Aug 5, 2025 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara For years, I have sounded the alarm on tax incentives decimating Kansas’ tax base. More recently in 2022 I fought the ill-advised Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion (APEX) bill which gave Panasonic $829 million in state tax...
Jul 29, 2025 | Elections, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Well, the Johnson County Commission — led by Chairman Mike Kelly (an attorney) — got a serious slap down from Attorney General Kris Kobach on Tuesday, July 22. The AG’s office issued a legal opinion declaring that the 1/4 cent public...
Jul 22, 2025 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Public Safety, Safety, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara First, let me be clear: I’m not a doctor. I’m simply reporting on the politics surrounding the human use of Ivermectin. What’s unfolding is a fascinating and high-stakes battle between the FDA and Big Pharma on one side, and doctors...
Jul 15, 2025 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Public Safety, Safety, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Writing my column last week on the spectacular success of the B-2 bombing of Iran originating from Whiteman Airforce Base just 60 miles east of the Kansas Missouri border, I remembered that for years Chinook helicopters, based at New...
Jul 8, 2025 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Public Safety, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara I know that I am tardy in addressing this phenomenal tactical success. I was in Spain when the bombing run on Iran took place, and when I returned, Tim McCabe shared this cartoon honoring the event. I told him that this Tuesday, we...
Jul 1, 2025 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Returning from my 10-day pilgrimage in Portugal and Spain, refreshed and ready to go, I hit the campaign trail early Saturday, 10 hours after arriving at KCI late Friday evening. I spoke at two events Saturday: the first in Hutchinson...
