Public schools and universities have made Kansas great. I owe much of my professional success to the outstanding education I received in our public schools and universities. We owe an obligation to provide the same opportunities to our children and future generations.

In recent mailings, the Kansas Republican Party has been deceiving voters and misrepresenting news reports. My position has always been the idea of removing dollars from higher education to support elementary education is absurd. The wealthiest Kansans should not be getting tax exemptions at the expense of our public schools, nor should the burden of paying for them be shifted to property and sales taxes.

In our own city and community, we build the finest airplanes in the world. WSU’s National Institute for Aviation Research produces the finest aeronautical engineers in the world and conducts cutting-edge research allowing our aircraft manufacturing technology to lead the worldwide industry.

Employers know that good schools are vital to providing quality employees. As we seek to turn around our state economy we must not forget the importance of investing in education.

– State Representative John Carmichael