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Stimulus bill payoff to wrong education interests
Read more: Stimulus bill payoff to wrong education interestsThe Wall Street Journal analyzes some of the earmarks in the stimulus bill, and finds that specific provisions for spending are going to be wasted — except that they payoff special interests:
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Proposition K op-ed confuses issue
Read more: Proposition K op-ed confuses issueToday’s Wichita Eagle contains an op-ed by Glenn W. Fisher, regents professor emeritus at Wichita State University and property tax expert (Con: Tax plan would shift burden, be arbitrary, February 8, 2009 Wichita Eagle). The subject of this piece is Proposition K, an effort to reform the property tax appraisal system in Kansas. Proposition K…
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Wichita Municipal Judges Need to be Elected
Read more: Wichita Municipal Judges Need to be ElectedHere’s a letter from citizen activist John Todd to Wichita City Council candidate Ken Thomas. The election of Wichita municipal court judges is important for reasons John makes clear in his testimony to the Kansas Legislature from 2004, which follows. I am pleased that you are making the election of Municipal Court Judges by the…
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Activist Training to be Held in Wichita
Read more: Activist Training to be Held in WichitaOn Saturday February 28, American Majority and Americans For Prosperity will hold Special Joint Activist Training In Wichita, KS. Here’s more information from American Majority: The training will be hosted by American Majority and AFP — Kansas, who will be presenting exclusive training to enable common citizens to make a difference in their communities by…
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Kelly Wendeln on Global Warming
Read more: Kelly Wendeln on Global WarmingKelly Wendeln speaks to the members of the Wichita City Council about global warming on February 3, 2009.
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NoStimulus.com surpasses 60,000 online petitions
Read more: NoStimulus.com surpasses 60,000 online petitionsAmericans For Prosperity is dong a great job opposing the stimulus with their NoStimulus.com website. Visit there for information about the dangers of what President Obama and Congressional leaders are doing. Sign the petition, too.
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Derby Reporter Gives Up
Read more: Derby Reporter Gives UpThe Wichita Business Journal reports that the Derby Reporter is going out of business. (Derby newspaper shutting down) The cause of this is attributed to Sedgwick County’s recent decision to print its legal notices in the Wichita Eagle instead of the Derby newspaper. This quaint practice of publishing legal notices in newspapers is mandated by…
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Dick Kelsey to Announce
Read more: Dick Kelsey to AnnounceKansas State Senator Dick Kelsey will make an announcement today “about running for the congressional seat being given up by Todd Tiahrt,” as he wrote in an email message to me. I don’t know what he’ll say, but at Kansas Days he passed out “Dick Kelsey for Congress” pens. The announcement will be at 2:00…
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Bob Novak’s Final ENPR Edition
Read more: Bob Novak’s Final ENPR EditionA sad email appeared in my inbox yesterday. Its title — ENPR: FINAL EDITION — gave me cause to think the worst had happened. Fortunately it hasn’t, but the news is sad nonetheless. ENPR is the Evans-Novak Political Report, a fascinating report compiled since 1967. Last year, Bob Novak (Rowland Evans died in 2001) was…
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AFP Works to Oppose Stimulus
Read more: AFP Works to Oppose StimulusHere’s a message from Tim Phillips, President of Americans For Prosperity. I listened in to the telephone town hall meeting he mentions. Despite a few technical glitches, these meetings are becoming popular, and serve as an effective way to communicate with a large number of people. Wait — don’t we have the Internet for that?…
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Arena Seating Upgrade Illustrates Problem
Read more: Arena Seating Upgrade Illustrates ProblemOnce we’ve started down this road, it’s hard to turn back. I’m referring to the $1.7 million that the Board of Sedgwick County Commissioners approved for upgrades to the seating in the downtown Wichita arena. Evidently there’s a new type of raised seating that makes for a better audience experience for those seated on the…
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Jerry Moran Clarifies Attitude Towards Obama Administration
Read more: Jerry Moran Clarifies Attitude Towards Obama AdministrationAt the general meeting at Kansas Days on January 31, Kansas first district congressman Jerry Moran sought to clarify or recast the impression a news story left in the minds of attendees. A Wichita Eagle news story headlined Moran: Obama easier to work with than Bush starts with the sentence “The day after filing to…