John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (left) as his choice for Vice President on Friday. One of Palin’s major accomplishments in her short tenure as Governor that caught my eye was something that might benefit Kansas: ethics reform. The Juneau Empire gave some details of the ethics reforms introduced in Alaska last year with [...]
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In late July, Attorney General Six appointed Dodge City attorney Glenn Kerbs to be the newest member of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission. Kerbs replaced John T. Marshall, who had been appointed by former Attorney General Phill Kline. Here is the list of all the members of the Ethics Commission, followed by a chart showing [...]
Today I drove by the Jeffrey Energy Center in Pottawatomie County north of St. Marys. I noticed the plumes from the coal plants showed the wind was almost still (see below). The two windmills at the Jeffrey Energy Center (left) were not moving at all so they were not generating any of the 1.5 megawatts [...]
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A recent Meadowlark article asked whether Congressman Dennis Moore would exploit a one-day window to send mail on Aug. 6 to constituents in the 3rd Congressional District paid for by taxpayers. Apparently, that franking window was a bit too narrow in 2008, and Congressman Moore did not send such a mailing. But, what about Moore’s [...]
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The Hays Daily News is reporting that Don Hineman, one of the organizers and the first chair of the Kansas Alliance for Education (KAE) group, won the primary election in State Rep District 118 in Western Kansas after the official canvassing of votes. Most don’t know much about the KAE group and the number of [...]
A new law in Kansas required “last minute” reports of late contributions and independent expenditures in excess of $300 for both candidates and political action committees (PACs) in last week’s August primary election. The following table is a summary of these “last minute” PAC reports that total $42,552 in contributions and $134,158 in expenditures:
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Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh (left) was quoted in the Kansas City Star yesterday that “we threw a party, and nobody came” about no voters showing up to vote at Fort Riley precincts in Tuesday’s primary election. Geary County Clerk Rebecca Bossemeyer was quoted in the Topeka Capital-Journal that this “isn’t unusual in a [...]
Congressman Dennis Moore from the 3rd District in Kansas has a history of exploiting free franked mailings prior to elections. For some reason, Congressman Moore likes to communicate with constitutes about 90 days before an election but not so much at other times. Why should Congressman Moore use a campaign account to pay for mailings [...]
On Saturday the Harris News Service published an article, Fundraising gap grows between parties, in which Chris Green commented about recent contribution reports filed by Kansas Democrats and Republicans: “The Democrats’ state party reported raising and spending about 15 times more than the state’s GOP apparatus in reports submitted to the state this past week. [...]
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