Author: Dave Trabert
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Leavenworth city officials: raise property tax or defund police
When Leavenworth residents asked city commissioners to hold property tax flat next year – like roughly 250 local jurisdictions are…
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Kansas tries to reduce standards to make achievement look better
The Kansas Department of Education dumbed down achievement standards about 20 years ago under No Child Left Behind, and now…
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More student achievement deception in Gardner-Edgerton
Parents in the Gardner-Edgerton school district in Johnson County are being horribly misled about student achievement. The only question is…
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KU researchers mislead (again) on mask mandate efficacy
The University of Kansas issued a press release on Monday, quoting a study in the Journal of the American Medical…
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Overland Park’s lower mill rate doesn’t equate to efficiency
Several Overland Park city council members last week justified voting for a 10% property tax increase by noting that their…
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Prairie Village officials cause housing to be less affordable
Every time a government entity creates or contributes to a problem, the proposed solution is inevitably more government. The City…
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Hypocritical hissy fits from SUBV, Game On over 1776 Project endorsements
They didn’t object when Democrats Laura Kelly, Sharice Davids, and Barbara Bollier got financial backing from out-of-state donors. But Stand…
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Overland Park city council won’t be honest with citizens
Last night’s Overland Park revenue neutral hearing showed why Kansans support the new Truth in Taxation law. Taxpayers are fed…
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Stand Up Blue Valley stands for mediocrity and bureaucracy
Stand Up Blue Valley likes to portray its leaders as “concerned parents” but their actions show they exist to support…
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Olathe proposes 9% property tax hike despite $97 million in reserve
The Olathe proposed 2022 budget includes $97 million remaining in reserves in funds that receive property tax, a 9% increase…
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Some local officials won’t be honest about property tax
Local officials not being honest about property tax was the impetus for the new Truth in Taxation Act, and some…
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Blue Valley asks students to declare preferred pronouns
Under the guise of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), teachers in Blue Valley are asking students to declare their preferred…
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JoCo school boards request political ‘cover’ from commissioners
“Legal department had not made final review,” wrote Johnson County Commission Chair Ed Eilert , explaining why the school district…
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Go to RNR hearings and demand lower property tax
There will be a lot of RNR hearings coming in the next four weeks where local officials will try to…
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Truth in Taxation is already saving millions in property tax
Now that local officials have to be honest about the entire property tax increase they impose on residents and businesses,…
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Overland Park wastes $800,000 on mini-roundabouts
The late Milton Friedman could have been thinking about the City of Overland Park when he said, “when a man…
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Miami County doesn’t track COVID data; KDHE hides it
The Miami County Health Department issues COVID recommendations to school districts, but they apparently do so without any knowledge of…
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Shawnee Mission requires masks for elementary kids
Elementary students and staff in Shawnee Mission schools are required to wear masks this fall but masks are just “highly…
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1619 Project, critical race theory in Wichita schools
Red, White, and Black – Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers is, according to its publisher, “corrective to…
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More disclosure of SMSD’s Deep Equity / CRT indoctrination
A Sentinel report earlier this month on Shawnee Mission spending $400,000 on Deep Equity / critical race theory indoctrination drew…
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Critical race theory indoctrination at USD 501 Topeka
A retired teacher from USD 501 Topeka says the tenets of critical race theory were pushed on teachers by district…
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USD 420 Osage City and Osage County may reduce property taxes
If Osage City School Board President Jay Bailey can convince a few other board members, the district may slightly decrease…
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Kathleen Sebelius: no freedom for the unvaccinated
Former Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius thinks people who choose not to get the COVID vaccine should be prevented from going…
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Survey: public school satisfaction lower than expected
Satisfaction with public schools in some of the state’s largest districts was lower than might be expected pre-COVID, and their…