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KNEA, the Kansas teachers union: more taxes are needed
Read more: KNEA, the Kansas teachers union: more taxes are neededThe public education spending lobby in Kansas is always looking for more tax dollars. A recent edition of the Kansas National Education Association newsletter Under the Dome for March 30, 2009 lays out the education spending lobby’s plans.
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Articles of Interest
Read more: Articles of InterestWichita TIF development, Kansas coal, Carl Brewer on downtown, Dick Coe on crash and recovery, Fox’s Glenn Beck.
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Sunshine Review completes county effort nationwide
Read more: Sunshine Review completes county effort nationwideSunshine Review, a site devoted to government transparency, openness and accountability at the state and local level, has competed an effort to evaluate all United States counties on their transparency.
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GPACE’s Scott Allegrucci misleads again
Read more: GPACE’s Scott Allegrucci misleads againIn the energy debate in Kansas, sometimes facts are hard to come by. Especially when green energy advocates mislead others about facts they must be aware of. An example is GPACE Director Scott Allegrucci’s comments from Clean Energy Day, a post which holds his remarks before a crowd in Topeka.
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Wichita school board of education campaign contributions
Read more: Wichita school board of education campaign contributionsRecent campaign finance reports filed by candidates for the board of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, show some contributions that may be of interest to Wichita voters.
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GPACE poll on Kansas energy
Read more: GPACE poll on Kansas energyGreat Plains Alliance for Clean Energy recently released a poll that purportedly shows great interest in Kansas for clean energy sources. Looking at the poll, however, leads to little confidence in its results.
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Sebelius Taxes
Read more: Sebelius TaxesKansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, now nominated to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, released a statement yesterday, which reads in part: “As a result of these amendments to our 2005, 2006 and 2007 returns, we paid a total of $7,040 in additional tax and $878 in interest.”
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Articles of Interest
Read more: Articles of Interestbama’s volunteer corps, Kansas cigarette taxes, U.S. Auto industry, Austrian economics.
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Cornejo & Sons Campaign Contributions
Read more: Cornejo & Sons Campaign ContributionsA few weeks ago, Cornejo & Sons, Inc., a Wichita company, was reported to be in serious violation of agreements with the City of Wichita regarding a construction landfill. The Wichita Eagle story Cornejo landfill along K-15 taller than permitted reports the contemporary details. My post Cornejo & Sons campaign contributions history recaps some of…
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More unlikely Lavonta Williams voters
Read more: More unlikely Lavonta Williams votersI don’t want to emphasize this too much, as these cases are not in the same league as listing an endorsement from a dead man (Wichita political endorsements from the other side and Campaign mailer listed endorsement from dead man ).
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Articles of Interest
Read more: Articles of InterestGovernment intervention, Kansas budget, open records, Obamanomics, social security.