(Syndicated to Kansas newspapers May 26, 2014)
If there is a simple key to wooing voters in Kansas this campaign season, it’s coming up with a memorable, catchy phrase that even voters who don’t parse candidate qualifications will remember when they enter the voting booth.
That key phrase might just have been hatched last week when Libertarian Party gubernatorial nominee Keen Umbehr, of Alma, filed his campaign papers and paid his filing fee.
The phrase? It’s based on the state income tax bill that Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law two years ago—the massive state income tax cuts that are part of his program to bring prosperity and jobs to the state.