Ok has a US patent 5,771,518 ( Total Precast Bridge manufactured in a Factory , erected in days) being delayed March 1 2005 to 1 March 2012 at OK Department of Okla, which, if allowed to be included in a US DOT GRANT for Testing, we believe, these ( Tested Total Precast Bridges manufactured in a Factory , erected in days ) with Carbon Fiber material would COST approx $56.00 per sq foot, vs the new I- 40 and 5,000 OK bridges COST Approx $98.00 per sq foot over next Gov Fallin's 8 year Plan

For far too long, Kansans have not been able to organize and really obtain living wages. Rules need to be changed ( no more of this fantasy RIGHT-TO-WORK state nonsense when there are no jobs and not enough being paid.) Practices in the state need to expand wealth, savings, jobs and investment in future and present needs--health care, environment, alternative energy, education, social services.

Tell your senator and representative to let you vote on casino-type gambling in KY. The thoroughbred industry in KY is suffering because our state government will not allow casino-type gambing at our racetracks. This is an issue that the residents of this state should be able to decide on the ballot!

Starting in June 2011 the motor vehicle administration has begun the practice of state tax collection. It is rediculious to pair the renewal of your drivers or license plates withdeliquent taxes. Thereby turning the MVA into an aggressive debt collection agency funded by our tax dollars. Furthermore there are NO known explinations of this law or any exemptions, which should be available to the public and both the comptrollers office and the MVA direct you to the other agency when you have questions.

Petrolium pruducts leave our shores through duty free ports at allarming rates!We need to end our dependence on forign unstable areas! We MUST eliminate our National Debt!

Allow all local governments to move away from property taxes to sales and income taxes as a fairer tax structure. Taxing perceived wealth is old an antiquated tax structure. Its time local governments tax structure are updated to the 21st century. HB 2230 will allow every county in Pennsylvania to have a referendum question for a 1% county sales tax to reduce school district millage rates. It will also allow every local government entity, from county to school district to levy their own Earned Income Tax (EIT) or Personal Income Tax (PIT) to provide a minimum 30% reduction in their property tax millage rates to complete elimination. If a local government decides to do reduce property tax millage rates, then their rates are frozen at the level and they can raise their income tax rates based on inflation. For school districts, they will be locked into Act 1 of Special Session of 2001. This is a comprehensive approach to ending the property tax system and moving local governments to a fair and transparent taxing system. No tax should have the ability to make you homelsess!

The proposed reduction of state income tax sounds great but once one reads the details it is not going to benefit any retirees which includes state, federal and military personnel. There is going to be lost revenue due to reduced tax rates and in order to recoup that revenue all "loopholes" in the form of all credits, deductions, and exclusions on personal income tax returns will be eliminated. Presently, most retirees have no state tax liability for retirement benefits and federal taxable social security income. The result of this legislation will cause immediate taxation of all retirement income for all retirees effective 1 Jan 2013.

Raising the minimum wage for servers and bartenders from $3.63 an hour to that of the regular minimum wage.

Kentucky Senators voted down a bill which would enable their constituents to decide whether or not gambling casinos would be allowed within the Commonwealth.

The Mifflin County School Board is proposing to subcontract the school district's 40 custodians. They want to allow a private-for profit corporation to take over the work. This would mean tax dollars leaving the county, and current employees being fired. The for-profit company will make money by hiring workers at lower wages and lower benefits. In the end, subcontracting often ends up costing districts more money in the end.

Taxing seniors who can least afford a tax increase and who are already in the retirement pipeline making ends meet with a fixed income is unconscionable. This decision should have been taken to voters instead of being decided by legislators intent on giving wealthy business owners an 86% tax cut.

Governor Brownback's plan to change the State Income Tax code would decrease the tax rate on taxpayers earning more than $30,000 from 6.45% to 4.9% (1.55% decrease), while lowering the rate on those earning less than $30,000 from 3.5% to 3% (0.5% decrease). Furthermore, Brownback would pay for the tax cuts by eliminating 23 deductions from the state tax code, including the Adoption Credit, the Child Day Care Assistance Credit and the Earned Income Credit. In addition, he would eliminate itemized deductions including the Home Mortgage Deduction, which would adversely affect middle class homeowners. Under Brownback’s plan, taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes of $25,000 or less would actually see an effective increase in their state income taxes. Brownback is continuing an increased sales tax rate of 6.3% (from 5.7%) that would attempt to prevent revenue shortfalls. However, the sales tax and local property taxes, which will necessarily increase to fund services such as public schools, are far more regressive taxes than income taxes, and thus will also be paid by low and middle income Kansans.