Archive for May, 2008
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
On Monday Bob Novak, in a Townhall.com commentary “A Vice President for Abortion,” mentioned previously unknown information about Sebelius and Tiller:
Sebelius invited Tiller and his staff to a party at the governor’s mansion … in May 2007.
[Editor’s note: While the overall content of Novak’s piece was accurate, he should have worded some statements more carefully. For example, Tiller and his clinic’s $120,000 contributions to the Democratic Governors Association were in 2002-2004 not 2006, but were not discovered until just prior to the 2006 elections. There were no direct ProKanDo connections to Paul Morrison, but ProKanDo acted indirectly through a non-profit with negative “Snoop Dog” mailings to harm Kline and help Morrison in 2006.]
Today Operation Rescue revealed a number of photographs showing Dr. George Tiller and his staff at a reception with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius at Cedar Crest, the governor’s mansion.
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Tags: George Tiller, Greater Kansas City Women's Political Caucus, Kathleen Sebelius, Lynn Jenkins, Paul Morrison
Posted in Culture of Death, Kansas Governor | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
The Hill is reporting that Rep. Dennis Moore’s chief of staff may have violated House rules last week by circulating a campaign-related job posting from his House E-mail account:
Howard Bauleke circulated a posting for jobs with the Kansas Coordinated Campaign, an election-year organization initiative run by the Kansas Democratic Party. Rules prohibit the use of House resources for campaign purposes. …
Moore spokeswoman Rebecca Black said the e-mail was probably an oversight.
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Tags: Dennis Moore, franking abuse, Howard Bauleke, Kansas Coordinated Campaign
Posted in Democratic Party, U.S. House of Representatives | 2 Comments »
Monday, May 26th, 2008
Sunday’s Topeka Capital-Journal reported that recently fired talk show host Jim Cates will host a talk show streamed online by that newspaper. The Journal reported future plans for Cates to host video web casts with local newsmakers.
Cates was recently fired by Spike Santee at Cumulus Broadcasting and hosted a talk show at KMAJ in Topeka.
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Tags: Cumulus Broadcasting, Jim Cates, KMAJ, Topeka Capital-Journal
Posted in Talk Radio | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 26th, 2008
On Sunday the Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy (GPACE) and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius were a political tag team in the Wichita Eagle as they both pushed for a long-term energy policy focused on unreliable sources of energy.
Don’t misundestand: I am all for using wind energy when it makes sense. I was one of the authors of the 1979 study, Wind energy applications in agriculture, when I worked for a research firm in Manhattan while at K-State. (more…)
Tags: 527 PAC, GPACE Action, Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy, Kathleen Sebelius, Scott Allegrucci
Posted in Energy Policy, Environment, Kansas Governor | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
On July 1, 2007 a new Kansas Law established English as the official language of the State of Kansas. In 2007 House Bill 2140 passed the House with 114 Yeas and 7 Nays, and the Senate with 32 Yeas and 8 Nays.
A lawsuit filed yesterday in Wichita unbelievably is attempting to bar a parochial school from requiring students to speak only the official language of the state (Catholic school sued over ‘English only’ policy, Topeka Capital-Journal, May 20, 2008). (more…)
Tags: English, Immigration, Official Language
Posted in Education, Immigration | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Repeated offense from 2006? This morning the Kathleen Sebelius Committee sent out an email with the subject “Our Energy Future.” The email addressed Sebelius’ view of the debate over the coal plants in Western Kansas during this year’s legislative session. Gov. Sebelius did not ask for contributions in words in her letter, but there was a “Contribute” button at the bottom of the email. But, elected officials may not solicit contributions from lobbyists until the legislature adjourns, which is likely next week.
By late afternoon a follow-up email was sent by her Political Director:
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Tags: Kathleen Sebelius
Posted in Energy Policy, Environment, Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission, Kansas Governor, Politics | No Comments »
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Friday vetoed for the third time a bill allowing two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas. With Gov. Sebelius and Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Rod Bremby so concerned with the carbon dioxide emissions from these coal power plants, how soon will they also try to eliminate the carbon dioxide emissions represented in the Great Seal of the State of Kansas? (more…)
Tags: carbon dioxide, CO2, Great Seal of the State of Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius, power plant, Rod Bremby
Posted in Energy Policy, Environment, Kansas Governor, Politics | 2 Comments »
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
On Saturday representatives from the Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy (GPACE Action) 527 PAC were knocking on doors in parts of Johnson County looking for voters supportive of global warming. GPACE Action representatives were asking interested voters to sign a card and “GPACE will make sure it is delivered to your state representative.” (more…)
Tags: 527 PAC, coal, GPACE Action, Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy, Scott Allegrucci
Posted in 527, Elections, Energy Policy, Environment, Political Action Committee (PAC) | No Comments »
Friday, May 16th, 2008
WIBW TV reported that Jim Cates was canned Wednesday because of his criticism of programming changes and format of his talk show on KMAJ AM in Topeka. On Friday Topekans supporting Cates rallied in front of Cumulus Broadcasting in downtown Topeka to protest this firing by Spike Santee of KMAJ management.
See information at the bottom of this article on how you can help Jim Cates.
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Tags: Cumulus Broadcasting, Jim Cates, KMAJ, Protest, Skip Santee
Posted in Talk Radio | 1 Comment »