Posts Tagged ‘open government’

A rather shocking video on the Kansas Watchdog news site shows a staffer of Congressman Dennis Moore showing his distaste for openness and public access to the Congressman’s office.

When Congressman Moore’s office was contacted, they stated that any citizen in Kansas has the right to request to not be filmed. While this is true, it [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Below is the brief that was presented at the recent Ethics Commission hearing that Meadowlark describes in detail here.