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More questions surround WaterWalk hotel proposal
Read more: More questions surround WaterWalk hotel proposalYesterday the Wichita Eagle printed a letter from citizen activist John Todd concerning the proposal for City of Wichita subsidy for a hotel in the downtown WaterWalk development. This is the unabridged version of the letter. In 2002 elected city officials leased a prime 20-acre parcel of city owned downtown land known as the East…
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‘Keeping Kansas Conservative’ forum with Joe the Plumber, Todd Tiahrt, Mary Pilcher-Cook
Read more: ‘Keeping Kansas Conservative’ forum with Joe the Plumber, Todd Tiahrt, Mary Pilcher-CookOn Friday, January 29, 2010, the Great American Forum Steering Committee will host its fifth public forum.
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At Wichita city council, does the field tilt?
Read more: At Wichita city council, does the field tilt?At the January 12 meeting of the Wichita City Council, several citizens and one council member addressed the “unlevel playing field” and its implications for development in downtown Wichita.
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Kansas news digest
Read more: Kansas news digestNews from alternative media around Kansas for January 25, 2010.
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Concerning Wichita’s WaterWalk, I have a few questions
Read more: Concerning Wichita’s WaterWalk, I have a few questionsAs the City of Wichita decides whether to offer subsidy to a hotel in the downtown WaterWalk development, there are a few questions that deserve answers. Most of these questions are my own, but some are questions that people have told me I should ask.
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Kansas Senate blocks new journalism
Read more: Kansas Senate blocks new journalismDoes the application for press credentials to the Kansas Senate contain questions designed to limit or restrict the types of organizations that apply?
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Kansas alternative media discussed on Kansas Week
Read more: Kansas alternative media discussed on Kansas WeekAccess to the Kansas Senate by alternative media is discussed on the KPTS Television public affairs program Kansas Week. Bob Weeks is the guest. Tim Brown is the host.
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Dale Swenson on Kansas tax exemptions
Read more: Dale Swenson on Kansas tax exemptionsDo Kansas business tax exemptions benefit only business at great cost to the state? Member of the Kansas House of Representatives Dale Swenson thinks so, according to a recent letter written by him that appeared in the Wichita Eagle. He cites a Kansas sales tax exemption on the purchase of hearing aids, something Swenson says…
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Global Warming: Hoax or Reality?
Read more: Global Warming: Hoax or Reality?Wichita’s Dennis Hedke will appear at two forums at Johnson County Community College that will explore the topic of climate change. The documentary film Not Evil Just Wrong — the antidote to Al Gore and global warming extremism — will be shown, too. My review of this film is at ‘Not Evil Just Wrong’ a…
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Kansas alternative media senate access discussed on WIBW
Read more: Kansas alternative media senate access discussed on WIBWKansas Watchdog reporting at Kansas Senate decides who is press and who is not may have caught the eye of Topeka radio talk show hosts Raubin Pierce and Megan Mosack, as they invited me to appear on their show today to talk about my inability to obtain press credentials at the Kansas Senate.
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For Kansas teachers union, fund balances are an illusion, not a solution
Read more: For Kansas teachers union, fund balances are an illusion, not a solutionToday’s edition of Under the Dome Today — that’s the house organ of the Kansas National Education Association or (KNEA, the teachers union) — contains a story with the headline “Anti-Government Group launches another attack on public education.” A more accurate headline might read “School spending advocacy group refuses to acknowledge budget solution that Kansas…
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To some, Democrats not bold enough, despite Massachusetts results
Read more: To some, Democrats not bold enough, despite Massachusetts resultsA coalition of liberal political action groups has released a poll that contradicts the conventional wisdom stemming from Tuesday’s election.