchanan should be dismissed
Read more: Sedgwick County Manager Bill Buchanan should be dismissedLast year a political science professor, a keen observer of Kansas politics, told me that city or county managers shouldn’t be in office more than four or five years. After that, he said, they gain too much power. They know too much: all the secrets, where the bodies are buried. Think of J. Edgar Hoover…
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Flint Hills Center adds more staff
Read more: Flint Hills Center adds more staffGrace Harris has been named Government Transparency / Operations Manager at the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy. Harris will lead government transparency projects which will make government data more available to Kansans. Along with government transparency, Harris will organize day-to-day operations for Flint Hills.