Earl Glynn on August 27th, 2010

On Thursday four Kansans filed suit in federal court in Wichita to block the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission from selecting the next member of the court.
The lawsuit claims the process in Kansas to select a new member for the state’s high court violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause.  The lawsuit asks all [...]

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Earl Glynn on July 25th, 2010

Think and Ink:  Illegal Immigration Poker

Mexican President Felipe Calderon: Illegal Immigrants in U.S.
Constitution
Rule of Law
Gov. Jan Brewer:  Arizona Law
President Barack Obama:  Justice Dept. Lawsuit
Democrat Voter Registration Drive
How could the stakes be higher?

Copyright 2010, Think and Ink, O’Hara and Hoit. Contact: Charlotte O’Hara.

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In my previous article I mentioned a talk, “conservatives eating their own,” given by former State Rep. Phyllis Gilmore about a decade ago at a JoCo Kansas Republican Assembly meeting.
This story is another example of “conservatives eating their own” and ironically related to the KRA:
KRA Formed in 1999
A conservative group named the “Kansas Republican [...]

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Special Contributor on April 20th, 2010

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Think and Ink:  Obama Care:  “Now, Obama Always Knows Best!”
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Think and Ink:  President Obama:  “Don’t worry – more help is on the way”.
Copyright 2010, Think and Ink, O’Hara and Hoit. Contact:  Charlotte O’Hara.

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Earl Glynn on January 31st, 2010

Steve Kraske in today’s Kansas City Star wrote about  “Tiahrt takes on Moran for comments about Tiahrt’s family“.  
Congressman Todd Tiahrt made these comments as part of Kansas Day activities in Topeka on Saturday.  Here is a video of Tiahrt’s remarks:

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Earl Glynn on December 13th, 2009

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 [...]

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Earl Glynn on September 8th, 2009

[Updated Sept 13] According to a Show-Me Institute Policy Pulse blog post about 2500 attended the United We Stand — Freedom Fest at Theis Park in Kansas City on Saturday.  Participants were from both Missouri and Kansas.  See videos of the event below.

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Earl Glynn on September 2nd, 2009

The Health Care for America Now! (HCAN) web site announced a Health Care Can’t Wait Rally at 5th and Minnesota in Kansas City, KS from 6 to 7 PM tonight, which was near Congressman Dennis Moore’s Office in Wyandotte County.
HCAN’s event page said “our partners are making sure Congress hears from voters all across the [...]

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Don Jordan, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, sent a letter to an unknown list of Home and Community Based Service (HCBS) providers recently asking for information on behalf of the Service Employees International Union/SEIU including:

attendants’ names,
addresses,
telephone numbers.

Read the text of the letter below (or click on the [...]

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