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Drug Runaround: Solved by Universal Health Care?
Read more: Drug Runaround: Solved by Universal Health Care?A letter writer in the July 12, 2008 Wichita Eagle has issues with his health insurance coverage, and wants us to discard our present system in favor of universal health care coverage. Mr. Ronald Voth of Halstead (a candidate for the Democratic party nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives for the fourth district of…
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Where’s Leadership on Oil Speculation?
Read more: Where’s Leadership on Oil Speculation?In the July 12, 2008 Wichita Eagle, Kenneth James Crist of Wichita blames oil speculators for ruining the U.S. Economy, writing that politicians should “do something positive to halt the rampant speculation in the stock market and oil futures that is really driving these runaway prices. All it really amounts to is tremendous greed on…
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Kansas Blog Roundup for July 11, 2008
Read more: Kansas Blog Roundup for July 11, 2008Kansas bloggers were hard at work this week after returning from vacation. The “Boondoggler” at Wichita 259 Truth notices the low attendance at four public events hosted by Citizens Alliance for Responsible Education, a group that supports the Wichita school bond issue: Sarah Olson makes Chicken Salad. Have you wondered What?s your contribution to statehouse…
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Rasmussen Poll on Kansas Coal Plant
Read more: Rasmussen Poll on Kansas Coal PlantWhat is the attitude of Kansans toward coal-fired power plants? Opponents of these plants have polls purportedly telling us that a majority of Kansans are opposed to them. See the press release Kansans Support Denial of Coal Plants, Want Wind Power for New Electricity from GPACE, a group headed by Scott Allegrucci, a former actor…
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Wichita Old Town Theater’s Bill Warren: No Ideas?
Read more: Wichita Old Town Theater’s Bill Warren: No Ideas?Recently the Wichita City Council approved a no-interest and low-interest loan to Old Town Wichita theater owner Bill Warren and his partners. Citizen opinion in Wichita seems to be mostly outrage at this giveaway, and rightly so. See Wichita Old Town Warren Theater Public Hearing Remarks and Wichita and the Old Town Warren Theater Loan.
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Kansans’ Opposition to Coal Plant: Look at the Poll
Read more: Kansans’ Opposition to Coal Plant: Look at the PollWe’ve been told that Kansas public opinion is against the building of a coal-fired power plant in western Kansas. See the press release at Kansans Support Denial of Coal Plants, Want Wind Power for New Electricity. I would encourage you to view the questions that appeared on the poll cited in the press release. Here’s…
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When A Records Request Fails
Read more: When A Records Request FailsWhen a citizen makes a records requests and the records that were received don’t match the request, what should the citizen do? The records I received match the request I made in that they relate to the governmental entity and its relationship to a certain business, but they are for a time period much older…
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Kansas environmental policy is full of uncertainty
Read more: Kansas environmental policy is full of uncertaintyA dubious claim made in this editorial is how “Neither Bremby nor Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is ‘out front’ on this issue [carbon emissions].” Jackson claims that Bremby was just following an inevitable trend towards more regulation of carbon emissions. But this is in direct opposition to news reports at the time. The Washington Post, for…
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Wichita and Sedgwick County Candidate Websites
Read more: Wichita and Sedgwick County Candidate WebsitesI’ve started a page that lists candidates for election in the Wichita and Sedgwick County area, containing links to candidate websites. It’s not quite finished, but it’s a start. The link is here: Wichita and Sedgwick County Candidate Websites.
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Who Owns and Runs the KEEP Website?
Read more: Who Owns and Runs the KEEP Website?The Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group (KEEP) has an impressive-looking website located at ksclimatechange.us. Just by looking at it, you’d think it was an official State of Kansas website, complete with a photograph of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and our state seal. But who actually owns this website? A check reveals that the…
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Reverend Kevass Harding and His Wichita TIF District
Read more: Reverend Kevass Harding and His Wichita TIF DistrictRemarks to be delivered to the Wichita City Council, July 8, 2008. Mr. Mayor and members of the council, today I will not discuss the desirability of tax increment financing (TIF) districts in general, or the merits of this one in particular. I’ll leave that for the August 12 public hearing. Instead, I wish to…
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Wichita Eagle Voter Guide Responses
Read more: Wichita Eagle Voter Guide ResponsesI am running for Republican precinct committeeman. The Wichita Eagle sent me a request to answer some questions to appear in a voter’s guide. These are the questions asked (to the best of my recollection; I didn’t record the text of the questions and now I can no longer log in to the system to…