Kansas State Senator Mike Thompson Stays Losing Whilst Tilting At Windmills

Finally, a classical reference for our discerning blog community . . .

We don't mind playing Sancho Panza in order share our snarky allegory and this report that a former Kansas City weather dude turned low-rent politico is probably wasting his time tilting at windmills or at least their modern day equivalent . . . Check this passage . . .

The bill was introduced by Sen. Mike Thompson, a Shawnee Republican and chairman of the Senate Utilities Committee, who has proposed a number of bills critics say are attempts to stymie renewable energy development dressed as efforts to protect rural Kansas.

In February, Thompson set aside an entire week of committee meetings to hear from skeptics of renewable energy and consider his bills . . .

Despite the interest that some members of the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee expressed in curbing subsidies to industrial wind projects, the committee voted not to advance Thompson’s bill after a quick debate. Thompson did not return a request for comment . . .

Quick hot take . . .

In the midst of a gas crisis, attacking investment in alternative forms of energy isn't a good look an the only people who get REALLY emotional about it are the oil companies. 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas bill targeting property tax breaks for wind farms fails in committee vote - Kansas Reflector

Another in a series of bills criticized as an effort to end development of wind farms in Kansas failed to make it out of committee Thursday. The bill was introduced by Sen. Mike Thompson, a Shawnee Republican and chairman of the Senate Utilities Committee, who has proposed a number of bills critics say are attempts to stymie renewable energy development dressed as efforts to protect rural Kansas.