HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kansas State Fair Manager Robin Jennison has been in his new position for about a month and a half. He says his experience with state government is only a plus for the fair:
He already sees things he wants to work on as manager. That includes adding to the fairgrounds yearly lineup:
With the new law allowing the state fair to keep a big chunk of the sales tax it generates throughout the year, what happens if the fair generates so much money that state lawmakers want to come back and take away that extra money? Jennison says that’s not going to happen:
Jennison says he has yet to get sales tax numbers generated from this year’s fair.