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Oct

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday October 15, 2010

Moran at Wichita Pachyderm today. Today's speaker at the Wichita Pachyderm Club is current United States Representative and Republican Party Senate nominee Jerry Moran. As a large audience is expected, please arrive by 11:45 to get your buffet lunch in time for the noon start (the larger meeting room will be used). Cost is $10, which includes lunch. Rasmussen: Voters don't trust politicians' promises. "Half (50%) now believe that when politicians break campaign promises, it’s because they deliberately made a false promise to get elected. Thirty-nine percent (39%) disagree and say unforeseen events after they took office forced them to…

Oct

By Bob Weeks

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday October 14, 2010

Wichita mayor to lead LKM. City press release: "Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer was elected as the 81st president of the League of Kansas Municipalities (LKM) during the organization’s annual conference Tuesday morning in Overland Park. ... He also urged his fellow local leaders to restore the public’s confidence in government. 'We need to have our citizens recognize the value of competent government, and why our freedoms and security depend on it,' he said." As noted a few days ago on these pages, the League of Kansas Municipalities is a special interest group working in favor not of the citizens who…

Oct

By Bob Weeks

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday October 13, 2010

FactFinder 12: Goyle campaign ad. From KWCH Television: "FactFinder 12 found no evidence Sentry International directly outsourced manufacturing work, only that it partners with companies in China and many other countries to purchase foreign made products." What's not talked about in regard to this issue is that U.S. companies don't manufacture products overseas just for the heck of it. Competitive pressures force them to. The energy future will look familiar. George Will takes a look at the future of energy in America. But a reminder of the past, in case you forgot: "In 1977, Jimmy Carter said mankind could 'use…

Oct

By Bob Weeks

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 11, 2010

Moran at Wichita Pachyderm: This Friday's speaker at the Wichita Pachyderm Club is current United States Representative and Republican Party Senate nominee Jerry Moran. As a large audience is expected, please arrive by 11:45 to get your buffet lunch in time for the noon start (the larger meeting room will be used). Cost is $10, which includes lunch. Wichita, get control of incentives: Rhonda Holman's lead editorial in yesterday's Wichita Eagle urged caution and restraint in Wichita's use of tax incentives -- a welcome message not expected from the Eagle. One conservative wrote to me: "I am stunned to find…

Oct

By Bob Weeks

Political site FiveThirtyEight looks at polls, statistics

The political website FiveThirtyEight provides an innovative look at political forecasting and also supplies useful information about candidates and political districts. The site FiveThirtyEight.com was active during the 2008 campaign season. Now it is a feature of the New York Times and can be accessed at fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com. The name comes from from the number of electors in the United States electoral college. FiveThirtyEight uses a variety of methods to arrive at its results, including polls, where polls are weighted by several factors including recency, sample size, and the polling firm's track record. Some polls are considered so unreliable that they…

Oct

By Bob Weeks

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday October 10, 2010

Countryman back on air: Gene Countryman, host of a long-running radio show that went off the air earlier this year, returns to the airwaves tonight with the Gene Countryman Show. The new show airs Sunday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on KNSS Radio 1330 AM. Koch article criticism: Andrew Ferguson, media critic for Commentary, provides a critical look at the left-wing hysteria over Jane Mayer's New Yorker Magazine "exposé" of Charles Koch, David Koch, and Koch Industries. Best quote: "The only support in Mayer’s article for this extravagant charge comes from second-hand assertions, usually in quotes from the…

Oct

By Bob Weeks

Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Saturday October 9, 2010

This Week in Kansas: Tomorrow on KAKE Television's "This Week in Kansas" Kansas Policy Institute President Dave Trabert will be a guest speaking about economic development in Kansas. This is an important topic as Kansas is in "whack-a-mole" mode as we -- case by case -- defend our industry from poaching by other states. This Week in Kansas airs at 9:00 am on KAKE channel 10. The Winfield Daily Courier has other notes on this upcoming episode. Sue Schlapp: Wichita Eagle Opinion Line Extra today: "At a past Wichita City Council meeting, council member Sue Schlapp got on her soapbox…

Oct

By Bob Weeks

In Kansas fourth, Pompeo ups lead over Goyle

A new KWCH Television and SurveyUSA poll of candidates for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas shows Republican Mike Pompeo increasing his lead over his primary challenger, Democrat Raj Goyle. The new poll shows Pompeo increasing his share of the vote from 50 percent to 53 percent, compared to the previous poll by the same organization 22 days earlier. Goyle's share remains unchanged at 40 percent. Only three percent of the voters are undecided. Other results from the poll include Reform party candidate Susan Ducey with two percent, and Libertarian Shawn Smith checking in with two percent…

Oct

By Bob Weeks

Raj Goyle tax cut votes not exactly as advertised

In his campaign, Democratic Party candidate for Congress Raj Goyle says he has voted to cut taxes 50 times. Examination of the record shows some genuine votes against taxes, but also examples of voting with the herd, and some votes that actually increase taxes on most Kansans. On Goyle's campaign website, we can read these words: "He is a proven fiscal conservative who voted to cut government spending and lower taxes on middle class families and small businesses every year he has been in office. Other candidates talk about cutting taxes, but Raj has done it. In just four years,…

Sep

By Bob Weeks

Raj Goyle anti-outsourcing plan likely to backfire

A plan advocated by Democratic Party candidate for Congress Raj Goyle to reduce the outsourcing of jobs from the United States is likely to produce the opposite effect, according to the Wall Street Journal. Goyle is candidate for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas. He has criticized his leading opponent, Republican Mike Pompeo, claiming that Pompeo, as president of a manufacturing company, outsourced Kansas jobs to Mexico. On Goyle's campaign website, under the heading "Economy: Jobs" we find: "It’s vital to create jobs and keep jobs in Kansas. The very first thing I will do in Congress…