Feb 6, 2026 | BOCC, Elections, JoCo Budget, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Dear Hunt Family’s Chiefs, Fools are we To give to thee Gold that is ours To quench thy desires Of padding thy bottom line? How can it be One set of rules for thee Yet another for folks like me? No other could dare to ask For...
Jan 27, 2026 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Well, Saturday, January 24, 2026 will live in history as THE DAY when the vast sea of RINOs in our Republican Party were OUTED. Our Republican leadership has made Democrat Governor Laura Kelly’s DAY by refusing to bring a...
Jan 21, 2026 | Elections, JoCo Budget, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara The Chiefs’ Star Bond rocket train continues speeding down the tracks without any of the normal public meetings required by the Kansas Open Meetings Act. WHY??? I kept hearing that the representatives and senators on the Legislative...
Jan 13, 2026 | Elections, JoCo Budget, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara I was not going to write another column about the Chiefs’ Star Bond fiasco, but…the continuing bad news for projects backed by tax incentives in the KC area has compelled me to once again dig into the enormous tax giveaway for the...
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...