Jim Cates
Kansas Clips from Thursday through Sunday:
Watchdogs on State Issues
Kansas Reporter: Kansas Governor rips Legislature tax stance
Evergreen Freedom Foundation: The public pulse on tax increases – Who do you trust?
New Hampshire:
NH Unemployment Trust Fund runs out of money
Lawmakers need to face fiscal reality
Continue reading about Statewide News Digest for March 7, 2010 (weekend edition)
Kansas Clips from Friday through Sunday:
On Friday I appeared on the Jim Cates radio program on cjonline.com with John Arnold to discuss the week’s top stories.
With Jim Cates I briefly discussed the Kansas Liberty article from last Wednesday: Ethics-election committee questions ethics commission behavior. I also talked briefly about a Shawnee County family court case [...]
Continue reading about Digest for Feb 7, 2010 (weekend edition)
Kansas Clips from Monday through Wednesday:
I make my debut on Jim Cates online radio program on Friday at 9 AM. Send discussion questions to jim.cates@cjonline.com.
According to attorney John Robb, Schools for Fair funding scheduled their next meeting in Newton on Feb 19. SFF will be discussing a possible law suit against the state for more [...]
Continue reading about Digest for Feb 3, 2010 (midweek edition)
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 [...]
Continue reading about Partial Victory: Cates Now Streamed Online
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 [...]
Continue reading about Topekans Rally in Support of Canned Talk Show Host Jim Cates
[UPDATE: Spike Santee, who was responsible for firing Jim Cates, donated $300 to the Democratic National Committee in 2003.] The “Dean of Topeka Talk Radio” will be silent prematurely starting today. A Topeka source said that Cumulus Broadcasting had released Cates from his duties, which certainly came as a shock to many [...]
