# Police stage 'chilling' raid on small Kansas newspaper, seizing computers (due to divorce conflict?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [August 12, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438 "2023-08-12T02:57:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/141 "2026-08-13T19:19:53Z")
Property tax bills are crazy looking. I think I remember you had separate bills for school, police & fire (public safety districts), county and city/town. And sometimes a separate water/sewer district. This is 30 years ago, but I had moved from a place where you got one county tax bill that covered everything. If you lived in a city, that city was NOT party of the county for municipal finance purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/142 "2026-08-13T19:23:47Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > I think I remember you had separate bills for school, police & fire (public safety districts), county and city/town. And sometimes a separate water/sewer district. They are different line items in the property tax bill, but it’s only one bill. I don’t remember ever paying multiple property tax bills, and I’ve been a homeowner since 1988. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/143 "2026-08-13T19:29:00Z")
Sorry, yes. One physical bill. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/144 "2026-08-14T23:48:34Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > They had only 16 players listed on their roster last season, extremely barebones for 11-man football. Still, they finished with a 7-3 record. Could be a smaller team league. Every time I head east and leave El Paso’s orbit along I-10, bound for basically anywhere else in Texas, I see a painted water tank outside Fort Hancock, Texas (yes, that Fort Hancock, Texas) proudly proclaiming their team won the… 6 (or maybe 5?) man football championship this year or that. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/145 "2026-08-15T00:01:10Z")
Or it could just be a really struggling school. My nephew, when he was in middle school, played on his school’s team of 12, of which 11 were on the field at once. All of those boys were pretty tired, by game’s end. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/146 "2026-08-15T00:41:14Z")
I played soccer for our “university” team in Pakistan (it was an institute not a university, but all four year degree granting institutions were in the same university league for sports). I am not any good at soccer. But with under 200 male undergraduates, we would suit up exactly 11 players for each game. For rest, we would rotate through the keeper position. We would play matches when the temperature was 110 in the shade and we weren’t in the shade. My senior year we forfeited all matches during Ramadan. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/147 "2026-08-15T02:47:53Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Could be a smaller team league Yes, it’s definitely small schools playing each other, but it’s 11-man football. Lots of those boys are playing every minute of every game. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/148 "2026-08-15T04:37:05Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > or the school district ends up chopping the music programs or… > > Well surely you wouldn’t expect them to cut the football program? Maybe not, but don’t call me Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/149 "2026-08-15T13:39:34Z")
That poster’s name is **PastTense** , not Shriley, and I don’t think you need to worry about them calling you. I doubt they’d deign to call anyone who can’t get their name right. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/150 "2026-08-15T14:55:18Z")
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**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438/151 "2026-08-15T17:54:31Z")
ETA: You know what? I’ll PM you, seeing as it”s breaking news and all, but the thrust is.. I know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-small-kansas-newspaper-seizing-computers-due-to-divorce-conflict/988438.md?page=7)