Conservative Republicans in Kansas "Starve the Beast"

And the experiment is not going well. 


Kansas Faces Additional Revenue Shortfalls After Tax Cuts. (The New York Times, 10/22/2014)

Kansas' "reputable" adherents.
Kansas’ wide miss was probably a result of wading into uncharted territory with its tax reforms. In addition to cutting income tax rates, Kansas made itself the only state with a general personal-income tax that exempts “pass-through income” from tax.

Business entities like S-corporations and limited liability companies are not taxed at the corporate level; instead, their income is passed through to their owners, who then pay personal income tax on the profits in most states — but not Kansas.

The permanent revenue loss reported by the Times may give the Democratic challenger Paul Davis the momentum he needs in the final days of the campaign to defeat incumbent Republican Governor Sam Brownback.



Public Library Circulation and Circulation per Capita: Delaware (1990-2011)




Source:  Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries in the United States Survey (1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2011)

For more information
Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA): Delaware. 

Delaware's state library agency is in the "Department of State" category.  (IMLS)




Related posts:  State, % circulation increase 1990-2011.
Alabama, 28.1%.  (10/18/2014) 
Alaska, 48.3%.  (10/19/2014)
Arizona, 139%.  (10/20/2014)
Arkansas, 70.1%.  (10/21/2014)
California, 66.9%.  (10/22/2014)
Colorado, 205%.  (10/23/2014)
Connecticut, 46.3%.  (10/24/2014)

Sauk County: Public Library Circulation and Program Attendance, 1996-2013


2010 population:  61,976

Public libraries in Sauk County




          % change (1996-2013)
          • Circulation:  70.9%
          • Program attendance:  195%

                Line graphs data sourceWisconsin Public Library Service Data

                Related posts: (with 1996-2013 % changes)

                Adams County.  (9/1/2014)
                • Circulation:  320%
                • Program attendance:  132%
                Ashland County (9/2/2014)
                • Circulation:  13.5%
                • Program attendance:  116%
                Barron County  (9/3/2014)
                • Circulation:  32.1%
                • Program attendance:   237%
                Bayfield County (9/4/2014)
                • Circulation:  127%
                • Program attendance:   (7.2%)
                Brown County (9/5/2014)
                • Circulation:  35.2%
                • Program attendance:   (22.3%)
                Buffalo County (9/6/2014)
                • Circulation:  1.9%
                • Program attendance:  812%
                Burnett County (9/7/2014)
                • Circulation:  104%
                • Program attendance  466%
                Calumet County (9/8/2014)
                • Circulation: (32.7%)
                • Program attendance  20.0%
                Chippewa County (9/9/2014)
                • Circulation: 24.6%
                • Program attendance  28.8%
                Clark County (9/10/2014)
                • Circulation: 21.6%
                • Program attendance  86.5%
                Columbia County (9/11/2014)
                • Circulation: 40.5%
                • Program attendance  84.2%
                Crawford  County (9/12/2014)
                • Circulation: 58.1%
                • Program attendance  (28.3%)
                Dane County (9/13/2014)
                • Circulation: 83.0%
                • Program attendance  246%
                Dodge County (9/14/2014)
                • Circulation: 53.9%
                • Program attendance  186%
                Door County (9/15/2014)
                • Circulation: 23.2%
                • Program attendance  (7.1%)
                Douglas County (9/16/2014)
                • Circulation: 81.1%
                • Program attendance:  33.9% 
                Dunn County (9/17/2014)
                • Circulation: 14.2%
                • Program attendance:  178% 
                Eau Claire County (9/18/2014)
                • Circulation: 23.7%
                • Program attendance:  86.6% 
                Florence County (9/19/2014)
                • Circulation: 251%
                • Program attendance:  195% 
                Fond du Lac County (9/20/2014)
                • Circulation: 24.2%
                • Program attendance:  72.6% 
                Forest County (9/21/2014)
                • Circulation: 68.4%
                • Program attendance:  261% 
                Grant County (9/22/2014)
                • Circulation: 44.3%
                • Program attendance:  87.9%
                Green County (9/23/2014)
                • Circulation:  14.4%
                • Program attendance:  111% 
                Green Lake County (9/24/2014)
                • Circulation:  33.8%
                • Program attendance:  125%
                Iowa County (9/25/2014)
                • Circulation:  39.8%
                • Program attendance:  122% 
                Iron County (9/26/2014)
                • Circulation:  5.4%
                • Program attendance:  121% 
                Jackson County (9/27/2014)
                • Circulation:  57.3%
                • Program attendance:  52.3%
                Jefferson County (9/28/2014)
                • Circulation:  19.9%
                • Program attendance:  68.3% 
                Juneau County (9/29/2014)
                • Circulation:  41.9%
                • Program attendance:  166% 
                Kenosha Public Library (9/30/2014)
                • Circulation:  10.7%
                • Program attendance:  62.5% 
                Kewaunee County (10/1/2014)
                • Circulation:  (3.4%)
                • Program attendance:  186% 
                La Crosse County (10/2/2014)
                • Circulation:  54.6%
                • Program attendance:  31.9% 
                Lafayette County (10/3/2014)
                • Circulation:  55.2%
                • Program attendance:  67.0% 
                Langlade County (10/4/2014)
                • Circulation:  13.4%
                • Program attendance:  136% 
                Lincoln County (10/5/2014)
                • Circulation: (22.5%)
                • Program attendance:  (35.3%) 
                Manitowoc County (10/6/2014)
                • Circulation: (11.6%)
                • Program attendance:  74.5%
                Marathon County (10/7/2014)
                • Circulation:  29.7%
                • Program attendance:  (2.4%)
                Marinette County (10/8/2014)
                • Circulation: (14.3%)
                • Program attendance:  (5.8%)
                Marquette County (10/9/2014)
                • Circulation: 78.6%
                • Program attendance:  17.2%
                Menominee County (10/10/2014)
                Milwaukee County (10/11/2014)
                • Circulation:  3.6%
                • Program attendance:  28.4%  
                Monroe County (10/12/2013)
                • Circulation:  (28.2%)
                • Program attendance:  19.7%  
                Oconto County (10/13/2014)
                • Circulation:  102%
                • Program attendance:  214%  
                Oneida County (10/14/2014)
                • Circulation:  33.5%
                • Program attendance:  162%  
                Outagamie County (10/15/2014)
                • Circulation:  50.8%
                • Program attendance:  79.6%  
                Ozaukee County (10/16/2014)
                • Circulation:  20.7%
                • Program attendance:  157%  
                Pepin County (10/17/2014)
                • Circulation:  (4.0%)
                • Program attendance:  346%  
                Pierce County (10/18/2014)
                • Circulation:  80.6%
                • Program attendance:  91.5%  
                Polk County (10/19/2014)
                • Circulation:  10.3%
                • Program attendance:  221%  
                Portage County (10/20/2014)
                • Circulation:  5.4%
                • Program attendance:  63.4%  
                Price County (10/21/2014)
                • Circulation:  8.9%
                • Program attendance:  83.0%  
                Racine County (10/22/2014)
                • Circulation:  18.4%
                • Program attendance:  65.1%  
                Richland County (10/23/2014)
                • Circulation:  22.9%
                • Program attendance:  (74.4%)  
                Rock County (10/24/2014)
                • Circulation:  18.6%
                • Program attendance:  167%

                  Friday, October 24, 2014

                  When "no more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks" was chanted at the beginning of the school year at UNC



                  U.N.C. Investigation Reveals Athletes Took Fake Classes. (The New York Times, 10/24/2014)

                  The article shares this example from September 2008.
                  Academic counselor for the women’s basketball team  Jan Boxill sends department administrator Deborah Crowder a paper to be graded. 

                  Ms. Crowder responds via email:  “Did you say a D will do?  I’m only asking because 1, no sources, 2, it has absolutely nothing to do with the assignments for that class and 3. it seems to me to be a recycled paper.”

                  Ms. Boxill replies:   “Yes, a D will be fine; that’s all she needs."

                  Irony of ironies.

                  The Times article notes that Jan Boxill is currently the director of the university's Parr Center for Ethics.  She is not, however, currently listed on the staff webpage.

                  Meet Interim Director Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, who, if the Parr Center's mission statement is any indication, will be a busy man for awhile.



                  Last month Boxill was named the 2015 Warren Fraleigh distinguished scholar by the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport.   As far as I can tell, there's been no official word yet on whether this honor has been rescinded, but if you find Jan Boxill's name anywhere on the IAPS website, please let me know.

                  The Daily Tarheel describes the campus shock. 

                  I can only assume that all the books about Democratic Presidents were checked out


                  Woman charged for torching books at Tacoma library.  (king5.com, 10/21/2014)

                  According to this curious report, the person responsible is "no stranger to library workers".
                  Most of the books damaged were in the American History section and consisted of biographies of George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon. 

                  Library workers don't believe the motive was political.

                  Major Retailers Adjust Their Business Model



                  Target thinks outside the (big) box. (Fortune, 10/24/2014)

                  Thinking smaller.
                  “U.S. consumers are moving back to cities. We have to make sure we have a footprint in that environment,” Target CEO Brian Cornell told Fortune. “If we have an opportunity and we find the right footprint and the right format, we’re going to follow the consumer.” Cornell took the reins in August, replacing Target veteran Gregg Steinhafel.

                  Unlike its supercenters, Walmart's smaller stores have contributed significantly to the company's bottom line.

                  Related post:
                  Supercenter Meijer plans to expand into southeastern Wisconsin. (8/31/2014)

                  Wisconsin Counties: Population 65 and Older

                  Counties that are significantly above the state average of 14.8%.


                  Mapped.


                  The 18 counties that are below the state average of 14.8%.

                  Mapped.




                  SourceUnited States Census Bureau.  State and County QuickFacts.

                  Public Library Circulation and Circulation per Capita: Connecticut (1990-2011)



                  Source:  Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries in the United States Survey (1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2011)

                  For more information
                  Connecticut State Library.  Statistics for Connecticut Libraries, An Introduction.
                  Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA): Connecticut.

                  Connecticut's state library agency is in the "Board of Commission" category.  (IMLS)




                  Related posts:  State, % circulation increase 1990-2011.
                  Alabama, 28.1%.  (10/18/2014) 
                  Alaska, 48.3%.  (10/19/2014)
                  Arizona, 139%.  (10/20/2014)
                  Arkansas, 70.1%.  (10/21/2014)
                  California, 66.9%.  (10/22/2014)
                  Colorado, 205%.  (10/23/2014)

                  Rock County: Public Library Circulation and Program Attendance, 1996-2013


                  2010 population:  160,331

                  Public libraries in Rock County



                          % change (1996-2013)
                          • Circulation:  18.6%
                          • Program attendance:  167%

                                Line graphs data sourceWisconsin Public Library Service Data

                                Related posts: (with 1996-2013 % changes)

                                Adams County.  (9/1/2014)
                                • Circulation:  320%
                                • Program attendance:  132%
                                Ashland County (9/2/2014)
                                • Circulation:  13.5%
                                • Program attendance:  116%
                                Barron County  (9/3/2014)
                                • Circulation:  32.1%
                                • Program attendance:   237%
                                Bayfield County (9/4/2014)
                                • Circulation:  127%
                                • Program attendance:   (7.2%)
                                Brown County (9/5/2014)
                                • Circulation:  35.2%
                                • Program attendance:   (22.3%)
                                Buffalo County (9/6/2014)
                                • Circulation:  1.9%
                                • Program attendance:  812%
                                Burnett County (9/7/2014)
                                • Circulation:  104%
                                • Program attendance  466%
                                Calumet County (9/8/2014)
                                • Circulation: (32.7%)
                                • Program attendance  20.0%
                                Chippewa County (9/9/2014)
                                • Circulation: 24.6%
                                • Program attendance  28.8%
                                Clark County (9/10/2014)
                                • Circulation: 21.6%
                                • Program attendance  86.5%
                                Columbia County (9/11/2014)
                                • Circulation: 40.5%
                                • Program attendance  84.2%
                                Crawford  County (9/12/2014)
                                • Circulation: 58.1%
                                • Program attendance  (28.3%)
                                Dane County (9/13/2014)
                                • Circulation: 83.0%
                                • Program attendance  246%
                                Dodge County (9/14/2014)
                                • Circulation: 53.9%
                                • Program attendance  186%
                                Door County (9/15/2014)
                                • Circulation: 23.2%
                                • Program attendance  (7.1%)
                                Douglas County (9/16/2014)
                                • Circulation: 81.1%
                                • Program attendance:  33.9% 
                                Dunn County (9/17/2014)
                                • Circulation: 14.2%
                                • Program attendance:  178% 
                                Eau Claire County (9/18/2014)
                                • Circulation: 23.7%
                                • Program attendance:  86.6% 
                                Florence County (9/19/2014)
                                • Circulation: 251%
                                • Program attendance:  195% 
                                Fond du Lac County (9/20/2014)
                                • Circulation: 24.2%
                                • Program attendance:  72.6% 
                                Forest County (9/21/2014)
                                • Circulation: 68.4%
                                • Program attendance:  261% 
                                Grant County (9/22/2014)
                                • Circulation: 44.3%
                                • Program attendance:  87.9%
                                Green County (9/23/2014)
                                • Circulation:  14.4%
                                • Program attendance:  111% 
                                Green Lake County (9/24/2014)
                                • Circulation:  33.8%
                                • Program attendance:  125%
                                Iowa County (9/25/2014)
                                • Circulation:  39.8%
                                • Program attendance:  122% 
                                Iron County (9/26/2014)
                                • Circulation:  5.4%
                                • Program attendance:  121% 
                                Jackson County (9/27/2014)
                                • Circulation:  57.3%
                                • Program attendance:  52.3%
                                Jefferson County (9/28/2014)
                                • Circulation:  19.9%
                                • Program attendance:  68.3% 
                                Juneau County (9/29/2014)
                                • Circulation:  41.9%
                                • Program attendance:  166% 
                                Kenosha Public Library (9/30/2014)
                                • Circulation:  10.7%
                                • Program attendance:  62.5% 
                                Kewaunee County (10/1/2014)
                                • Circulation:  (3.4%)
                                • Program attendance:  186% 
                                La Crosse County (10/2/2014)
                                • Circulation:  54.6%
                                • Program attendance:  31.9% 
                                Lafayette County (10/3/2014)
                                • Circulation:  55.2%
                                • Program attendance:  67.0% 
                                Langlade County (10/4/2014)
                                • Circulation:  13.4%
                                • Program attendance:  136% 
                                Lincoln County (10/5/2014)
                                • Circulation: (22.5%)
                                • Program attendance:  (35.3%) 
                                Manitowoc County (10/6/2014)
                                • Circulation: (11.6%)
                                • Program attendance:  74.5%
                                Marathon County (10/7/2014)
                                • Circulation:  29.7%
                                • Program attendance:  (2.4%)
                                Marinette County (10/8/2014)
                                • Circulation: (14.3%)
                                • Program attendance:  (5.8%)
                                Marquette County (10/9/2014)
                                • Circulation: 78.6%
                                • Program attendance:  17.2%
                                Menominee County (10/10/2014)
                                Milwaukee County (10/11/2014)
                                • Circulation:  3.6%
                                • Program attendance:  28.4%  
                                Monroe County (10/12/2013)
                                • Circulation:  (28.2%)
                                • Program attendance:  19.7%  
                                Oconto County (10/13/2014)
                                • Circulation:  102%
                                • Program attendance:  214%  
                                Oneida County (10/14/2014)
                                • Circulation:  33.5%
                                • Program attendance:  162%  
                                Outagamie County (10/15/2014)
                                • Circulation:  50.8%
                                • Program attendance:  79.6%  
                                Ozaukee County (10/16/2014)
                                • Circulation:  20.7%
                                • Program attendance:  157%  
                                Pepin County (10/17/2014)
                                • Circulation:  (4.0%)
                                • Program attendance:  346%  
                                Pierce County (10/18/2014)
                                • Circulation:  80.6%
                                • Program attendance:  91.5%  
                                Polk County (10/19/2014)
                                • Circulation:  10.3%
                                • Program attendance:  221%  
                                Portage County (10/20/2014)
                                • Circulation:  5.4%
                                • Program attendance:  63.4%  
                                Price County (10/21/2014)
                                • Circulation:  8.9%
                                • Program attendance:  83.0%  
                                Racine County (10/22/2014)
                                • Circulation:  18.4%
                                • Program attendance:  65.1%  
                                Richland County (10/23/2014)
                                • Circulation:  22.9%
                                • Program attendance:  (74.4%) 

                                  Robin Vos's Road to Yesteryear

                                  Jobs, Benefits Fraud Top Assembly GOP Agenda For Next Year. (WUWM, 10/22/2014)

                                  Wherein you'll find this quote from Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.


                                  No Picket Fence:  Younger Adults Are Opting to Rent.  (The New York Times, 10/22/2014)




                                  What do all 3 have in common?
                                  All locations were selected because of their proximity to public transit. 

                                  And it's not just a Northeastern Corridor kinda thing.

                                   

                                  Green Bay Alder Chris Wery's Top Skill on LinkedIn is "Public Relations"

                                  See for yourself.


                                  Green Bay alderman apologizes to Muslim for terrorism query. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/22/2014)

                                  A wayward approach to constituent services.
                                  In his response Wery agreed to check into the bus service question, but asked Mohammad about her involvement in starting a Muslim Student Association group at UW-Green Bay, according to the newspaper. 

                                  "I just want to be assured that your group in no way promotes or defends militant Islamic ideology," Wery wrote, asking if Mohammad and the association condemn "terrorist groups such as Hamas," the Press Gazette reported.

                                  Wisconsin Fall Election Preview: Assembly District 74

                                  Open seat.   Current representative Janet Bewley (D-Ashland) is running in the 25th Senate District.


                                  Beth Meyers, Democratic candidate

                                  Jamey Francis, Republican candidate


                                  74th Assembly District.  The district includes all of Bayfield, Ashland, Iron, and Price counties and portions of Douglas, Sawyer, and Vilas counties.





                                  Libraries in the 74th Assembly District

                                  Public libraries
                                  Bayfield Carnegie Library
                                  Drummond Public Library
                                  Evelyn Goldberg Briggs Memorial Library, Iron River
                                  Forest Lodge Library, Cable
                                  Hurley Public Library
                                  Legion Memorial Library, Mellen
                                  Madeline Island Public Library
                                  Mercer Public Library
                                  Ogema Public Library
                                  Park Falls Public Library
                                  Phillips Public Library
                                  Vaughn Public Library, Ashland
                                  Washburn Public Library

                                  Academic library
                                  Dexter Library, Northland College Ashland

                                  Related posts and notes:

                                  1st Senate District  (9/6/2014)

                                  2nd Senate District.  7-term Republican Rob Cowles (Green Bay) is not up for re-election this year.   Cowles also served in the Assembly from 1982 to 1987.

                                  3rd Senate District:  3-term Democrat Tim Carpenter (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.

                                  4th Senate District.  Three-term Democrat Lena Taylor (Milwaukee) is not up for re-election this year.

                                  5th Senate District (9/8/2014)

                                  6th Senate District.  Freshman Democrat Nikiya Harris Dodd (Milwaukee) is not up for re-election this year.
                                  • 16th Assembly District.  11-term Democrat Leon Young (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.
                                  • 17th Assembly District (sorry, somehow got lost in the shuffle; need to re-do)
                                  • 18th Assembly District.  Freshman Democrat Evan Goyke (Milwaukee) is running unopposed.

                                  7th Senate District.  (9/9/2014)

                                  8th Senate District.  6-term Republican Alberta Darling (River Hills) is not up for re-election this year.   Darling also served 2 1/2 years in the Assembly (May 1990-January 1993)

                                  9th Senate District.  (9/15/2014)

                                  10th Senate District.  4-term Republican Sheila Harsdorf (River Falls) is not up for re-election this year.  Harsdorf also served 12 years in the Assembly (1989-2001)

                                  11th Senate District.  (9/22/2014)

                                  12th Senate District.  First-term Republican Tom Tiffany (Town  of Little Rice) is not up for re-election this year.  (Tiffany also served in the Assembly for 2 years -- 2011-2013.)

                                  13th Senate District.  (9/23/2014)

                                  14th Senate District.  3-term Republican Luther Olsen (Ripon) is not up for re-election this year.  (Olsen also served 10 years in the Assembly, first elected in 1994.)

                                  15th Senate District.  (9/29/2014) 

                                  16th Senate District.  3-term Democrat Mark Miller (Monona) is not up for re-election this year.  (Miller also served 6 years in the Assembly -- 1999-2005.) 
                                    
                                  17th Senate District.  (10/3/2014)

                                  18th Senate District.   Freshman Republican Rick Gudex (Fond du Lac) is not up for re-election this year.

                                   19th Senate District.  (10/8/2014)

                                  20th Senate District.  2-term Republican Glenn Grothman (West Bend) is not up for re-election this year.  Grothman is, however, running for the open seat in Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District.
                                  • 58th Assembly District.  Republican candidate Bob Gannon (Slinger) is running unopposed to replace Pat Strochota (R-West Bend).
                                  • 59th Assembly District.  Republican candidate Jesse Kremer (Kewaskum) is running unopposed to replace Dan LeMahieu (R-Cascade).
                                  • 60th Assembly District.  Republican candidate Robert Brooks (Saukville) is running unopposed to replace Duey Stroebel (R-Cedarburg), who unsuccessful ran for Wisconsin 6th Congressional District. 

                                  21st Senate District(10/14/2014)

                                  22nd Senate District.  5-term Democrat Bob Wirch (Kenosha) is not up for re-election this year.  (Wirch also served 4 years in the Assembly.)

                                  23rd Senate District.  (10/15/2014) 

                                  24th Senate District.  3-term Democrat Julie Lassa (Stevens Point) is not up for re-election this year.  (Lassa also served 5 years in the Assembly.)
                                  25th Senate District.  (10/22/2014)