Friends of Phill Kline roasted him recently in Johnson County as part of his 50th birthday celebration.
Kline turns 50 today.
One roast told about how labor was induced so Phill could enjoy a few minutes of the decade of the 1950s — and be an additional tax deduction in 1959.
Happy Birthday Phill Kline!
Continue reading about Phill Kline “roasted” by JoCo friends
This week and next week we’ll create only a weekly digest as things are a bit slow during this holiday time.
This site has been hacked three times recently — every four days. When hacked there are ~180 hidden links buried in the source of each page and the RSS feed. The problem seems to be [...]
Continue reading about Digest for Dec 27, 2009 (holiday weekly edition)
Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday:
Watchdogs
Kansas:
Interview With Incoming Wichita Chamber of Commerce Chairman
Kansans join Nebraska rally in Omaha to encourage Sen. Ben Nelson to oppose health care bill
Terrie Huntington to replace David Wysong in Kansas Senate
Ethics Commission Approves Advisory Opinion
Texas: Are big-bucks cost estimates discouraging citizens from getting public records?
Old Dominion (VA):
Database makes congressional spending [...]
Continue reading about Digest for Dec 20, 2009 (weekend edition)
This site was hacked in somewhat of a benign way, but affected the ability of some to view posts through certain RSS readers.
A PHP file was modified to have additional content. The hidden content was added to the source for all pages but and the RSS feed. The hidden text caused problems in some [...]
Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday:
Kansas Reporter
State executives line up to detail budget cuts
Watchdogs
National: Top Food & Other Expenditures by Members of U.S. House in 2009 Q3
Kansas:
Incomplete Funding Data Used to Argue for Tax Hikes
Kansas Department of Transportaiton Budget Cuts
Candidate Charles Schollenberger files U.S. Senate Financial Disclosure Report
Nebraska: State Audit Finds Money Missing
Oklahoma: Oklahoma congressional [...]
Continue reading about Digest for Dec 16, 2009 (midweek edition)
On Monday I published a watchdog.org article about my study of nearly 100,000 records from the Statement of Disbursements about all members of the U.S. House:
Top Food & Other Expenditures by Members of U.S. House in 2009 Q3
Since then several members of the national press have reported on this story or the numbers:
House members eat [...]
Continue reading about House expenditures story getting some national press
Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday:
Kansas Reporter
State revenue drops 10.2 percent in November
Overland Park looks for free help to stretch budget
Watchdogs
Kansas:
More Questions — and Answers — on School Funding
FDIC announces closing of Overland Park bank
Nebraska:
Nebraska Bipolar on Stimulus Spending
State Cars Hit Tax Dollars Hard
Texas: Government agencies nearly double their attempts to withhold records
Mackinac Center:
Soft Corruption [...]
Continue reading about Digest for Dec 13, 2009 (weekend edition)
New state news bureau: www.kansasreporter.org
Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday:
KansasReporter: Board of Education member fights reprimand
Watchdogs
Kansas:
Copenhagen protesters interrupt AFP Hot Air Tour viewing in Kansas
Shortfall Stirs Debate About Kansas’ Largest Pension Fund
Stimulus Gets Poor ROI Marks
National: Government Must Stay Out of Newsroom
Blogs
Wichita Liberty:
Climate change information site launched by Wichita geophysicist
Don’t forfeit Kansas’ economic future to [...]
Kansas Clips from last week
Until I am more efficient, I will be experimenting with a biweekly digest for now, published with dates of late Sunday and late Wednesday.
Joint Committee on Children’s Issues (Nov 30, Dec 1 in Topeka)
Kansas Watchdog
Parents, grandparents ask why children removed from homes
Compelling stories from parents and grandparents about problems with placement [...]
On Wednesday the Sunlight Foundation’s 24 Days of Local Sunlight – Day 2 recognized the Kansas Meadowlark
for an excellent collection of watch dog news and some independent research.
I thank them for that recognition.
Of course, since September, all my original research efforts and reporting can be found on the Kansas Watchdog.
