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Wichita Residential Property Tax Relief Requested
Read more: Wichita Residential Property Tax Relief RequestedFollowing are remarks that Wichita businessman Craig Gabel delivered to the February 10, 2009 meeting of the Wichita city council. I think Gabel’s idea has some merit. One thing I don’t quite understand is his proposal for “a credit on each residential property owners’ tax statement.” I will ask him for clarification as to how…
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NoStimulus.com Effort Crosses 200,000 Petitions
Read more: NoStimulus.com Effort Crosses 200,000 PetitionsHere’s a press release from Americans For Prosperity that talks about the tremendous success of the NoStimulus.com website. This site experienced tremendous traffic yesterday and had difficulty staying online. Things are working smoothly now, so I encourage you to visit the site to learn about the stimulus plan. Then, sign the online petition. NoStimulus.com Effort…
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Steineger introduces Kansas county consolidation bill
Read more: Steineger introduces Kansas county consolidation billKansas Senator Chris Steineger, Democrat from Kansas City, has introduced a bill whose aim is to reduce the number of counties in Kansas. The bill is Senate Bill 198. It’s pretty short to read at just two pages, part of that being the list of counties to be merged.
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Health and Wellness Coalition of Wichita Asks Candidates a few Questions
Read more: Health and Wellness Coalition of Wichita Asks Candidates a few QuestionsNote to raders: I made an error in the original article when I relied on a source’s representation that these questions came from the YMCA. They are actually from the Health and Wellness Coalition of Wichita. The YMCA is just one of several dozen members of this group. Here are the questions asked of candidates:…
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Kansas DUI Law Change Could Backfire
Read more: Kansas DUI Law Change Could BackfireKAKE Television reports on a new bill in the Kansas House of Representatives. The title of the story is Bill Could Bring Major Changes To Kansas DUI Laws. Sponsored by freshmen house member Aaron Jack and Olathe representative Lance Kinzer, the goal of the bill is to reduce inconsistencies in the current law, and also…
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Tim Phillips of AFP explains NoStimulus.com
Read more: Tim Phillips of AFP explains NoStimulus.comTim Phillips, president of Americans For Prosperity, explains why the Obama-Pelosi-Reid stimulus bill is not good for America, and also talks about the role of the NoStimulus.com website. So many people want to visit NoStimulus.com today that the site has had trouble staying online.
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Do Americans Support Obama’s Stimulus Plan?
Read more: Do Americans Support Obama’s Stimulus Plan?Despite mainstream media claims, not everyone agrees with President Obama’s plan. In fact, a Rasmussen poll shows that more Americans than not are skeptical about the stimulus. They’d rather see other things such as less government spending and lower taxes. National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters Conducted February 6-7, 2009 By Rasmussen Reports 1. Generally…
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Kansas Senator Dick Kelsey Announces for Congress
Read more: Kansas Senator Dick Kelsey Announces for CongressOn Friday Kansas Senator Dick Kelsey announced that he is a candidate for the United States Congress. Kelsey seeks the seat presently held by Todd Tiahrt, who is running for United States Senate. The Wichita Eagle covered the announcement in the story State Sen. Dick Kelsey to run for Tiahrt’s congressional seat. A question I…
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Kansas voter data difficult to use
Read more: Kansas voter data difficult to useAt the Kansas Meadowlark, Earl Glynn has an article that illustrates some of the difficulties that researches face when working with voter data. I haven’t done nearly as much of this as Earl has, but I can tell you there have been times when I’ve been quite frustrated with voter data that I’ve received. I’ve…
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Todd Tiahrt on the Kansas Senate Primary
Read more: Todd Tiahrt on the Kansas Senate PrimaryAt Friday’s meeting of the Wichita Pachyderm Club, United States Congressman for the fourth district of Kansas Todd Tiahrt was the speaker. Dion Lefler of the Wichita Eagle covered Tiaht’s speech in the news story Tiahrt offers thoughts on Obama, stimulus to Wichita Pachyderm Club. After the meeting I spoke to the congressman and asked…
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Legal Notices in Kansas Newspapers
Read more: Legal Notices in Kansas NewspapersKansas Liberty reports on Senate Bill 164, which would allow publication of legal notices on the Internet only. Presently these notices must be published in a newspaper. The measure is viewed as a way to save money. The Kansas Liberty story (Local governments take aim at small-town newspapers) reports that the downside is that many…
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Explaining Again Why Obamanian, or Keynesian, Stimulus Won’t Work
Read more: Explaining Again Why Obamanian, or Keynesian, Stimulus Won’t WorkFrom The Stimulus Tragedy: Obama bets that we can spend our way to prosperity: So there it is: Mr. Obama is now endorsing a sort of reductionist Keynesianism that argues that any government spending is an economic stimulus. This is so manifestly false that we doubt Mr. Obama really believes it. He has to know…