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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…
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NAACP Hosts Wichita School Bond Issue Mini-debate
Read more: NAACP Hosts Wichita School Bond Issue Mini-debateI was invited by Kevin Myles, president of the Wichita Branch of the NAACP, to participate in a community mini-debate series about the proposed Wichita school bond issue. Lynn Rogers, president of the Wichita school board, also participated. You can read the questions and answers in the post What YOU need to know about the…
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George Fahnestock’s Wichita school bond issue invitation!!!
Read more: George Fahnestock’s Wichita school bond issue invitation!!!In an email message titled “An invitation to hear the Story, the Strategy, and the Situation!!!” Wichita school bond issue celebrity spokesperson George Fahnestock invites a select group of Wichitans to learn about the proposed bond issue. (Isn’t it annoying when the senders of email messages seek to raise the importance and urgency of their…
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Kansas National Education Association candidate questions
Read more: Kansas National Education Association candidate questionsAfter reading them, it became clear to me that the questions are formulated to advance the interests of the teachers union and others wrapped up in — and profiting from — the public school bureaucracy and its monopoly on the use of state education funds. The questions contain many statements expressing support for more taxing…
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Wind Power: Why Special Tax Treatment?
Read more: Wind Power: Why Special Tax Treatment?A recent article in USA Today (Renewable energy firms clamor for tax breaks) reports on the uncertainty of whether the U.S. Congress will extend the tax credits that subsidize solar and wind power investment. From the article: Some $500 million in investment and production tax credits will expire Dec. 31 unless Congress renews them. Without…
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Kansas State SAT Scores Continue a Gradual Decline
Read more: Kansas State SAT Scores Continue a Gradual DeclineIn the post titled State SAT scores continue a gradual decline, Kansas Liberty reports on the latest Scholastic Aptitude Test scores for Kansas college-bound students. The results? Scores are declining. The post connects the decline in scores to the Kansas Supreme Court’s 2005 mandate to increase spending on Kansas schools by a large amount. A…
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Carol Rupe, Kansas School Board Member, Speaks for the Wichita School Bond Issue
Read more: Carol Rupe, Kansas School Board Member, Speaks for the Wichita School Bond IssueIn a letter to the Wichita Eagle, Kansas school board member Carol Rupe makes the case for supporting the Wichita school bond issue. It’s not remarkable that a member of the public school bureaucracy would support increased spending on schools. Her letter is remarkable, however, in what it says, and what it doesn’t say. For…
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The Problem of Environmental Calculation
Read more: The Problem of Environmental CalculationOne of the things about radical environmentalists is that they seem to learn a lesson, only to fail to learn from it. What do I mean? Recently, New York Times writer David Pogue rehashed in a column titled The Bottom Line of the Eco Balance Sheet the “calculus of green” as it relates to the…
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Kansas Blog Roundup for August 29, 2008
Read more: Kansas Blog Roundup for August 29, 2008Kansas bloggers were hard at work again this week, covering a wide variety of topics. A Wichita blog that’s been around for a while but has recently undergone a change in direction is Wichita Art Directory. This blog contains wonderful images of the works of many Wichita artists. Also useful is an extensive list of…