May 19, 2026 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Public Safety, Safety, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Ah, the politics of the clergy avoiding and evading strong words from the pulpit on issues and or candidates on the ballot!! That is unless the clergy is left of center, the further left, the more vocal and bold!! This conundrum for...
May 13, 2026 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Public Safety, Safety, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Well, this is quite the kerfuffle within the Republican world, Senate President Ty Masterson and Philip Sarnecki (two of my opponents in the governor’s race), have taken maximum contributions from “gas station heroin” kratom kingdom...
May 5, 2026 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Taxes, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara The Great Property Tax Shift is here!!! The bar graph above shows in 1989 that 47% of Johnson County ‘s total property tax revenue came from residential real estate. Today that number is at least 70%. Yes, the great shift has arrived...
Apr 28, 2026 | Elections, JoCo Budget, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Public Safety, Safety, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Education: Local, Local, Local and the Cabal of Tax Incentive Funded Candidates Whew, what a week!! I drove nearly 1,000 miles going to Abilene, Salina, Ellis, Scott City, Garden City, Dodge City, Ellinwood, Hutchinson, Andover and...
Apr 21, 2026 | Elections, JoCo Budget, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Republican Leadership Loves Illegals-SB 254 Where are You? Skullduggery and sabotage are the only words to describe and answer the question: SB 254, WHERE ARE YOU?? This legislation would have prohibited state funds (our tax dollars)...
Apr 16, 2026 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Good morning!! Another week on the campaign trail, what a privilege it is to have to go out and visit with Kansans of all walks of life. Saturday morning, nice and early (8:00 a.m.) I had the honor of addressing the Jefferson County...