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Wichita School Bond Issue Cartoons are Funny
Read more: Wichita School Bond Issue Cartoons are FunnyHelen Cochran of Citizens for Better Education has released a political cartoon whose topic is the Wichita school bond issue. She’s told me this is the first of a series. They’ll appear in the Wichita Eagle each Monday, and on CBE’s website right after that. Click here to go to CBE’s website and see the…
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Government Workers Are America’s New Elite
Read more: Government Workers Are America’s New EliteShould a special license-plate program for California government workers allow them to drive without regard for traffic laws? Is it possible for a firefighter to earn more than $200,000 in a year? The Foundation for Economic Education reports on these and other matters in Government Workers Are America’s New Elite.
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Are airlines pilots the best judge of airline economics?
Read more: Are airlines pilots the best judge of airline economics?I’m not positive about this, but I’m sure that the demand for air travel between Wichita and Oklahoma City is very low. Google maps tells me that the driving time from one city’s downtown to the other is two hours and 30 minutes. The drive to a city’s airport, arriving way early to make sure…
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Kansas State Fair: Who Isn’t There
Read more: Kansas State Fair: Who Isn’t ThereHaving spent about 20 hours the past three days collecting signatures on petitions at the Kansas State Fair, I have this observation: After looking at several hundred names and addresses, not one was from a town or city in Johnson county. I collected signatures from other northeast Kansas counties, but not one from Johnson county.
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I’m at the Kansas State Fair
Read more: I’m at the Kansas State FairThis weekend I’m helping out at the Kansas Taxpayer Network booth at the Kansas State Fair. The booth is in the Meadowlark building, north aisle. I’ll be there from 4:00 to 10:00 today, 9:00 to 4:00 tomorrow (Saturday), and 3:00 to 9:00 Sunday. Stop by and say hello.
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Kansas Header Images Now Available
Read more: Kansas Header Images Now AvailableI created a Flickr photo set that holds all the header images that I use on the Voice For Liberty in Wichita. To see the images in full size, click on any image, then along its top, click on “All sizes.” To view a slide show of these images, click here. I took all these…
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Kansas Blog Roundup for September 5, 2008
Read more: Kansas Blog Roundup for September 5, 2008In Kansas this week, blog coverage of local issues is a little light, partly due to the holiday, but also the Republican convention.
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Kansas electric rates increase because of wind power generation
Read more: Kansas electric rates increase because of wind power generationElectric rates may be increasing for many Kansas consumers. Why? To pay for a new coal-fired plant? According to Notice of Public Hearings & Comment Period availabe at the Kansas Corporation Commission, the reasons Westar Energy cites as creating the need for a rate increase are repair costs from a recent ice storm, investments in…
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Web Map of Wichita
Read more: Web Map of WichitaAn interesting site someone just showed to me is Web Map of Wichita, a useful collection of Wichita-oriented web sites presented in an unusual way.
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Wichita Smoking Ban Starts. Sharon Fearey is Excited.
Read more: Wichita Smoking Ban Starts. Sharon Fearey is Excited.Today, September 4, 2008, marks the first day of the ban on smoking in Wichita. It’s not quite a total ban, and that has some smoking ban supporters upset. In a letter to the Wichita Eagle, anti-smoking activist Cindy Claycomb writes “If you are a supporter of clean indoor air, please do not spend your…
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Alaska Climate Change Sub-Cabinet: Not an Example of Sarah Palin’s Transparent Government
Read more: Alaska Climate Change Sub-Cabinet: Not an Example of Sarah Palin’s Transparent GovernmentPaul Chesser of Climate Strategies Watch has done some investigative work seeking to understand the role of The Center for Climate Strategies in Alaska. (The Alaska Climate Change Sub-Cabinet plays the same role there that the Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group (KEEP) plays here.) In his excellent and informative post Palin, Alaska’s Climate…
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Mark McCormick’s Wichita School Bond Challenge: The Inside Story
Read more: Mark McCormick’s Wichita School Bond Challenge: The Inside StoryRecently Wichita Eagle columnist Mark McCormick challenged Helen Cochran, spokesperson for Citizens for Better Education, a citizen group opposed to the proposed Wichita school bond issue, to answer a few questions. In Sunday’s column he presented Cochran’s answers. I spoke to Ms. Cochran and exchanged a few email messages, and I asked her a few…