Bryan Mouber for House District 28

𝗜𝗻 𝗞𝗦 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟴, 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗩 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿. Mouber grew up in the Shawnee Mission School District, earned his degree at Georgetown University, interned for Senator Bob Dole in Washington, D.C., and got his law degree from UMKC. He and his family have lived in Blue Valley for 18 years.

𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗦 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 to fix what’s happening in Topeka. He values Blue Valley public schools and sends his two children there. From Mouber’s website: “Fully funding Kansas state obligations for special education and gifted programs to 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘴, fund our high quality public school education, and invest in our children’s education.  All of this is what makes our neighborhoods special and great places to live and the reason we have strong and stable property values.”

The MAGA Republican incumbent in HD 28 is not running again; Mouber’s Republican opponent is vineyard manager Alex Bergman. HD 28 voters have, as of this date, received 𝟴 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿 - 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 (which has unfortunately shifted to hardline MAGA over the past 10 years). NINE mailers to 10K households - that’s at least $90,000 they’ve spent - and early voting is still 2 weeks away! 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗳𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁? Certainly something. While their mailers attempt to paint Bergman as “independent-minded,” their aggressive backing of him makes us question that.

While Bryan Mouber clearly states fully funding public schools is his top priority, the mailers for Bergman use roundabout phrasing like the MAGA supermajority has been doing for years. “Focus on priorities like Education...” (does that mean public schools?) “Keep K-12 Schools Our State’s Top Budget Priority” (does that mean fully fund them?) “Focus Spending on Core Priorities Like Outstanding Schools...” (Yes, public schools are already a “focus” of spending.)

We’ve been especially interested to see the use of the word “Stand” in some of these Republican mailers in HD 28. We’ve noticed catch-phrases like, “stand strong for full funding of education.” To be clear: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗦 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. That’s why we’re in this mess in the first place! And no, Stand Up Blue Valley does NOT endorse the Republican candidate in HD 28. We are ONLY endorsing Bryan Mouber!

Listening to the Johnson County Post candidate forum from Sept. 22, voters can see that Bryan Mouber has put a lot of thought into the issues. He has a good understanding of meaningful property tax solutions. 

MAGA Republican candidates have focused on “lowering property taxes” this election - but remember: 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙆𝙨𝙇𝙚𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 15 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨! 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣’𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙭𝙚𝙨??? 

Mouber explains how favors given to commercial and agriculture special interests have skewed the property tax base toward homeowners paying more than their share. (Link in comments with timestamp.) Instead, Republican state legislators want to limit LOCAL governments’ ability to levy taxes, thereby limiting what LOCALLY-elected governments can spend with LOCAL oversight.

In the Post forum Bryan Mouber comes right out and says, “I do not support school vouchers under any circumstances.” 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, and used the voucher-supporter phrase “stuck in a failing system.” We think a candidate should be able to state unequivocally that vouchers are wrong for Kansas public schools. (In his reply, Bergman also says he was disappointed that BV had to cut the Latin program - causing us to do a double-take - 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘈 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘴!)

While Mouber demonstrates an understanding of how property tax freezes are a gimmick, Bergman puts “Fix the property tax mess” at the top of his priorities. Problem is - the Masterson-led Republican supermajority (including the former HD 28 Rep) has had 15 years to do this - why haven't they done it? 

As Mouber says in the Post forum: 𝗜𝗳 𝗞𝘀𝗟𝗲𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗗, 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 (𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝘅𝗲𝘀) 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆-𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀. The Republican supermajority has had the solution all along, but has refused to do it. Why would they do it now? Bergman supports a cap on LOCAL property tax increases - but should the STATE dictate that to local communities?

Mouber has earned a Gun Sense Candidate distinction from Moms Demand Action; see all of his endorsements and read his positions on his website, link in comments. His opponent does not list any endorsements on his website as of this writing. His opponent did not return our candidate questionnaire.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝘼𝙂𝘼 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙎 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚, so much so they’ll be sinking well over 100K in this race at the rate they’re going. HD 28 voters have seen the damage to our kids’ Blue Valley Schools as the funding shortfall widens. 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗩 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀.

https://www.mouberforkansas.com/ 

Watch the JoCo Post Sept. 22 forum:

https://www.facebook.com/johnsoncountypost/videos/1396243742040674 

Property tax question starts at 13:00

Voucher discussion: 34:10