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...
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 18, 2025 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Public Safety, Transparency
By: Charlotte O’Hara This is a cautionary tale about our nation’s current goldrush of chasing profits in AI and bitcoin. This story centers on the Dereck Ranes family who lives near Xenia, Kansas, pronounced Zenie. It is a tiny spot in the road on 65...
Oct 29, 2025 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Public Safety, Safety, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Dear Friends, I do not even know where to begin. Am I still in Kansas? Surely this must have happened in California. Nope, on October 2nd, Wichita hosted a full-blown globalist love-a-thon, proudly sponsored by EVERGY, Wichita State...
