Charlotte Esau, Executive Director of the Kansas Republican Assembly, diagnoses the problem with ‘non-partisan’ redistricting. Reprinted from an op-ed at kansasliberty.com.
How many times have you heard the words “nonpartisan” or “bipartisan” or “nonpolitical” uttered by politicians right before they do something that is clearly political?
My guess is we’d all be rich if we have a [...]
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On redistricting, the devil, the details and the closed-door commission
Free Speech Under Attack
We learned 2 things on Wednesday:
Properly follow the rules in filing evidence of campaign finance violations. Magically see the accused “fix” the errors before Ethics investigates or holds a hearing. Ethics concludes no intentional violation happened but because a complaint was filed, the accuser cannot speak on the issue. Something doesn’t seem right and a [...]
Ethics Commission fines private citizen, allows corrupt politician to walk
The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission today fined a private citizen $7,500 for speaking to the media about a complaint he filed against state Sen. Dwayne Umbarger for misuse of campaign funds.
As far as the public knows, no hearing was conducted regarding the charges against state Sen. Umbarger. The commission has never publicly addressed the complaints [...]
Video Wednesday: Bob Weeks on the Kansas minimum wage, Democrats defend Fannie, Freddy
Bob Weeks of Wichita Liberty discusses the effort to raise the Kansas Minimum Wage and why it’s a bad idea.
What form of government is the best?
Timeline shows Top Democrats defended Fannie, Freddy.
Chuck Schumer: The American people don’t care about wasteful spending.
Freedom of Speech defended at Ethics Hearing
Below is the brief that was presented at the recent Ethics Commission hearing that Meadowlark describes in detail here.
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