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Kicking off his 105-county gubernatorial election tour, GOP candidate and U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback introduced his “Road Map for Kansas” on Monday.
As part of that, Brownback also said that, if elected, he would freeze state spending in an effort to help the state’s economy and schools.
His opponent, Democrat state Sen. Tom Holland responded by criticizing Brownback for his lack of specifics.
Brownback’s “Road Map” included increasing net personal income, private sector employment, the percentage of high school students ready for college and reading levels of elementary school students. He also said that he wants to decrease the percentage of Kansas children living at or below the poverty level.
“These five points will have the greatest influence on growing the economy, reforming state government, enhancing the impact of our children’s educational experience, and ultimately protecting the well-being of Kansas families,” Brownback said during a speech at his campaign headquarters in Topeka.
He also said that he would create a citizen’s board to review state regulations and establish an office to determine what existing state laws and regulations should be repealed. In addition, he also would look at revamping how Kansas Supreme Court Justices are selected.
One key point to his announcement, Brownback said that he would freeze the spending of state tax dollars. He said that there was no timeline as to how long the freeze would last, but that it was more management with the recent increase in the state’s sales tax from 5.3 percent to 6.3 percent.
“Certainly these first actions taken will constitute only a start on the road of progress we will need to travel as a state,” said Brownback. “The challenges that we face in Kansas-and indeed in America-are not only very significant, they are of a depth and duration we have not seen for some time. Meeting those challenges will take effort, intensity, and purpose.”
Brownback announced his plans as part of his 32-city tour of the state that begins on Wednesday. Holland campaign manager Dana Houle said that Brownback’s proposals “raised red flags” because of the lack of detail.
“Sam Brownback’s plan is to hope Kansans won’t notice he’s not giving any details, won’t answer any questions and can’t justify his Washington record of voting for billions in bailouts, billions in debt and billions in earmarks for special interests,” Houle said.
Last week, Holland challenged Brownback to 10 debates across the state and Brownback’s campaign said they have agreed on one, on Sept. 11 at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.
Kicking off his 105-county gubernatorial election tour, GOP candidate and U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback introduced his “Road Map for Kansas” on Monday.
As part of that, Brownback also said that, if elected, he would freeze state spending in an effort to help the state’s economy and schools.
His opponent, Democrat state Sen. Tom Holland responded by criticizing Brownback for his lack of specifics.
Brownback’s “Road Map” included increasing net personal income, private sector employment, the percentage of high school students ready for college and reading levels of elementary school students. He also said that he wants to decrease the percentage of Kansas children living at or below the poverty level.
“These five points will have the greatest influence on growing the economy, reforming state government, enhancing the impact of our children’s educational experience, and ultimately protecting the well-being of Kansas families,” Brownback said during a speech at his campaign headquarters in Topeka.
He also said that he would create a citizen’s board to review state regulations and establish an office to determine what existing state laws and regulations should be repealed. In addition, he also would look at revamping how Kansas Supreme Court Justices are selected.
One key point to his announcement, Brownback said that he would freeze the spending of state tax dollars. He said that there was no timeline as to how long the freeze would last, but that it was more management with the recent increase in the state’s sales tax from 5.3 percent to 6.3 percent.
“Certainly these first actions taken will constitute only a start on the road of progress we will need to travel as a state,” said Brownback. “The challenges that we face in Kansas-and indeed in America-are not only very significant, they are of a depth and duration we have not seen for some time. Meeting those challenges will take effort, intensity, and purpose.”
Brownback announced his plans as part of his 32-city tour of the state that begins on Wednesday. Holland campaign manager Dana Houle said that Brownback’s proposals “raised red flags” because of the lack of detail.
“Sam Brownback’s plan is to hope Kansans won’t notice he’s not giving any details, won’t answer any questions and can’t justify his Washington record of voting for billions in bailouts, billions in debt and billions in earmarks for special interests,” Houle said.
Last week, Holland challenged Brownback to 10 debates across the state and Brownback’s campaign said they have agreed on one, on Sept. 11 at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.
