August 3, 2010 will be Primary Election day in Kansas. We Republicans are having a very dirty, nasty campaign among the men for the Senate seat that Sam Brownback is vacating and for the House seat that Todd Tiahrt is vacating. In my humble opinion, even though these men are Republicans, they are not worthy of serving in either capacity. However, I will have to vote for someone very soon. I know who I am not voting for. All of the above.
For the House seat, neither of the two men vying for it have any experience, not to mention the very large amount of money they are spending on commercials slapping each other around. I don't think I want anyone like that representing me. There is, however, one person that is experienced and has a good record, plus a good reputation. I am going to vote for Jean Schodorf for the House seat. I watched her while I was living in Sedgwick County as she served in one capacity after another. She has always given her best to whatever she was doing. I truly think she will be the best choice to represent us in Washington.
As for the Senate seat, I am going to wait and see who else is on the ballot. Neither of the well-known candidates are getting my vote.
I would like to ask you fellow Republicans to help me restore sanity to Washington by voting for Jean Schodorf.
go with the libertarians. Locally they have 22 candidates running. You get limited govt, and you get increased personal freedom, lower taxes and with limited govt, you get balanced budgets along with cuts in spending.
Have no use for a republocrat or a demolican. different sides of the same coin.
quite frankly if they have held a office before, their tainted goods. No use in putting them into the position unless their virgins.
I was having a discussion about this very thing yesterday Wilma. And Jean Schdorf would be my choice also were I a republican. She has spent her life serving the people in one capacity or another, starting with the schools. Quite frankly I am surprised about the amount of mud being slung in this a primary election. I guess we shall see.
Have you had a chance to read Rudy's editorial in this week's Prairie Star? Seems he has discovered the same thing about two of our Republican candidates for the senate seat from Kansas that I have. They are more interested in throwing mudballs than they are in what the people in Kansas need.
There is another candidate for this office. In fact, there are two other Republican candidates for this seat. Tom Little of Mound City and Robert Londerholm of Overland Park. I don't know much about either of these men except that I haven't heard them trying to drag the other candidates down to their level. One of them is going to get my vote. I don't know which one yet.
I am so disgusted with the campaigns that Tiarht and Moran are conducting, I think it is time for both of them to get out of Washington. I dislike the idea that this type of person is representing us and the State of Kansas. I hope you all will think long and hard about who you want representing you in Washington.
Oh Wilma, I am SO with you on this one! I have voted for Tiahrt for years and I've really been taking a long hard look at him lately and I'm really not liking what I see. Neither Moran or Tiahrt will get this households' vote either! Wink Hartman and Mike Pompeo's ads are getting pretty bad too. All of these attack ads are just a little too ridiculous to me!
The time has come for the voters to be heard. Let your vote say how you feel about the way things are being run. Don't send anyone BACK to Washington.
This applies to everyone in the USA. If you don't like what is happening, now is the time to change it.
Quote from today's Opinion Line in the Wichita Eagle:
Quote: "You know it's primary season in Kansas when Republicans take a break from lying about President Obama and start lying about one another."
Part of this is so true. I am totally ashamed of what two of the Republicans that are running for Tiarhdt's seat are doing. I have never seen such nastiness in campaigning. Do you really want someone like these two men representing you in Washington? Furthermore, a Republican is pretty likely to win the general election, so whoever wins the primary will be going to Washington. Think about it a long time before you decide to send either one on those two pompous ____s to represent you.
VOTE FOR JEAN SCHODORF or any of the other non-leading candidates. And to others outside this voting area, now is your chance to help clean up Washington. We don't have to wait for a presidential election. A good start can happen now.
This is just my opinion. Remember there are some things worse than Obama.
I'd vote for her if I was already living there. I met her briefly at the parade in Howard on Saturday. Immediately liked her and was impressed that she was walking the route on such a hot day, in a blue suit and heels, handing out her own material.
Quote from: Wilma on July 23, 2010, 01:10:09 PM
Quote from today's Opinion Line in the Wichita Eagle:
Quote: "You know it's primary season in Kansas when Republicans take a break from lying about President Obama and start lying about one another."
Thats just golden. Good luck to the outsider, and anyone who can bring real change to the government
I just had a very good conversation with Jim Anderson who is also running for Congress in the 4th District and am very impressed with him. He seems to be very sincere and genuinely concerned about us "little" people, not just the people of Wichita. He is a candidate "of the people, for the people" and wants to "return to citizen run, limited government". Check him out on You Tube and Facebook or at Anderson4Congress.com.
The Wichita Eagle is now endorsing Jean Schodorf.
Operation Rescue and Kansan's for Truth in Politics declare Jim Anderson is the only candidate that can be trusted in matters of life, liberty, dollars and sense.
Wichita, KS- Both Operation Rescue, and Kansans for Truth in Politics (K-TIP), Wichita's most vocal and passionate pro-life advocates are endorsing local business man, and Constitutional Conservative Jim Anderson for the 4th District Congressional seat being vacated by Todd Tiahrt.
"The choice is clear," said Troy Newman the national President for Operation Rescue, "Jim Anderson has the conviction and courage to stand for life in Washington, DC. And when you can trust a politician with the life of the most vulnerable you can trust him with your tax dollars and liberty.
"Operation Rescue proudly endorses Jim Anderson for Congress," said Troy Newman.
Furthermore, every other candidate for the 4th Congressional District is either paying lip service to the issue of prolife or they outwardly oppose legal protection for every pre-born child.
The winds of change are blowing. The good people of Kansas will not support a pro-establishment, status quo, big-tax, pro-abortion Republican or Democrat. It is time for a real change, and the people's choice is Jim Anderson. We call upon every man and woman of conviction, to join with us in supporting Jim. And for those who shout "pragmatism" or "political viability," or "big tent", we say stand on conviction, stand with Jim Anderson, or be left straddling the barbed-wire fence of compromise.
The Wichita Eage has a long history of supporting liberals so it's no surprise that
the Eagle has endorsed Schodorf. Schodorf would fit well with Obama and the
Congress.
taken from Independence Daily Reporter, July 25, 2010
"...there is one candidate whom I stongly urge you NOT to vote for and that candidate is Jean Schodorf. She is a fine person and the kind that would make anyone a great neighbor, but if we are to stop the "tax and spend" insanity now being foisted upon us by our government...well, then Jean is not the person we should put into the office of Kansas Congressionial District 4. Jean was a senator during all my tenure as State Representative District 12 and her voting record was much more in agreement with the Democrats than with the Republicans. In fact, Kansas Taxpayers Network in 2008 gave her a lifetime score of only 18.4 percent and Americans for Prosperity recently gave her a score of only 25 percent. A score of 75 percent or higher is considered a "Friend of Taxpayers," thus do not be swayed by all the jargon about the charm of electing a "Hometown Candidate." Jean held true to her mores May 6, 2010, when she voted "yea" on Senate Substitute for HB 2360, which increased sales tax from 5.3 percent to 6.3 percent.
WE SIMPLY CANNOT SEND ANYMORE OF THESE KINDS OF LEGISLATORS TO WASHINGTON!"
C. Frank Miller
Independence
Jim Anderson has been endorsed by several well known people and groups.
1. Kansas Republican Party
2. Conservatives of America
3. Dr. Alan Keyes, fmr. Reagan diplomat and presidential candidate
4. Congressman John Linder (R-Ga.)
5. Royce Bounds, fmr. Kansas State Rifle Association PAC chairman
6. Republican Liberty Caucus
7. Independence Caucus
8. Can-Do Conservatives
9. Hope for America Coalition
10. American Independent Party
11. Veterans 4 A Strong America
12. Catholic Families of America
13. Joe The Plumber
14. the Shadow
Is this shadow guy some kind of campaign worker or something? Can we get some facts here, and maybe a public disclosure.
I am NO campaign worker, Anmar. Those are the facts. This is a primary election thread. I am just trying to enlighten voters about their choices for Congress. Jim Anderson is the underdog. He's a great person. Was just tying to get people to look him up and read more about him. We don't need anymore of the same old, same old, status quo, Washington politicians! Are you voting for District 4 Congress in Kansas, Anmar? If so, please give Jim a chance! I am!
Whats great about him vs his competitors. You keep saying he's great. Fine. Are we just supposed to take your word for it? What makes him different than the other candidates. What ideas does he have to help deal with the problems we face. I'm sure you're an honest person, but I'm not going to vote for someone just because you tell me he's great.
I put my comments about the man on here. Now it is up to you, the voter, to educate yourself by reading about him at his website, jimanderson4congress.com or on his facebook page (just look up Jim Anderson). It is up to EVERY voter to educate themselves and NOT take my word as the gospel!
Shadow, I am sure that Mr. Anderson is as fine a person as you say he is. However, I haven't heard much about him and don't know enough about him to choose him over Mrs. Schodorf. Besides, my ballot is already in the clerk's office.
Maybe if you could tell the people that have yet to vote, more about him and what he will try to do, it might help someone who hasn't decided yet. Why not put some of that on here for people like me that hate going from one site to another to figure out what someone is talking about.
The main thing is to vote. Vote for whomever you think will do the best job for us, but VOTE.
Jim Anderson stump speech received enthusiastically
by Bob Weeks on November 30, 2009
in Politics
To an appreciative Saturday evening audience, candidate for the Republican party nomination for United States House of Representatives from the fourth district of Kansas Jim Anderson laid out in detail his political positions and his plans for Congress.
Anderson spoke as part of a series of events featuring Alan Keyes, who spoke after Anderson.
Anderson told the audience that he is "working hard to earn your support to become your representative, not a politician." He said that he is "a man of the people, a Reagan conservative, who possesses the God-given gift of plain old common sense, which is clearly absent in Washington today."
Tracing some of the history of the United States, Anderson expressed his concern that our country is moving towards socialism, a system that he said is "intrinsically bad" and immoral. 2010, he said, is our time to change the direction of the country.
Originally, individuals were empowered, but that has changed. Anderson's conservative platform includes liberty, freedom, free markets, limited taxation through the Fair Tax, limited government with rights retained at the local level by states and citizens, strong national defense, and family values. These are the same values of the founding fathers, he said, and he supports legislation restoring these.
A strong economy is needed, Anderson said. This includes a complete overhaul of the tax system, a return to federal spending discipline, balancing the budget, and reducing the size of government. Entitlements need to be brought under control, and eventually privatized.
Taxes, he said, drive a wedge between those who wish to transact, and therefore reduces economic activity. The cost of complying with our present tax system is huge, too. The progressive income tax system places a large burden on high earners, while 50% don't pay any income taxes.
Anderson said that he will fight to lower taxes, and that tax reform is needed now. He supports the Fair Tax, which would replace the income tax with a consumption tax. He would also eliminate the death or inheritance tax, and taxes on capital gains.
Another tax Anderson said must be defeated is climate change legislation. Man-made global warming is not a foregone conclusion, he said, and the radical left uses global warming to reduce the prosperity of global economic powers. Cap-and-trade would be a huge tax increase that would kill jobs across the country and in our district.
Anderson said that our national debt is a problem, leaving a burden on future generations. The present national debt is $120,000 per family, with the debt forecast to increase over the next decade. "We should not expect future generations to live under a shadow of debt through socialism," he said.
Concerning the federal stimulus efforts, Anderson criticized the high cost of each job saved or created, and the high per-cost of the cash for clunkers program, which has been estimated at as much as $24,000 per car sold, when considering marginal effects.
Anderson said he would oppose new government spending that isn't offset by spending cuts elsewhere, and he would eliminate all earmarks.
The Federal Reserve, Anderson said, has "been running the printing presses at record levels" to enable government overspending, and mask the structural problems in our country. He supports H.R. 1207, which calls for an audit of the Federal Reserve.
Existing entitlement programs are ticking time bombs, Anderson said, and must be made solvent. For those nearing retirement age, he would keep the existing benefits, but for others, the benefits would be gradually reduced.
Anderson said that free markets are the "most efficient mechanism," and can provide the answer to several problem areas. On health care, he said we need to enable consumer choice, enact tort reform, and reject a government-run health care system. The move towards a government-run system is more about "control of every facet of our lives" rather than health. More freedom and markets is the solution to health care, he said.
On education, Anderson said that we spend more money on education than any other nation, but we continue to fall farther behind. He supports less federal and state control over education, and also the voucher system. Competition will improve performance by giving parents a choice. Good teachers have not received the compensation they deserve, and markets will allow good teachers to earn what they deserve. Standards need to be strengthened, too.
On energy issues, Anderson said that renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power are not consistent, and we're going to be relying on hydrocarbons as a source of energy for some time to come. Taxpayers should not continue to subsidize energy sources with no viable economic future. We need to expand our use of coal and nuclear power, and increase our drilling efforts, he said.
It makes no sense to pay farmers not to grow, so agriculture subsidies should be eliminated, Anderson said. Farmers should be able to farm the way they see best.
Progressive liberals, Anderson said, have an agenda to fully transform our society. Their attack on capitalism — capitalism being the source of improvement in our living standards, he said — leads them to criticize those who purchase private airplanes at the expense of local communities like Wichita.
Anderson said he would defend our morality, "which is core to the goodness of our society." Progressives say that conservatives are not compassionate, but conservatives are the ones who care most about real America as did the founding fathers. Conservatives want to "remove the handcuffs of dependence" in exchange for freedom, liberty, and opportunity.
Anderson spoke of his admiration for Ronald Reagan, quoting him saying "We the people, not the government, make this country great."
Our problems, Anderson said, come from drifting away from the constitution, capitalism, and individualism. Quoting Reagan again, he said that "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction."
Although the outlook may be bleak, there have been movements such as the tea parties and town hall meetings, by ordinary men and women, that have sent a message to Washington that "enough is enough, and we will not be fooled again."
The 2010 elections are possibly the most important Congressional elections, he said, as we may not have another opportunity to take back our country. He said it's become too hard to tell the Democrats from the Republicans. Too many Republicans have become more interested in reelection and party loyalty than representing their constituents. Being seen as bi-partisan, he said, is more important to them than upholding the conservative principles that were established by the founding fathers. "I am one of you, not one of them," he said.
Anderson said he would sign the proposed term limits amendment. He said he would hold regular town hall meetings with his constituents.
He said would fight to keep government out of our homes, to protect the sanctity of life and the rights of the unborn, and keep marriage between one man and women.
Analysis
Anderson's conservative message based on free markets, limited government, and Christian conservatism played well to the audience of about 200, being interrupted many times by applause. His grassroots-style campaign, staffed by volunteers in red shirts, should appeal to those who desire a candidate from outside the usual political establishment, although he is not the only candidate in the race from outside that realm.
His criticism of Washington politics and the Republican Party may not earn him the support of the party regulars and establishment, but he seems to have the ability to tap into the frustration expressed by the tea party movement. Republicans in the Kansas fourth district have several conservative candidates to select from. Many have overlapping positions that make it difficult for candidates to distinguish themselves
I don't think i support his ideas on the fair tax, or his opposition to the 17th amendment. He believes that senators should not be elected, but instead appointed by the state legislatures. Its pretty easy to give a speech expousing some basic ideas. Cut taxes, stimulate the economy, follow the constitution. Those are things that just about everyone supports. Lets hear some real discussion about the issues. How is he going to work with the rest of the house to get his ideas through? How does he intend to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Why does he just want to audit the fed and not abolish it?
Shadow, my wife and I both met Jim Anderson and had a short visit with him, we were very impressed with him and felt that if we were able to vote in Kansas he would be our Candidate. He is not a politician, and most of all he is not a lawyer, he is a retired airline pilot. We checked his website and I like his credentials and what he says he stands for. I like your posts and what you have to say.
Thank you frawin for your encouragement.
Anmar, I was reading about you and it says you live in California. When you become a Kansas resident and are ready to vote here, then maybe you can go to debates and find out more about our candidates before you vote. It was suggested I put something on here about Mr. Anderson. I did. You did not like it and had more questions. Ask him. I cannot speak for him.
I own property in Elk, so i too will be represented by whomever is elected. My main interest is to have an actual political discussion, not for someone who doesn't really know much about the issues to use the forum as an advertising medium for their favorite candidate. I prefer to discuss real issues, not slogans.
Thank you, Shadow. Mr. Anderson seems to have a handle on the issues all right. It is going to be a big job to do everything that needs to be done. Our Kansas Reps are going to be new to Washington. We can't expect them to go in and overturn everything that is wrong. They will have to work up to it and hopefully, they will be able to stick by their principles.
Wilma, Jim Anderson stopped at Toots and came in and visited with everyone in there. I think he will make a good Representative for Kansas.
I will just personally be so happy when this is election is over. I am tired of all the mudslinging and pettiness going on in the Tiahrt/Moran race and the Hartman/Pompeo race. We need some new blood in Washington, NOT the same old worn out song and dance!
He's a big improvement over tiahrt, I'll give ya that
It would be good if we had more candidates like Tim Huelskamp in the First (1st) District.
He seems to be headed in the right direction on the issues:
http://www.huelskamp.org/
Pompeo's, Hartman's businesses sought, and got, government benefits
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BY DION LEFLER
The Wichita Eagle
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On the campaign trail, congressional candidates Mike Pompeo and Wink Hartman have called for less government involvement in business.
But both also have received government benefits for their businesses.
Thayer Aerospace and a plating company owned by Thayer applied for and received at least $85,000 in business development support from the Kansas Department of Commerce, while Pompeo was the company's chief executive.
In addition, Pompeo was an investor in and served on the board of a Hutchinson wind-turbine company that benefited from a complex business development transaction involving $1.5 million in public money.
Hartman received a property tax abatement from Park City, worth about $5 million over 10 years, when he built the Hartman arena there last year.
In a response to e-mailed questions, the Pompeo campaign issued a statement saying he did not remember the specific programs, but that they would not have been inconsistent with his actions as an executive or his belief "that government needs to get out of the way of entrepreneurs."
"While these programs helped save jobs in Wichita, in the long term programs such as these are not sustainable. Just look at the national debt," the statement said.
Hartman said the business incentive he received to put the arena in Park City was offered by the city and is consistent with his philosophy opposing government stimulus and favoring a hands-off approach to business.
"I did not receive any money from the taxpayers of Kansas," Hartman said. "I put $18 million of my own money into Park City."
Pompeo's businesses
A week after The Eagle requested documentation on Kansas Department of Commerce assistance to Pompeo's businesses, department spokesman Joe Monaco said KDOC was unable to provide any information.
But the department's 2001 annual report shows that Thayer received a forgivable loan from KDOC through its Kansas Economic Opportunity Initiatives Fund.
The entry in the annual report said the money, $40,000, would be used for "acquisition of new equipment and technology and facility modification"
It projected that Thayer would invest $4.75 million and create 60 new jobs over a five-year period.
In addition, when Thayer bought a company called Air Capitol Plating and replaced its computer software, it acquired a $45,000 grant from the Commerce Department to help pay the cost of retraining employees to use the new system, according to news reports at the time.
The Pompeo statement said that he would have preferred to forgo all incentives and "compete in the free market," but his business had to compete with others who qualified for the government programs.
"His obligation to his employees, their families and shareholders, made his decisions at Thayer the right decisions for that time and position," the statement said.
Pompeo also was an investor and director of Sunflower Wind, a company that moved into factory space in Hutchinson vacated by the Eaton Corp.
To keep Eaton from leaving Hutchinson entirely, the city and Reno County had agreed to pay Eaton $1.5 million. The money was originally intended to help Eaton modernize its remaining plant or demolish its unwanted space, officials said.
Later, the governmental bodies rerouted the money to help Sunflower Wind acquire the building.
"Eaton is now asking that the original agreement be modified so the money paid to Eaton by the city and county would be described as the purchase price of the building," according to 2007 City Council minutes. "The building will be sold by Eaton to Growth Inc. (the economic development arm of the Chamber of Commerce), then to Sunflower Wind."
Sunflower Wind paid $150,000 for the building, plus about $500,000 to $600,000 in improvements, officials said.
The appraised value of the building in 2008 was $1.79 million, based on county records.
"Businesses are only able to compete within the framework provided and unfortunately government has become too much of that framework," Pompeo's statement said.
Hartman's arena
The Hartman Arena was built using industrial revenue bonds approved by Park City.
The main benefit for Hartman was that such financing comes with property tax abatement for 10 years.
Hartman said that is not ideologically inconsistent because his view is that lower taxes spur business development, and the tax abatements for his arena confirm that.
According to records of the Sedgwick County appraiser's office, the arena pays about $530,000 less a year in property taxes than it would if the entire $19 million structure were on the tax roles.
An economic development study forecast that the total tax abatement would equal about $5.1 million over the arena's first 10 years.
So that Park City wouldn't see a reduction in property taxes, Hartman did agree to pay tax on the value of the site before the development of the arena, about $1,150 a year.
He also pays special assessments of $8,946, the county records show.
Hartman said there's a difference between industrial revenue financing and taking direct payment from the government.
He said through increased economic activity and sales tax, the arena is paying back the tax abatements the project received.
In its first nine months of operation last year, the arena generated nearly $1.5 million in economic activity in Park City, including salaries, utilities, supplies and payments for security and parking control, Hartman said.
In addition, the arena generated $135,577 in sales tax paid to the county and state for the nine months, Hartman said.
The arena is projected to generate a larger amount of sales tax for 2010, because that will be a full year of operation and the state raised the sales tax rate by a percentage point mid-year.
The economic study the city used to approve the plan forecast that the project would generate $128 million in total economic benefits to the city, county, state and school district over 10 years, against about $5.6 million in additional cost to government.
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This morning's paper shows that Hartman and Pompei have both dropped in the polls. Jean Schodorf has gained and is in 2nd place now. Pompei still has a small lead, but Hartman has dropped to 3rd. Jim Anderson has also gained. It looks as if the voters are beginning to realize just who is telling the truth and who is just blowing hot air. Maybe that is why it has been so hot here recently.