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The County Commissioners failed in their quest to present in March a special election ballot item to renew a Public Safety Sales Tax which expires in March of ‘27. I was at today’s meeting…

Recently, the Johnson County commissioner chair made public comments (via Johnson County Post interview) in asking for voter support for another term. There were several bold and, in some cases, challengeable claims made. My thoughts on several subjective claims: ‘Some of the decisions and…vision that’s gonna be required in the next four years will have 40 years of impact’. Note the impact of the past 3 years has been quite negative on taxpayer finances. To think this may con

I’ve been busy as usual over the past couple weeks, attending county Republican meetings, city chamber coffees, Olathe Old Settlers, and...

Perhaps you’ve attended or watched online your local hearing. A concern I’m commonly seeing ties to fixed incomes and the challenges of...

I’m estimating +/- 150 dissatisfied (to say the least) taxpayers at tonight’s meeting at Olathe Conference center. Main comments from...

Occasionally, JoCo government sends out a survey meant to represent the whole of the county residents. As with any survey, questions are...

Registered Voters: 463,556 Democratic Party Registration: 147,307 Libertarian Party Registration: 5,502 No Labels Kansas Party...

The public hearing for the proposed $1.9 billion ‘26 budget for Johnson County is 6:00 8/20/25 at the Olathe Conference Center (Embassy...

Johnson County property tax revenues have increased 33% from ‘20 - ‘25 The Johnson County budget rose 44% in the same period This is an...