Lobbying & Campaign Contributions – Should a State-Regulated Monopoly be Allowed to Financially Influence State Campaigns
by Jennifer Williams As Evergy is continuing to request increases in rates, is the public aware of how their current budget is being spent? Do they know that the Evergy CEO was compensated over $6.8 MILLION in 2022, Board of Director salaries averaged over $333,000, and stockholders received over $534 MILLION in total dividends paid?… Read more
Evergy Executives are Raking in Millions of Dollars, While the People are Struggling to Keep the Lights On
by Jennifer Williams This is part 3 of a 5 part series on key issues creating ethical concerns on the government-allowed utility monopoly. As Evergy is continuing to request increases in rates, is the public aware of how their current budget is being spent? Do they know that the Evergy CEO was compensated over $6.8… Read more
Kansas Restricts ESG Investments For Public Investments – While Allowing Evergy to Reward Executives for Implementing ESG Policies
by Jennifer Williams This is part 2 of a 5 part series on key issues creating ethical concerns on the government-allowed utility monopoly. As Evergy is continuing to request increases in rates, is the public aware of how their current budget is being spent? Do they know that the Evergy CEO was compensated over $6.8… Read more
Evergy Pays $534 Million in Dividends While Requesting a $218 Million Rate Increase
by Jennifer Williams In this hyper-inflationary economy, caused by a multitude of issues, the People are being inundated with the erosion of the value of the dollar, causing an unbearable increase in the cost of living for necessary expenses – like food, housing, supplies, fuel, and now taxes and utilities. As government municipalities and public… Read more
Underfunding to Defunding the Johnson County Sheriff
Printed in the Johnson County GazetteShared with Permission by Charlotte O’Hara It began with our Sheriff’s Office being UNDERFUNDED for years by the JoCo Board of County Commissioners which severely handicapped recruitment and retention of Sheriff deputies. Finally, in September of last year, the BOCC relented and increased the Sheriff’s budget to staunch the hemorrhaging… Read more
The Battle in Prairie Village
By Will Hoerl On Monday night Aug 7, 2023, the Prairie Village city council held its regularly scheduled council meeting. The room was crowded with citizens, there to observe and to speak on the ongoing debate about proposed ‘zoning’ changes, and to hear the current status on citizen petitions. Prairie Village has three active citizen… Read more
