Call the governor’s office 785-296-3232 and tell him that “Kansans’ top priorities are education, public service and safety net programs, and not tax cuts for the wealthy.” Please also call Les Donovan’s office, chair of the senate tax committee 785-296-7385 and give him the same message.
URGENT: You must contact your House representative within the next 72 hours before they end the session in May and go home until January 2013. Important decisions about schools and taxes are being made in the coming week. Politicians need to hear from you, your neighbors, and your family THIS WEEKEND while they are at home.
Tell you representative you do not want school classroom size to increase and you are sick and tired high property taxes and continued talks of tax cuts for the wealthy. Tell it straight to your representative. You want your money to go to schools–right back into your community. You want to protect the jobs that are ALREADY in your hometown, and not give a tax break to some corporation that MIGHT come to Kansas someday.
For your House Rep’s home phone number click here: http://openkansas.org/index.php
Read the attached article prepared by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a nonpartisan group informing the public on tax policy througout the nation. ITEP has prepared this analysis to capture the Kansas Senate and House Plans. http://www.itepnet.org/pdf/KSWrongRoad.pdf
If you missed the rally, or you were there and missed the moment when Tobias Schlingensiepen addressed the crowd, click here to hear his true and inspiring words: Kansans United in Voice & Spirit: Tobias Schlingensiepen
Thank you to everyone (more than 800 Kansans from across the state!) who came out today for Kansans Count: We Demand Democracy and for all those who joined us in spirit. Visit our facebook page, Kansans United in Voice & Spirit, to see the articles covering the days’ event. You can view the facebook entries without being a member of facebook. Just click the facebook section in the right column on our main web page.
The Kansas Legislature passed and Governor Brownback signed a new voting law last year. The first part of that law – requiring all voters to present a specific type of photo identification at the polls – took effect on January 1, 2012. The law’s “proof of citizenship” takes effect on January 1, 2013, but the Legislature is now entertaining legislation to move that requirement forward so that it would apply to 2012’s main primaries and to the November general election.
Many citizens and advocacy groups including the ACLU are concerned about the adverse effects of the new Kansas voter ID law. There is deep concern among many that it has the serious potential to disenfranchise a significant number of otherwise eligible voters, with a disproportionate impact on the poor, individuals with lower education levels, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.
To learn more, click here: Kansas Photo ID Flier
The ACLU has expressed concern about the
We encourage you to read The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger. In this book, you will find an analysis of the 50 United States as well as many countries and how they fair in relation to inequality. For example, you will see where Kansas (as of 2008) is in relation to other states for health and social problems as well as education. Take special note in the graphs of where Texas is in relation to Kansas as it is the governor’s intention for Kansas to mirror Texas. For an example of graphs to be found in the book, click here: Social Impact of Inequality – Spirit Level
For more information, click here: Kansans Count FEB 15th KANSANS COUNT Save the Date
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) has prepared an analysis of the governor’s tax proposal. The shocking news is that the poorest 20% of Kansans will pay an average increase of $209 per year, while the middle 20% of Kansans will see an average increase of $146 per year. Even more shocking, however, is an increase of $76 million will be paid by Kansans who itemize on their federal income tax return because of the loss in not being able to deduct state income tax on their federal returns. To see how the governor’s plan effects you, read more here: KS updated TAX analysis 11812
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