Mar 10, 2026 | Elections, JoCo Budget, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Here are the average percent increases in 6 counties across Kansas. Note, Johnson County has by far the most information on real estate values. Johnson County: residential – +6.38%, apartments – +11.66%, office – minus...
Mar 3, 2026 | Elections, JoCo Budget, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Property Taxes, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara Good morning!! Spring is coming, pansies are beginning to be planted (2 hanging baskets and 4 pots at my house), the grass is greening (I got my fertilizer and pre-emergent spread before the rain!!), AND the dreaded annual...
Feb 24, 2026 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara I have been communicating with you, some for years and some for months, and it came to me that I have never introduced myself. So as a pro-life follow up on last weeks “When Did You Begin” poem and my long overdue introduction,...
Feb 17, 2026 | Elections, Kansas Issues, Public Safety, Safety, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara When was the moment Your life had dignity Value, worth? At first breath? At 3 years? Or 3 days? You were alive In your mother’s womb, So value, dignity was yours At nine months, 4 months Or 1 day? Count back One second at a time You...
Feb 11, 2026 | JoCo Budget, JoCo Spending, Kansas Issues, Taxes, Transparency, Voting
By: Charlotte O’Hara The Day After, Well, on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026, the ENTIRE Olathe City Council demonstrated that they were totally in the tank for the Chiefs’ Star Bond Steal, with their vote of 7–0, paying unanimous homage to the great gods of...
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...
