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 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...
May 27, 2025 | JoCo Budget, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Taxes, Transparency
By: Charlotte O’Hara This is part two of the saga of Johnson County’s 1/4 cent Public Safety Sales Tax IV, which will be on our November ballot. A little background for your consideration. Currently we have three 1/4 cent Public Safety Sales Tax...
May 27, 2025 | JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Taxes, Transparency
By: Charlotte O’Hara On May 8, 2025 the BOCC voted 6-1 (thank goodness for Commissioner Ashcraft’s common sense no vote) to place on the November 8, 2025 ballot the question: to renew or not to renew the Public Safety 1/4 cent sales tax for an additional...
May 6, 2025 | Kansas Issues, Safety, Taxes, Transparency
By: Charlotte O’Hara Ok, it’s time to STOP the insanity and demand equal protection under the law! What a quaint idea. The most egregious affront to equal protection is corporate welfare through tax incentives/subsidies.These incentives/subsidies are...
