Our Email on the Kansas budget from the Kansans for State and Local Reform PAC.
Position of Kansans for State and Local Reform PAC:
Legislators should vote “no” on any budget that increases the state spending (SGF) by more than 3% over last year’s budget.
Why 3%: That number equals the rate of inflation plus population growth.
Right now in Topeka, Legislators are making final changes to the state budget.
The following position is approved by the Advisory Board for the Kansans for State and Local Reform PAC: We ask that Kansas Legislators vote “no” on any state budget law that increases State General Fund (SGF) spending by more than 3% from last year’s budget.
If you add the rate of inflation to the state’s population growth, it equals roughly a 3% total growth.
Position statements require the support of at least the majority of our advisory board, which currently includes Rep. Mike Kiegerl, Michele Lockwood, Sen. Kay O’Connor, and Joel Yourdon.
Background: The budgets proposed by Governor Sam Brownback and the Kansas Senate increase state spending by around 6-7% over last year’s numbers. At present time, it looks likely that the House will support similar, large spending increases in state spending. This is despite the fact that a majority of the House — not just the majority of Republicans, but a majority of the entire 125-member body — are considered to be conservative.
Neil Stevens
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Daniel Horowitz
Jake Walker
