Kansas Democrats in July 2007 mocked Kansas Republicans for forming a “Loyalty Committee.” The KDP claimed then “Kansans are tired of having their political beliefs questioned,” and then invited the disillusioned to join the Kansas Democratic Party. The Kansas press had a field day making fun of Republicans over party loyalty, while ignoring long-term Democratic [...]
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Sean Tevis, a Democrat in State Rep District 15 in Olathe, has become somewhat of an Internet political celebrity with a story yesterday about his unusual Internet campaign in the Los Angeles Times of all places. His campaign report filed yesterday with the Kansas Government Ethics Commission showed an amazing $96,512 raised, but almost all [...]
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Over two weeks ago the Kansas City media blog, Bottom Line Communications, announced The Race is on: Phill Kline vs. Kansas City Star. Since that time ads have aired on Kansas City talk radio paid for by two non-profit organizations often highlighting the battle of conservative Phill Kline with the Kansas City Star in recent [...]
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On Friday, Dave Helling from the Kansas City Star posted an article “Meadowlarking, part two” on the Star’s Prime Buzz. About 24 hours ago I posted a reply, but it’s being held for review as possible spam. As requested by “midtown guy” on that blog, here is the response I tried to post to the [...]
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Jack Cashill published a five-piece series this week on WorldNetDaily about the battle between Phill Kline and Planned Parenthood. In case you missed the articles, here are the links: Kansas bleeds once more, July 21 Targeting an ‘anti-choice extremist’, July 22 Pro-life Kline refuses to roll over, July 23 DA Kline tackles Planned Parenthood, July [...]
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Voters in State Senate District 8 recently received a mailing from Tim Owens in his bid against Ben Hodge for Kansas Senate. This piece, “Protecting Kansas Seniors,” had this “paid for” messge: “Paid for by Owens for Kansas House Committee, Donald Schrick, CPA, Treasurer.” Several days ago in a mailing, the message was: “Paid for [...]
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Steve Rose from the Johnson County Sun appeared as a substitute “Ruckette” on KCPT’s Ruckus on Thursday evening. During the “Roast and Toast” segment, Rose said:
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Kansas has weaker campaign finance reporting laws than Missouri and sometimes Kansas political money can be found in reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission before reports are filed with the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission. Earlier this year the Meadowlark reported the Greater Kansas City Chamber PAC, Awash With Cash, Formed New PACs to “Buy” [...]
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Mary Ca Ralstin recently appeared at a candidate forum with her opponent, Brandon Kenig, to discuss education issues in Kansas. While Ralstin is a passionate advocate for education, she seems to act like a Democratic Party activist while calling herself a Republican. Is this deception, or advancing one’s political agenda, or both? At the candidate [...]
