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Happy Cost of Government Day
Read more: Happy Cost of Government DayAccording to Americans for Tax Reform today, July 16, 2008, marks national Cost of Government Day: On July 16, Americans mark the national Cost of Government Day (COGD), the date on the calendar year when the average American finishes paying off his or her share of federal, state and local spending, and the regulatory burden.…
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Jack Pelton, Leader of Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group
Read more: Jack Pelton, Leader of Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory GroupEarlier this year, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius created the Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group (KEEP) and appointed Cessna Aircraft Company chairman, president and chief executive officer Jack Pelton as its leader. This was a smart political move by Governor Sebelius. She appears to have put the planning for our state’s energy future in…
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Kansas Climate Profile: Cause For Alarm?
Read more: Kansas Climate Profile: Cause For Alarm?The Science and Public Policy Institute has released a series of state climate profiles. The Kansas Climate Profile is very interesting to read, especially in light of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and the creation of the Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group, or (KEEP). One of the things that I’ve not been able to…
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Wikipropaganda On Global Warming
Read more: Wikipropaganda On Global WarmingCBS News picks up on a National Review Online story about the idealogical bias of Wikipedia when it comes to the subject of global warming. On Wikipedia, regular folks like me who make changes to articles are known as “editors.” When we make these edits, they are subject to review and possible revision or deletion…
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Defending the American Dream Summit, Austin, Texas
Read more: Defending the American Dream Summit, Austin, TexasLater this week I’ll be traveling to Austin, Texas to attend Americans For Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit, also known as RightOnline Summit. There will be many excellent speakers, including a favorite person of mine, Robert Novak, whose recent autobiography The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington I highly recommend. Naturally, I’ll…
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Drug Runaround: Solved by Universal Health Care?
Read more: Drug Runaround: Solved by Universal Health Care?A letter writer in the July 12, 2008 Wichita Eagle has issues with his health insurance coverage, and wants us to discard our present system in favor of universal health care coverage. Mr. Ronald Voth of Halstead (a candidate for the Democratic party nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives for the fourth district of…
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Where’s Leadership on Oil Speculation?
Read more: Where’s Leadership on Oil Speculation?In the July 12, 2008 Wichita Eagle, Kenneth James Crist of Wichita blames oil speculators for ruining the U.S. Economy, writing that politicians should “do something positive to halt the rampant speculation in the stock market and oil futures that is really driving these runaway prices. All it really amounts to is tremendous greed on…
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Kansas Blog Roundup for July 11, 2008
Read more: Kansas Blog Roundup for July 11, 2008Kansas bloggers were hard at work this week after returning from vacation. The “Boondoggler” at Wichita 259 Truth notices the low attendance at four public events hosted by Citizens Alliance for Responsible Education, a group that supports the Wichita school bond issue: Sarah Olson makes Chicken Salad. Have you wondered What?s your contribution to statehouse…
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Rasmussen Poll on Kansas Coal Plant
Read more: Rasmussen Poll on Kansas Coal PlantWhat is the attitude of Kansans toward coal-fired power plants? Opponents of these plants have polls purportedly telling us that a majority of Kansans are opposed to them. See the press release Kansans Support Denial of Coal Plants, Want Wind Power for New Electricity from GPACE, a group headed by Scott Allegrucci, a former actor…
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Wichita Old Town Theater’s Bill Warren: No Ideas?
Read more: Wichita Old Town Theater’s Bill Warren: No Ideas?Recently the Wichita City Council approved a no-interest and low-interest loan to Old Town Wichita theater owner Bill Warren and his partners. Citizen opinion in Wichita seems to be mostly outrage at this giveaway, and rightly so. See Wichita Old Town Warren Theater Public Hearing Remarks and Wichita and the Old Town Warren Theater Loan.
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Kansans’ Opposition to Coal Plant: Look at the Poll
Read more: Kansans’ Opposition to Coal Plant: Look at the PollWe’ve been told that Kansas public opinion is against the building of a coal-fired power plant in western Kansas. See the press release at Kansans Support Denial of Coal Plants, Want Wind Power for New Electricity. I would encourage you to view the questions that appeared on the poll cited in the press release. Here’s…
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When A Records Request Fails
Read more: When A Records Request FailsWhen a citizen makes a records requests and the records that were received don’t match the request, what should the citizen do? The records I received match the request I made in that they relate to the governmental entity and its relationship to a certain business, but they are for a time period much older…