Did you miss the Kansas City Star’s forum on transparency on January 18th? If so, you can watch it here. https://www.facebook.com/kansascitystar/videos/10155489728109094/ Originally posted to Facebook on 1/19/18....
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KC Star Editorial on this year’s ‘divide and conquer’ budget strategy
From the Editorial Board of the Kansas City Star: “Remember: Some of the legislators behind this effort are the ones who broke the state’s tax structure in the first place. Roads and bridges aren’t crumbling because of schools — they’re in trouble because of ill-advised tax cuts in 2013 that...
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No comments Editorial: KC Schools…What Brownback Got Wrong
The KC, MO district is not an appropriate example of “money doesn’t matter.” “What the governor is ignoring is that a lack of funding was a key reason why the district became so dysfunctional in the first place.” Originally posted to Facebook on 1/10/18....
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No comments Steve Rose Opinion Piece on Constitutional Amendment
“If it did pass, there would be no safeguards if, for example, the Legislature decided on a whim one day to slash school funding in half. The court could scream and holler, but the Legislature could simply ignore the court and do whatever it pleased. This is particularly frightening because...
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