Jan 5, 2026 | Elections, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Where do I begin?? Ok, I will begin at the beginning of this fairy tale that there will be no cost to the taxpayers to build a Domed Stadium for the Chiefs in the land of Wyandotte and perhaps a Stadium for the Royals in the land...
Jan 5, 2026 | Elections, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Public Safety, Safety, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Well, I might as well just jump into this swamp of alligators!! First from Ensuring a National Policy for Artificial Intelligence Executive Order, December 11, 2025: “My Administration must act with the Congress to ensure that there...
Dec 17, 2025 | BOCC, Elections, Kansas Issues, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara In case you missed it, the controversy on the “renewal” of the Johnson County 1/4 cent sales public safety tax ended on December 9, 2025. Shawnee County District Judge Jay Befort found that the Johnson County BOCC violated state...
Dec 10, 2025 | Elections, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Taxes, Transparency
By: Charlotte O’Hara Thursday evening, before I spoke at the Republican 3rd District Christmas Party, I listened to the stump speeches of Ty Masterson, Scott Schwab and Jeff Colyer. These three are the standard bearers for the status quo. They each touted...
Dec 2, 2025 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Public Safety, Safety, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara I have been thinking about and researching AI, how it is currently and will continue to bend, confuse, obfuscate and manipulate YOU AND ME!! Yes, AI is the data set (Large Language Model or LLM) of programmers’ handy work. Although...
Nov 25, 2025 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Taxes, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Well, my November 20th Facebook post on property tax bills hitting our mailboxes created quite the flurry of comments. BUT first a bit of information. You may pay your property taxes under protest which gives you the right to appeal...