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The Google May Shut Off Data
Read more: The Google May Shut Off DataOne of the fascinating things about having a website is analyzing how people happen to visit your site. For many sites, referrals from a search engine like Google or Yahoo are a big source of visitors. This means that someone used Google to search for something, your site appeared in the results, someone clicked on…
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Downtown Wichita Arena Spire. Wow.
Read more: Downtown Wichita Arena Spire. Wow.Here’s a photograph I took of the spire on the Intrust Bank Arena now under construction in downtown Wichita. You may be excused for confusing it with a non-functional flagpole. There was actually a ceremony surrounding the raising of this pole. Here’s what one Wichita Eagle letter-writer thought of the spire and Sedgwick County Commissioners.…
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At Wichita City Council, why are some doors open, and others closed?
Read more: At Wichita City Council, why are some doors open, and others closed?Steve Compton, owner of the Eaton Steakhouse in downtown Wichita, spoke to the Wichita city council on the public agenda at its February 3, 2009 meeting. Mr. Compton said he chose a bad time to start a business a year and a half ago. His business is just as important as others, he said, and…
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Ask What Questions About Downtown Wichita YMCA Deal?
Read more: Ask What Questions About Downtown Wichita YMCA Deal?Remarks to be delivered to the February 3, 2009 meeting of the Wichita city council. When considering the sale of city-owned land, the city has an obligation to get the best deal possible for the actual owners of the land, which are the citizens of Wichita. But it seems, according to the agenda report, that…
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From Kevass Harding to Lavonta Williams
Read more: From Kevass Harding to Lavonta WilliamsOne of the unusual sightings on the campaign finance report filed last month by Lavonta Williams, current Wichita city council member and candidate for re-election, is two contributions totaling $1,000 from Kevass Harding and his wife. These contributions represent the maximum it was possible for two people to give at the time.
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Why Was Al Gore There?
Read more: Why Was Al Gore There?“The lawmakers gazed in awe at the figure before them. The Goracle had seen the future, and he had come to tell them about it.” That’s how Dana Milbank starts a report on a recent appearance by Al Gore before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The story is With Al Due Respect, We’re Doomed. Read…
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Mr. Obama, who hates the cold…
Read more: Mr. Obama, who hates the cold…had cranked up the thermostat. So reports the New York Times in White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code. “He?s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama?s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.” It’s good to…
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Few States, Including Kansas, Set World-Class Standards
Read more: Few States, Including Kansas, Set World-Class StandardsThe federal No Child Left Behind legislation sets the standard that all children should be proficient in reading and math by 2014. While a federal law, it’s left to the states to set the standard as to what proficiency means, and to test for it. As you might imagine, there is considerable variation between the…
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Proposition K is a Constitutionally Valid Reform Option for Kansas
Read more: Proposition K is a Constitutionally Valid Reform Option for KansasSome opponents of Proposition K, an effort to reform property tax appraisals in Kansas, are questioning whether this measure would conform to the Kansas Constitution. The following news release from the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy introduces a study that answers this question. New Study Shows that a Constitutional Amendment is Not Required (WICHITA)…
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Kansas school funding: Can the education lobby be believed?
Read more: Kansas school funding: Can the education lobby be believed?As the State of Kansas seeks to work its way out of a difficult budget shortfall, some groups aren’t willing to make the same sacrifice that is being asked of others. The biggest offender — both in terms of dollars and shrillness — is the public school lobby in Kansas.
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Lavonta Williams campaign contributions raise a few questions
Read more: Lavonta Williams campaign contributions raise a few questionsAnalysis of the campaign finance report recently filed by Lavonta Williams, current Wichita city council member and candidate for re-election, revealed a few interesting insights about her campaign.
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At Kansas Days, the Campaigns Are On
Read more: At Kansas Days, the Campaigns Are OnAt Kansas Days this year, a big topic is how to decide on the Republican candidates for office next year. There are a number of important positions to fill — Kansas governor, United State senator, perhaps two empty United States congress seats, and some other state-wide offices. Several prominent Republicans expressed to me their desire…