A Day in Kingman County

This week I had the chance to sit down with folks in Kingman County and talk through the five pillars this campaign is built on, and what they actually mean for the people who keep this part of Kansas running.

What I heard was familiar, because it’s what I hear across the state. Our seniors are getting squeezed by rising property taxes. Our smaller farmers are getting squeezed by the cost of borrowing. The Treasurer’s office can do something about both.

For our seniors, that means a property tax deferral option so no one is forced out of a home they’ve already paid for, and a real push to return the unclaimed property the state is sitting on — money that already belongs to Kansans.

For our farmers, especially the smaller operations working on thin margins, that means putting state deposits to work through our own community banks and credit unions, so the cost of a loan in Kingman County comes down. That’s Main Street Capital, and it doesn’t take a single new tax to do it.