After an election cycle in which virtually every legislative leader in Topeka admitted that property taxes was “the” issue, The Kansas Legislature’s response was much like Marie Antoinette’s response to starving peasants during the French Revolution “let them eat cake.” No systemic ...
How Do I Love Mowing? Let Me Count the Ways. I’m not just ripping off an Elizabeth Barrett Browning sonnet; I actually mean it. And if you don’t already enjoy it, I think you would if you understood all the benefits it has to offer. There aren’t many things that sound better to me than ...
Kansas Farm Bureau is fully engaged in the process of developing policy for members’ consideration at our annual meeting in December. The Resolutions Committee has received your ideas from issue surfacing and we have started developing proposals for the full delegation to consider. We all ...
In about two weeks or so it will be Election Day. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I cannot wait for it to be over. I will not say another word about the campaigns because my mother told me, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” However, I do want to ...
Sometimes, life is heavy. A couple of months ago, I was in the throes of motherhood, having a newborn baby as well as three other little ones. Trying to balance my career, household duties, being a mother and a wife and helping on the farm after my maternity leave quickly became overwhelming. ...
Despite living my entire life in Kansas, I’ve never fully acclimated to the blasts of polar weather we occasionally receive. I’m fully prepared for cabin fever to set in these next few days as another round of bone-chilling cold sweeps across the landscape. Thankfully for wheat and other ...
With the start of the 2024 Kansas legislative session, no issue is more important than resolving the tax burden currently imposed on the citizens of the state. There will be many ideas proposed, some good, some not so good. However, when the session concludes there must be a fair and ...
Since becoming a County Commissioner in 2019, I have never seen an issue that has galvanized the citizens to act like the issue of exploding valuations of property.The valuation changes lead to dramatic increases in property taxes leveled against residents. Solving the property valuation issue ...
New Orleans ? Anxiety consumed me this past week in an Airbnb in New Orleans.It was about time to depart for the NCAA National Championship game between Kansas and North Carolina at Caesar’s Superdome and I couldn’t find my yellow sunglasses.Yes, it’s been more than 20 years since I ...
Every year on March 1, property tax valuation notices arrive in the mailboxes of Leavenworth County residents.The recent exponential growth of property values in the county has sent residents into shock from the increase in the value of their property which is based upon comparable sales, and ...
