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Pat Buchanan: Comrade Obama?
Read more: Pat Buchanan: Comrade Obama?Pat Buchanan’s recent column Comrade Obama? contains much I agree with, keeping me liking and admiring him, even through I disagree with a few of his positions. This column accurately describes the current political landscape, and it’s not complimentary to Barack Obama, Democrats, or Republicans. A few excerpts: Indeed, how do Republicans who call Obama…
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Wichita School Bond Issue on Kansas Week
Read more: Wichita School Bond Issue on Kansas WeekFrom the October 31, 2008 broadcast of the public affairs television program Kansas Week on KPTS.
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Nothing works
Read more: Nothing worksBy Alan Cobb, Americans For Prosperity — Kansas. From The Topeka Capital-Journal, Saturday, November 01, 2008 On Oct. 1, Congress did nothing. And we at Americans for Prosperity — Kansas applaud it. By not acting to renew it, lawmakers allowed the ban on offshore drilling and oil shale recovery to expire. This first step, albeit…
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On the Wichita Eagle editorial board, partisanship reigns
Read more: On the Wichita Eagle editorial board, partisanship reignsThe Wichita Eagle’s Rhonda Holman, writing for the editorial board in today’s lead editorial (Where do city, county stand on bond?) makes a few points that illustrate the highly partisan nature of this board.
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Wichita school district’s favorite architect stands to win big
Read more: Wichita school district’s favorite architect stands to win bigShortly after USD 259 (the Wichita school district) passed a bond issue in 2000, a contract was formed between the district and its favorite architectural firm, Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture. The contract, portions of which you can read here, pays this firm one percent of the bond amount for “Project Management Services.” Plus expenses,…
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Wichita school district campaigns for the bond
Read more: Wichita school district campaigns for the bondAn article in today’s newspaper reports on how USD 259, the Wichita school district, uses school district assets, personnel, and funds to promote the proposed Wichita school bond issue.
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Untruths about carbon and its regulation at the Wichita Eagle
Read more: Untruths about carbon and its regulation at the Wichita EagleThe Wichita Eagle’s recent editorial by Rhonda Holman takes a few Kansas legislators to task for statements regarding regulatory uncertainly in Kansas (No ‘regulatory uncertainty’ in Kansas, October 28, 2008 Wichita Eagle). She claims their statements “don’t reflect reality” and that their untruths are harming Kansas’ ability to bring in business.
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Wichita School Bond Issue: It’s not the $42.55, it’s the $1,927
Read more: Wichita School Bond Issue: It’s not the $42.55, it’s the $1,927Twelve cents per day for the owner of a $100,000 home is the mantra of supporters when it comes to selling the cost of the proposed USD 259 $370 million school bond issue to district taxpayers. That amount equates to about $42.55 per year or $3.55 per month in additional taxes. Who could oppose such…
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Wichita test scores largely mirror Kansas
Read more: Wichita test scores largely mirror KansasOfficials at USD 259, the Wichita school district, and school bond issue supporters are quick to point out that the Wichita schools have an 11-year record of rising test scores. That’s a good thing, as long as the tests are reliable and valid measures of student learning and achievement.
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Kansas can’t afford a cigarette tax hike
Read more: Kansas can’t afford a cigarette tax hikeThe Kansas Health Policy Authority’s recommendation to use a 75-cent cigarette tax increase to pay for health costs should be worrisome — not only to smokers, but also to non-smokers and fiscally responsible legislators as well. The approach may seem appealing at first, but such tax increases are notoriously unpredictable and regressive. Funding a high-profile…
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Wichita Eagle’s Bob Lutz and the Wichita School Bond Issue
Read more: Wichita Eagle’s Bob Lutz and the Wichita School Bond IssueIn his column Cochran has succeeded in spreading anti-bond message, Wichita Eagle sports columnist Bob Lutz argues for the passage of the Wichita school bond issue. This is the same Bob Lutz who, on learning that the Wichita school board might cut some spending on athletic facilities from the bond issue, became “flustered now about…
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Goddard City Website Campaigns for Its Mayor
Read more: Goddard City Website Campaigns for Its MayorFor about the last week, the City of Goddard, Kansas, has been using its website to campaign for its mayor in her race for the Sedgwick County Commission. The website, located at www.goddardkansas.us, usually looks like a typical city website, holding general news and information, with links to city departments. But around October 21, according…