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Kansas Attorney General Has it Right
Read more: Kansas Attorney General Has it RightTOPEKA — Alan Cobb, director of the Kansas chapter of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, today released the following statement in response to the briefs filed in the State vs. Montoy case currently before the Kansas Supreme Court: “As questions and concerns swirl about whether or not the Kansas Supreme Court can order a statewide…
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Book review: Knightfall
Read more: Book review: KnightfallKnightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism Is Putting Democracy At Risk Davis Merritt Amacom Books, 2005 The theme of this book, written by a former editor of The Wichita Eagle is that over the past few decades, the business of making newspapers has changed from a business unlike any other to…
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Another letter to the editor
Read more: Another letter to the editorLast time I wrote a letter to the Wichita Eagle for publication, I said that I learned my lesson, which was that I needed to be brief. I didn’t learn this lesson well.
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The Decline of Kansas Documented By Census
Read more: The Decline of Kansas Documented By CensusBy Karl Peterjohn, Kansas Taxpayers Network Kansas is in a decline. This state is shrinking relative to its peers in the other 49 states. However, some might say, and with some degree of accuracy, that this trend is nothing new. It is clear that the size and impact of this decline is likely to shape…
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Wichita Eagle Says “AirTran Subsidies Foster Competition”
Read more: Wichita Eagle Says “AirTran Subsidies Foster Competition”In an editorial in The Wichita Eagle published on April 19, 2005, Randy Scholfield writes: “Wichita should stick to its subsidies. They’re fostering competition, not stifling it, and paying off big-time for the community by lowering airfares and boosting economic development.”
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Kansas Faces Challenges for Growth
Read more: Kansas Faces Challenges for GrowthBy Alan Cobb, Americans For Prosperity Kansas State Director Many would describe that much of rural Kansas is in decline. Nearly 60 percent of the counties in Kansas have lost population just since 1990. Over half of Kansas’ counties have fewer residents today than 1900. Just this week the Associated Press reported that stated Kansas…
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Democrats dominate in top Kansas court
Read more: Democrats dominate in top Kansas courtThere are three numbers that everyone at the statehouse knows who follows Kansas government: 63, 21, and one. You must have 63 votes to pass a bill out of the Kansas House of Representatives, 21 votes to pass a bill out of the Kansas Senate, and the governor’s signature to turn a bill into law.
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The Rise of Government and the Decline of Morality
Read more: The Rise of Government and the Decline of MoralityAt the time when we have voted on a major issue that was framed in terms of morality, when we have prominent preachers attempting to impose their version of morality on us through the power of government, when we have a mayor who opposes certain businesses for moral reasons, and we have government at all…
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AirTran Subsidy Remarks
Read more: AirTran Subsidy RemarksFollowing are remarks I am delivering to several groups, including the Wichita City Council, in April 2005.
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Poetry: Welcome New Council Members
Read more: Poetry: Welcome New Council MembersWELCOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS I AM OLD AND SICK AND GETTING GRAYI DON’T KNOW WHERE I WILL GET THE MONEY THAT THE CITY WANTS ME TO PAY
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Tax funds finance Kansas school finance lawsuit
Read more: Tax funds finance Kansas school finance lawsuitThere might not be funds for public school classrooms but for 15 Kansas school districts there is money for financing lawsuits. Since the 1998-99 school year, $2,095,020 has been spent in public funds to pay for the school finance litigation and lawsuit.
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The downside of Being the Air Cap
Read more: The downside of Being the Air CapMr. Clements’s article makes a striking conclusion as to why airfares in Wichita were so high. I would be curious as to whether any of our government leaders have read the study. We should also ask why our government leaders are not performing research like this when they propose to spend large sums of taxpayer…