Category: Politics
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Faust-Goudeau’s concern selective
In today’s Wichita Eagle, Oletha Faust-Goudeau, a Democratic member of the Kansas Senate representing parts of north-central and northeast Wichita, writes this in a letter to the editor: I would like to commend Mayor Carl Brewer and the Wichita City Council for having the courage to vote down a rate increase for water and sewer…
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Journalism’s obituary, in advance
Referring to an article on the Drudge Report, a local Wichita blogger writes “According to this report on June 24th 2009 the ‘Free Press’ died without a whimper. It rushed head long into suicide.”
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Activist training to be held in Wichita
The schedule for this event has been adjusted. It will be held on Tuesday June 23 only. On June 23, American Majority will be holding activist training in Wichita. This group does a great job teaching activists and candidates how to be effective.
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Wichitan appears on Glenn Beck television program
Wichita’s (actually, Garden Plain’s) Nancy Armstrong appears on the Glenn Beck television show on the Fox News network to talk about her political transformation.
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Articles of Interest
Global warming alarmist James Hansen, inflation, Facebook, paygo deception.
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Articles of Interest
Kansas liberal Republicans, student rights, greenwashing, historic preservation, Sotamayor.
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Democracy thrives as Ballotpedia surpasses the 10 million page views milestone
When Americans went to the polls in November and continued casting ballots during the 2009 off-year elections, they turned to Ballotpedia (www.ballotpedia.org) to get objective information about candidates and ballot initiatives. The California pages pertaining to Proposition 8 and the more recent ballot measures alone garnered more than 1.3 million page views. That is why…
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Let representatives know about Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act
As reported in this website, Congress is considering legislation that threatens to harm the American economy, while at the same time accomplishing little or none of its stated goals. Articles like Chemical Facility Security Authorization Act threatens American economy give more detail. It’s important to let your elected representatives in Washington know how harmful this…
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Chemical facilities act would increase cost, not safety
As reported earlier, the United States Congress is considering legislation — the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards — that will increase regulation on chemical plants and facilities. The proposed legislation, however, would extend government control into another of our nation’s most important industries. It would require companies to change their manufacturing processes and substitute products in…
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Seven principles of sound public policy
Lawrence W. Reed, now the president of the Foundation for Economic Education, has a short booklet available that can help citizens analyze whether a government policy is sound. Titled Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy, it’s a comfortably short pamphlet of just 11 pages. But it’s full of a lot of wisdom.
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Government-run health care focus of June 6 demonstration
This Saturday, Wichita-area citizens will have an opportunity to let their fellow citizens and the Obama administration know of the dangers of government control of health care. The event will be on Saturday, June 6, 2009, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
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Video message can’t rehabilitate Wichita’s reputation
The Wichita organization ROKICT.com has produced a video that attempts to rehabilitate Wichita’s reputation in light of the events of yesterday. Introduced as “About wichita — a reaction from the arts community to the kansas stigma after the murder of dr. tiller” it’s been viewed over 750 times on YouTube.