U.S. Senator Jerry Moran

released the following statement in response to President Obama’s interview with a Wichita-based television station about ending tax breaks for corporate jets:

“The President continues talking out of both sides of his mouth. His obsession with the so-called ‘corporate jet loop hole’ stands in direct contrast with his supposed desire to help the aviation industry and create jobs. Ending the accelerated depreciation schedule for general aviation aircraft will send hundreds if not thousands of hardworking Kansans straight to the unemployment lines. The President says his political gimmick isn’t about cutting jobs, but that will be the result.

“This rhetoric from the President is misguided and dangerous. According to the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation, the revenues raised by the President’s proposal over the next 10 years will not even cover what the federal government borrows in one day. The five-year depreciation schedule for general aviation aircraft has been law for nearly a quarter century, and was created not for the benefit of the aircraft purchaser, but for the 1.2 million Americans who make a living building and servicing these planes. Accelerated depreciation for aircraft helps spur manufacturing sales and creates jobs. I’m disappointed the President would rather continue his endless campaign to score political points with sound bites like the ‘corporate jet loophole’ than work toward a real solution to solve our nation’s fiscal challenges.”

The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that the non-biological mother of children in a same-sex relationship can have the same parental rights as the biological mother.

Friday’s ruling involved two Johnson County women, Kelly Goudschaal and Marci Frazier, who separated after they become parents of two children. After the separation, Goudschaal moved with the children to Texas and limited Frazier’s visitations.

Frazier sought to enforce a parenting agreement each had signed. A Johnson County judge found that joint custody was “in the best interests of the children” and granted Frazier “reasonable parenting time.”

Goudschaal appealed, arguing that the parenting agreement was unenforceable.

The high court, however, said not enforcing the parenting agreement would deny the children the opportunity to have two parents..

 Series Episode #3      Johnny Cash

Live at London – 1981

A 21-year old woman remains in police custody this weekend on suspicion of aggravated child endangerment and abuse. The Wichita Eagle reports that the parents brought the 3-month-old boy to a Wichita emergency room. An X-ray showed the child had a skull fracture. The injury was reportedly not life threatening. He was admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit. Police also arrested he boy’s father.