Open Records
Seven weeks after the original request, Saline County’s appraiser, under pressure from an impending lawsuit, delivered some of the property tax data sought by the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy from all Kansas counties. As of May 29, 44 of 105 Kansas counties have not provided all the requested data.
What started out as research [...]
While in Washington, DC today I visited both the Cannon House Office Building to look at additional open records on members of the U.S. House from Kansas, and the Hart Senate Office Building to review open records on the two U.S. Senators from Kansas.
In both places I was told photography was absolutely forbidden in the [...]
A recent Meadowlark article showed how to find the Legislative Resource Center in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC.
One of the pieces of information available from the LRC about each member of the U.S. House is a Financial Disclosure Report. One can search for the 2008 Financial Disclosure Reports online for any member [...]
Continue reading about Financial Disclosure Statements Filed by Members of U.S. House
The online Financial Information for the USD 473 Bond Election shows the site plans for the new Chapman school buildings, including the site plan for the proposed Chapman Elementary School (shown at the left), with its distinctive geometry.
A PDF file found on the Salina Journal web site gives details for each of the three new [...]
Continue reading about Who benefits from location of new Chapman Elementary School?
Shouldn’t the Kansas Judiciary be about law and justice and not about politics? Shouldn’t the Kansas Judiciary investigate itself when the political actions of someone within the Judiciary could damage the reputation and careers of attorneys?
This article clarifies some of the mystery surrounding the recent release of a letter from the Office of the [...]
On a recent trip to explore Kansas “open records” at several state government offices in Topeka, I encountered these boxes stored in a public hallway in an unidentified state government building.
Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh is the chief election officer in Kansas, and keeps track of all Kansas corporations, including non-profit corporations. Exorbitant fees charged by the Secretary of State’s office for “open records” prevent the public from learning about non-profits that may be involved in this year’s elections until possibly after the [...]
