Revenue Secretary Jordan says Brownback cares about the poor

Stopping on Mass St talking to homeless people???

How he can help them is by not gutting our Mental Health system and safety net programs.

Is it more disturbing that Brownback is a self-serving political climber who is throwing the state under the bus to win a Presidential primary...

Or so completely ignorant that he really doesn't get it.

February 25, 2013 at 9:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas tax act most regressive in nation

DEMAND creates jobs - if I make a product and demand increases I hire more people. No competent business person fails to hire people to meet demand due to a few percentage pts of taxation one way or another This tax plan makes no sense.

May 27, 2012 at 1:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

House gives preliminary approval to bill protecting students with disabilities

You establish this restraint and seclusion law to force schools to properly train staff. Staff training costs a fraction of what it costs to do things the wrong way. Sometimes you need to enforce standards. And I'd say when the lives and well-being of the most vulnerable children are at stake, you err on the side of caution.

February 22, 2012 at 1:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Speaking in Osawatomie, Obama sees 'make or break' time for middle class

and just how are people "robbing" you if you work? You pay taxes, and you've always paid taxes, and your taxes now are lower than they were at any time in recent memory. I hardly see how that is "robbing". Likewise, a millionaire's surtax or letting the Bush tax cuts go away - changing the top marginal income tax rate from 35 to 40 percent does not make a person a socialist.

December 7, 2011 at 11:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas’ new DUI law bringing big changes

It becomes 'unreasonable' if I am stopped at a check-point, haven't been drinking or have no reason to believe I may be drunk, and have displayed no signs of impairment.

And yes, the 5th Amendment is a concern here.

December 5, 2011 at 2:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas’ new DUI law bringing big changes

Having no sympathies for drunk drivers...

1) Huge civil liberties violation to subject you to a punishment for protecting your 4th Amendment (search and seizure) and 5th Amendment (self-incrimination) rights.

2) Those with a BAC of .08 to 1.0 who are first timers should be given a hefty traffic ticket/fine/not be allowed to drive home. $400 in ticket/court/towing costs should be enough of a warning/punishment.

3) Those who habitually rack up DUIs, or have BAC >1.0 should have increasing penalties, etc.

December 5, 2011 at 9:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Missouri’s departure won’t change KU fight song

I think we should change the lyrics to
Got a bill that’s big enough
To make the tiger's turn tail

November 8, 2011 at 10:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Young gun: Merv Lindsay billed as ‘pure shooter’

A future Big East player of the year.

September 6, 2011 at 11:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Committee quizzes SRS about funding for people with disabilities, faith-based initiatives

It costs 90K plus to serve a person with a developmental disability in an institution. It costs 30K to serve them in the community (i..e their own apartment or a group home) AND the outcomes for people are indisputably (research-demonstrated, as certain as smoking causing cancer) better for people with disabilities to serve them in the community. So its a rare case when the right thing to do is also cheaper than the alternative.

Also, Kansas was, at one time, considered a leader in providing services to people with disabilities, and many states actually attempted to emulate what we had built. This was achieved with bi-partisan support, from both Republican and Democratic Governors and legislators. It is a shame that we are moving so far backward.

August 24, 2011 at 10:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )