A handful of critical issues compete for consideration when choosing or rejecting candidates in Kansas: Massive, retroactive tax hikes (passed by Democrats), cryptic school funding tactics with flat or decreasing student outcomes (supported by Democrats) and the implosion of the healthcare industry in the state (ACA). Other issues are specific…
Calling Janice Witt an interesting character may be the understatement of the century, but it’s safe to say if you live in KCK, it’s good to have her on speed dial. When something goes wrong in the community and Witt finds out about it, the incident receives immediate and widespread…
by Staff~ There is movement underfoot in Wyandotte County. Whether because of social media or some other media, there is a growing awareness that things aren’t quite right in the Dotte. People are unhappy and restless. A bill that increases our personal income tax passed the legislature recently, the largest…
by Staff~ For the last four years and for the first time in many years, Wyandotte County has had one voice in Topeka. Prior to Steve Fitzgerald’s election to the Kansas Senate, the Dotte was “represented” in the senate by just another Unified Government Insider. In other words, we had…
by Staff~ I’ve been plenty wrong about plenty of things before now so if I’m wrong again it’s really no big deal. I thought, for instance, that I’d be campaigning for Ted Cruz right now. I thought we’d be bidding a fond farewell to President Romney in a couple of…
Two-term Kansas Representative Kathy Wolfe Moore recused herself from the battle between this small business owner and a Unified Government employee, neighbor of the Wine Barn. It may come as no surprise that the Unified Government Commissioners took the side of the Unified Government employee. This is, after all, Wyandotte…
by Other Staff~ I believe in climate change. I believe in it because I learned about the greenhouse gas effect in High School Science, and I have witnessed world population and emissions from human activity expanding rapidly ever since. Growing up on the east coast of the USA five…
by Other Staff~ Mostly of the political type, are claiming that their religious freedom is being stifled by anti-discrimination laws. The government is preventing them from freely practicing their religion by mandating that they cannot refuse service to “sinners”, because they would surely be guilty by association if they baked…
by Staff~ Well. Here we are with another election looming in Wyandotte County. I have to try pretty hard not to be cynical and just laugh when I think about elections in WyCo. The tired but true definition of insanity comes to mind. Voters continue to elect the same kinds…
