Author: Dave Trabert
Overland Park city council won’t be honest with citizens
Last night’s Overland Park revenue neutral hearing showed why Kansans support the new Truth in Taxation law. Taxpayers are fed…
Stand Up Blue Valley stands for mediocrity and bureaucracy
Stand Up Blue Valley likes to portray its leaders as “concerned parents” but their actions show they exist to support…
Olathe proposes 9% property tax hike despite $97 million in reserve
The Olathe proposed 2022 budget includes $97 million remaining in reserves in funds that receive property tax, a 9% increase…
Some local officials won’t be honest about property tax
Local officials not being honest about property tax was the impetus for the new Truth in Taxation Act, and some…
Blue Valley asks students to declare preferred pronouns
Under the guise of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), teachers in Blue Valley are asking students to declare their preferred…
JoCo school boards request political ‘cover’ from commissioners
“Legal department had not made final review,” wrote Johnson County Commission Chair Ed Eilert , explaining why the school district…
Go to RNR hearings and demand lower property tax
There will be a lot of RNR hearings coming in the next four weeks where local officials will try to…
Truth in Taxation is already saving millions in property tax
Now that local officials have to be honest about the entire property tax increase they impose on residents and businesses,…
Overland Park wastes $800,000 on mini-roundabouts
The late Milton Friedman could have been thinking about the City of Overland Park when he said, “when a man…
Miami County doesn’t track COVID data; KDHE hides it
The Miami County Health Department issues COVID recommendations to school districts, but they apparently do so without any knowledge of…
Shawnee Mission requires masks for elementary kids
Elementary students and staff in Shawnee Mission schools are required to wear masks this fall but masks are just “highly…
1619 Project, critical race theory in Wichita schools
Red, White, and Black – Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers is, according to its publisher, “corrective to…
More disclosure of SMSD’s Deep Equity / CRT indoctrination
A Sentinel report earlier this month on Shawnee Mission spending $400,000 on Deep Equity / critical race theory indoctrination drew…
Critical race theory indoctrination at USD 501 Topeka
A retired teacher from USD 501 Topeka says the tenets of critical race theory were pushed on teachers by district…
USD 420 Osage City and Osage County may reduce property taxes
If Osage City School Board President Jay Bailey can convince a few other board members, the district may slightly decrease…
Kathleen Sebelius: no freedom for the unvaccinated
Former Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius thinks people who choose not to get the COVID vaccine should be prevented from going…
Survey: public school satisfaction lower than expected
Satisfaction with public schools in some of the state’s largest districts was lower than might be expected pre-COVID, and their…
KSDE denial of critical race theory is just another fairy tale
The rapidly growing backlash against critical race theory yesterday prompted the Kansas Department of Education (KSDE) to deny that CRT…
Shawnee Mission spent $400k on Deep Equity/CRT training
The Shawnee Mission school district says it doesn’t use critical race theory, but a Sentinel investigation found that the district…
Wichita State prof: keep kids in underperforming schools
The folksy saying that goes ‘Don’t spit on my boots and try to tell me it’s raining’ means ‘don’t try…
Another false spending claim from Stand Up Blue Valley
A Facebook post falsely claiming that operating spending per student was $9,098 in the 2020 school year is the latest…
Finney County sales tax isn’t providing property tax relief
The ¼ cent sales tax that was pitched to Finney County voters isn’t living up to its promised “property tax…
Critical race theory is #1 priority of National Education Association
The #1 priority of the National Education Association – the nation’s largest teacher union – is indoctrinating students with critical…
Kansas lost jobs in April and May, media is silent
You wouldn’t know it from mainstream media, but the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Kansas…