We are among those who believe that the lifting of the cap on KDOT bonding is (1) a way to move money we don’t actually have into the general fund to cover state expenses until after the 2016 elections, and (2) bad economic policy for a state. “Last week, Gov. Sam Brownback indicated that he anticipates no budget issues in the coming legislative session, despite months of shortfalls in projected tax revenues. “‘Those puzzling comments make sense now,’ [Rep. Melissa] Rooker said. ‘If you have that bonding authority, that’s the answer for how you will skate through this...
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Video outlines playbook
We’re in! The game is on. Distract, divide and conquer is the playbook being used by Governor Brownback and his allies in the Kansas Legislature. Join Us. www.joinusks.org...
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Leave a Comment KASB President Shimkus to challenge Abrams
Don Shimkus, a school board member from Oxford and current president of the Kansas Association of School Boards, announced Wednesday that he will run as a Democrat for a seat in the Kansas Senate. Shimkus is challenging incumbent Republican Steve Abrams of Arkansas City in the 32nd District in south-central Kansas. Abrams is a veterinarian and chairman of the Senate Education Committee. http://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/capitol-report/2015/nov/18/kasb-president-to-run-against-abrams-for/...
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“‘All of us in public education are just beat up daily by the people who don’t believe in public education … it’s been brutal the past three years and it will just be intolerable this year,’ said Bridges, a member of the House Education Committee. ‘So I think there needs to be someone who maybe won’t take it as personally as I have.’” Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article49832855.html...
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