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Goddard City Website Campaigns for Its Mayor
Read more: Goddard City Website Campaigns for Its MayorFor about the last week, the City of Goddard, Kansas, has been using its website to campaign for its mayor in her race for the Sedgwick County Commission. The website, located at www.goddardkansas.us, usually looks like a typical city website, holding general news and information, with links to city departments. But around October 21, according…
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Money in Kansas District Attorney races
Read more: Money in Kansas District Attorney races“Recent contribution reports by District Attorney Candidates in Johnson, Shawnee and Sedgwick Counties show Democrats have raised $300,793 and spent $423,857, while Republican candidates have raised only $181,521 and spent $212,670.” Read the Kansas Meadowlark’s full report at Money in District Attorney races.
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Wichita School Superintendent Martin Libhart: What’s Wrong With “Government Schools?”
Read more: Wichita School Superintendent Martin Libhart: What’s Wrong With “Government Schools?”In a recent email from Wichita School Interim Superintendent Martin Libhart to Wichita school employees, he took issue with those who, using his words, “openly refer to public education as ‘government schools.’” It seems as though Mr. Libhart regards the term “government schools” as derogatory. Or at least as something that should be used only…
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The Wichita School Bond Yard Sign Never Used
Read more: The Wichita School Bond Yard Sign Never UsedWichitans may remember that the upcoming election on November 4 regarding a bond issue for USD 259, the Wichita school district bond issue, isn’t the first time this year that this matter was to be voted on. Originally the Wichita school board passed a resolution setting May 6 as the date for the election. But…
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Some Articles Worth Reading
Read more: Some Articles Worth ReadingMaking Social Security More Harmful. From the Foundation for Economic Education. “Consider first that ever since Social Security was enacted in 1935 Americans have been told that their ‘contributions’ are being deposited into their own account to pay for their retirement benefits. … The other fraudulent claim made about Social Security (again, from the very…
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Wichita Eagle Political Contributions: This Year?
Read more: Wichita Eagle Political Contributions: This Year?A Wichita Eagle editorial argues for voluntary disclosure of ballot issue campaign donations, stating: “The groups on both sides of USD 259’s bond election should voluntarily disclose their donations before Nov. 4, rather than hide behind the state’s ridiculous disclosure laws applying to ballot questions.” (“Bond groups should declare donors,” August 28, 2008.) If the…
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Marcey Gregory Letter Fact Check
Read more: Marcey Gregory Letter Fact CheckA letter in the Wichita Eagle on October 26, 2008 contains a few inaccuracies — okay, lies — and I’m surprised it made it past the editors. The Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce has said several times that Karl Peterjohn, in his interview before them, was confused about the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition and…
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Final Wichita School Bond Issue Cartoon
Read more: Final Wichita School Bond Issue CartoonHelen Cochran of Citizens for Better Education has released the final political cartoon whose topic is the Wichita school bond issue. Click here to go to CBE’s website and see this cartoon. The others are there, too, including the one that the Wichita Eagle would not accept as a paid political advertisement.
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Credit Card Records Give Insight to Wichita School District Management and Priorities
Read more: Credit Card Records Give Insight to Wichita School District Management and PrioritiesIf you were leading a school district that’s always pleading for more money “for the kids,” would you spend $439.70 for meals at the Capital Grille, a swanky and expensive steakhouse? Would you stay at expensive hotels like the Raphael in Kansas City, described on its website as “Kansas City?s Original Boutique Hotel”? Would you…
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Marcey Gregory Letter Fact Check
Read more: Marcey Gregory Letter Fact CheckA letter in support of Marcey Gregory for Sedgwick County Commissioner printed in the Wichita Eagle on October 26, 2008 requires a correction. A lie in this letter is this “… Gregory, as mayor of Goddard, has a record of keeping Goddard taxes low.” The actual record is that in her approximately 1.5 years as…
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The Myth that Laissez Faire Is Responsible for Our Present Crisis
Read more: The Myth that Laissez Faire Is Responsible for Our Present CrisisProfessor George Reisman contributes the excellent (and lengthy) article The Myth that Laissez Faire Is Responsible for Our Present Crisis. I’ve had the distinct honor of attending a number of Professor Reisman’s lectures at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and I’m slowly working my way through his monumental book Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics. Here’s…
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Voter Integrity Project for Kansas
Read more: Voter Integrity Project for KansasThe Kansas Meadowlark introduces Voter Integrity Project for Kansas. This is part of a project at Ballotpedia, which is a great place to learn about ballot issues across America.