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    What's the big secret Kansas?

    ‘One of the most secretive, dark states’: What is Kansas trying to hide?

    Kansas runs one of the most secretive state governments in the nation, and its secrecy permeates nearly every aspect of service, The Star found in a months-long investigation.

    From the governor’s office to state agencies, from police departments to business relationships to health care, on the floors of the House and Senate, a veil has descended over the years and through administrations on both sides of the political aisle.
    Votes are not recorded in the legislature, just tallied. Spokespeople get fired for answering questions. Police departments hide evidence.

    ▪ Children known to the state’s Department for Children and Families suffer horrific abuse, while the agency cloaks its involvement with their cases, even shredding notes after meetings where children’s deaths are discussed, according to a former high-ranking DCF official. One grieving father told The Star he was pressured to sign a “gag order” days after his son was killed that would prevent him from discussing DCF’s role in the case. Even lawmakers trying to fix the troubled system say they cannot trust information coming from agency officials.

    ▪ In the past decade, more than 90 percent of the laws passed by the Kansas Legislature have come from anonymous authors. Kansans often had no way of knowing who was pushing which legislation and why, and the topics have included abortion, concealed weapons and school funding. Kansas is one of only a few states that allow the practice.

    ▪ When Kansas police shoot and kill someone, law enforcement agencies often escape scrutiny because they are allowed to provide scant details to the public. The release of body-cam video has become common practice around the country after several high-profile, police-involved shootings. But in Kansas, a new state law is one of the most restrictive in the nation, allowing agencies to shelve footage that could shed more light on controversial cases.
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    I believe Kansas also the highest rate of roadside civil forfeitures. Hell, they'll even take your debit cards if you have over $50 dollars on it. They have a portable card scanner and dump your money into their account.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stjames1_53 View Post
    I believe Kansas also the highest rate of roadside civil forfeitures. Hell, they'll even take your debit cards if you have over $50 dollars on it. They have a portable card scanner and dump your money into their account.
    Wasn't aware of the debit card thing but yes, they will take your money and pretty much anything else they want and then never even charge you with a crime.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    Wasn't aware of the debit card thing but yes, they will take your money and pretty much anything else they want and then never even charge you with a crime.
    they tried to get a credit card reader to figure out how to get money from your savings/checking account.
    Lesson: Don't go t Kansas............e.v.e.r.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stjames1_53 View Post
    they tried to get a credit card reader to figure out how to get money from your savings/checking account.
    Lesson: Don't go t Kansas............e.v.e.r.
    This is one of the retest of the red states.
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    Kansas is a republican run state and republicans are fascist in their attitude and workings of the state. The state exists for them and the citizens are to follow. And lots of people there are happy with this situation as it means control, Americans claim to be freedom loving people but the proof is in the pudding. They vote their fears and biases.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    This is one of the retest of the red states.
    I do not subscribe to red or blue when it comes to abuse by cops
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    Someone else who doesn't know what fascism is.

    Quote Originally Posted by midcan5 View Post
    Kansas is a republican run state and republicans are fascist in their attitude and workings of the state. The state exists for them and the citizens are to follow. And lots of people there are happy with this situation as it means control, Americans claim to be freedom loving people but the proof is in the pudding. They vote their fears and biases.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    Wasn't aware of the debit card thing but yes, they will take your money and pretty much anything else they want and then never even charge you with a crime.
    That's got to be challenged before other states catch on. Funny how drug dealers go through casset forfiture but senators buy the best defense in town

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