Tag: Kansas state government
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Did Kansas Governor Order Budget Cuts Last Year?
Has the Kansas budget already been cut for fiscal year 2009, the budget year ending June 30, 2009? Some people think so. A commenter to this blog says “the Governor did order these cuts,” referring to cuts made starting last summer. But is this the case? I asked the governor’s office about this, and they…
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Public Forum on Kansas Property Tax Reform
The Flint Hills Center for Public Policy is holding public forums on Proposition K, an effort to reform property taxes in Kansas. The first of these meetings will be held on Thursday, January 29 at 6:00pm at Willowbend Golf Club (8001 Mulberry Drive in NE Wichita). The public is invited to attend. Here’s a link…
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Nashville Shows Need for Kansas Property Tax Reform
Using the small town of Nashville, Kansas, a KWCH Television news story shows why property tax reform is needed in Kansas. Specifically, reform of the appraisal process is required. In Nashville, just by cleaning up his property, a homeowner’s property taxes doubled. Proposition K would, in part, introduce predictable growth in appraisals, which would eliminate…
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American Majority Candidate Training in Kansas
Recently I attended a campaign training event produced by American Majority. This event was targeted to candidates and their supporters for city council and school board offices. Dennis Wilson is the Kansas Board Chairman of American Majority. He just completed service as a member of the Kansas Senate. Addressing the audience, he said that individual…
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Redesigning Kansas County Government: Follow-up
Last week I reported on a talk that Kansas Senator Kansas Senator Chris Steineger, Democrat from Kansas City, delivered to some 300 citizens at Americans For Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit in Wichita. One of the things Steineger believes is that Kansas has too many counties, a legacy from the days of travel to…
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A Few Questions for AFP’s Derrick Sontag
I and a few others met with Americans For Prosperity’s Kansas state director Derrick Sontag on Friday. Following are a few of the questions I asked, and Derrick’s answers. Q. Last year AFP had a model budget. Did that have anything to do with the relatively low increase in spending — compared to previous years…
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Kansas has the appearance, without the reality, of judicial accountability
Friday’s Wichita Eagle contained an op-ed by a University of Kansas law professor that discussed the method of selecting supreme court justices in Kansas. A Kansas blogger (The Kansas Jackass) noticed this piece and attempted to take Prof. Ware to task. But it seems like the Jackass is unable to grasp the meaning of one…
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Kansas Senator Chris Steineger on Redesigning Kansas Government
On January 10, 2009, Kansas Senator Chris Steineger, Democrat from Kansas City, spoke to some 300 citizens at Americans For Prosperity‘s Defending the American Dream Summit in Wichita. Steineger said that we should look at the current budget crisis in Kansas as an opportunity to redesign and reinvent Kansas government. He asked “why do we…
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Invisible Kansans Tell Their Stories
It’s one of the toughest issues for advocates of limited government to address — the plight of those who truly aren’t in a position to help themselves. The website InvisibleKansans.org tells some stories of people in these situations. But is the solution for these people more government? As it is, these people are — at…