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Sunset

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test 3

Winter

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test 2

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test 1

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See the USA in a Chevrolet

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See the USA in a Chevrolet, I can still hear Dinah Shore singing that jingle, I can’t remember the rest of the words but that part sticks. I heard it again recently as part of a recognition of the 100th anniversary of Chevrolet. Dinah’s song was the anthem of America’s love affair with the automobile. [...] [...]

CORPORATIONS BEHIND CUTS TO EDUCATION

DISTRICT 49

Last year the legislature passed a temporary 1% sales tax to fund education and balance the budget. While no one likes taxes, but we accepted it because it was for education, and it included a sunset clause that automatically phased out the tax. The problem is that now it has been proposed that the tax be [...] [...]

Thank You Kansas City Star

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“Democratic challenger Keith Mace of Olathe, a former Internet technologies manager, looks more committed to Kansas schools than incumbent Republican Scott Schwab. Schwab, also of Olathe, opposed the 1-cent sales tax increase, even though rejection would have led to devastating cuts for local schools.” Kansas City Star, October 18th, 2010 http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/17/2322400/pragmatic-lawmakers-should-represent.html#ixzz12lg50S3a [...]

GOP Leadership disappoints

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GOP Leadership disappoints Bob Sigman Sun Publications 26 May 2010 One of the more contentious sessions of the Kansas Legislature in recent memory is, thankfully, behind us. But the odor of the infighting – mainly over an urgently needed tax increase for education and other key services – is likely to drift into this year’s legislative election. Certainly it [...] [...]

Save Our Schools

Yet the GOP House leaders from Johnson County supported more cuts in education, even after onerous reductions of more than $1 billion in the current budget. [...]

Why am I running?

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I am running because I am concerned about the future of Kansas.   I worry that: Public Education is under attack from the right. Job creation needs to be accelerated, to restart the economy. Dangerous ideas from the radical right are frightening. Olathe Schools are among the best in the country. I moved to Olathe for the schools and [...] [...]