Kansas negotiated with the owner, returning the merchandise under the condition that he auction off the toys and use the money towards paying back the state.
“Brownback is so desperate to fill the massive hole in the state budget caused by his reckless income tax cuts that the state of Kansas is now in the porn business,” state Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley (D) said in a statement. “This is the same governor whose supporters spent this past week attacking his opponent for a strip club incident.”
Kansas is expected to face a $238 million budget shortfall by the summer of 2016. Brownback remains supportive .. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/09/kansas-sam-brownback_n_5570793.html .. of the income tax cuts passed into law in 2012, despite the fact that the state brought in $282 million less in personal income tax revenue than it expected in fiscal 2014.
Brownback's administration responded to Hensley by arguing that the auction resembled similar moves made by previous administrations.
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