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Related: About this forumBrownback's privatization moved tax workers from secured building; one just got shot at new office
Gov. Sam Brownback's privatization moved tax workers out of a secured building; one just got shot at the new office:
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Privatization moved state workers to unsecured office where shooting occurred
BY DION LEFLER
dlefler@wichitaeagle.com
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 6:38 PM
Workers at the Wichita tax office where an employee was shot Tuesday were moved out of a secured state office building into an unsecured storefront about three years ago, as part of Gov. Sam Brownbacks program of privatizing office space.
A state senator and the head of the state employee union said they think Tuesdays shooting probably would have been avoided had the Department of Revenue tax office still been housed in the now-vacant Finney State Office Building downtown instead of a strip mall at 21st and Amidon.
Im mad about this shooting, said Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau, D-Wichita. I think this is ridiculous that were allowing guns on college campuses but were requiring them and other city buildings to have metal detectors, but then we privatize and were allowing just an open house (at the Department of Revenue office). Its a madhouse.
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Dion Lefler: 316-268-6527, @DionKansas
BY DION LEFLER
dlefler@wichitaeagle.com
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 6:38 PM
Workers at the Wichita tax office where an employee was shot Tuesday were moved out of a secured state office building into an unsecured storefront about three years ago, as part of Gov. Sam Brownbacks program of privatizing office space.
A state senator and the head of the state employee union said they think Tuesdays shooting probably would have been avoided had the Department of Revenue tax office still been housed in the now-vacant Finney State Office Building downtown instead of a strip mall at 21st and Amidon.
Im mad about this shooting, said Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau, D-Wichita. I think this is ridiculous that were allowing guns on college campuses but were requiring them and other city buildings to have metal detectors, but then we privatize and were allowing just an open house (at the Department of Revenue office). Its a madhouse.
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Dion Lefler: 316-268-6527, @DionKansas
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Brownback's privatization moved tax workers from secured building; one just got shot at new office (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2017
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Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)1. "Privatizing office space"?
How much richer do Sam's rich friends really need to be?
These guys cannot stop robbing us.
Might be cheaper to just give Sam a big bag of money.
unc70
(6,330 posts)2. Now-vacant state office building
So how does leasing privately owned office space save money when the state owned building is left vacant?
rhiannon55
(2,719 posts)3. When I moved to Kansas
Seventeen years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that this red state had a Democrat-Kathleen Sebelius-as governor. Then Brownback took over and is trying very hard to destroy us.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)4. just like Wisconsin and Walker the Weasel