Monday, October 22, 2007

Tiahrt has big bucks on his side

As The Wichita Eagle, Oct. 21, points out, Rep. Todd Tiahrt is raining in the bucks to burry his opponent in the next election.
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Tiahrt has big bucks on his side
“Rep. Todd Tiahrt’s nearly $1 million in campaign cas1 will make him difficult for state Sen. Donald Betts, D-Wichita, to beat next year. But so will the millions in “earmark” dollars Tiahrt expertly delivers to his state, in part because of his seat on the House Appropriations Committee. New congressional rules make it easier to link earmarks to lawmakers. And according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, Tiahrt has 48 projects worth $56 million (including $44.5 million for defense) earmarked in spending bills this year, far more than Sens. Sam Brownback ($48 million) and Pat Roberts ($27 million) and Reps. Nancy Boyda ($26 million), Dennis Moore ($8 million) and Jerry Moran ($6 million).”Posted by Rhonda Holman

Defence and projects we never needed as the anti-flood plan he paid for to help out developers who built homes in the Cowskin Creak flood plain, then sold them to unsuspecting dupes.

He’s all for killing people in Iraq but hasn’t put a dime into The SCHIP bill for helping children with out medical care.



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Monday, October 15, 2007

Tiahrt’s Churches are still under investigation

One of Rep. Todd Tiahrt’s main constituents of support are various fundementalist churches in the Wichita area. Lukily some are under attack by the IRS for missusing their tax excempt status for political purposes. One example is in a Wichita Eagle article about Mark Holick, pastor of Spirit One Christian Center,, Oct. 13, 2007:
The IRS contacted Spirit One in May and questioned Holick about his involvement in distributing voter guides and messages on the church's marquee critical of some candidates and their stances on abortion.
Under the federal tax code, churches and nonprofit groups are prohibited from certain political campaign activities, including endorsing candidates and contributing money during active elections. Groups that violate the ban risk losing their nonprofit status.
The IRS does not comment on specific cases. Holick said the investigation is ongoing.
He said the city case and the IRS case were examples of government overstepping its boundaries in the areas of religion and free speech.


Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Tiahrt tried to defend the indefencible

Once again Rep. Todd Tiahrt has written a letter to the editors of The Wichita Eagle denouncing their criticism of his “Tiahrt Amendment” to prevent guns used in a crime to be traced to the dealers. (Editorials wrong on Tiahrt amendment, The Wichita Eagle, Sept. 30, the Opinion page.)
He sited A website by the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that used information obtained from what he called “aggregate data.”
He blasted not just The Eagle, but newspapers nation wide that have had editorials against his pro-gun-criminal bill. Once again, he can only come up with one source to back up claims that are simply indefensible.
The editorials of other newspapers have plenty of evidence that this policy is bad, but Tiahrt feels he only needs one argument to overcome the many that have been lodge against him.