Chad Frey

Chad Frey

  • Joined: September 29, 2023
  • Articles: 3435

Customers decry proposed natural gas rate increase

Considering an increase in natural gas rates is unnecessary and unconscionable as families struggle with inflation, Kansas residents told utility regulators and executives during public hearings last week.For about an hour, customers of Kansas Gas Service questioned the need for a proposed increase and argued the company was lining its pockets with no real benefit to customers.“There’s too much profit in Kansas Gas — and greed,” said Beverly Jensen LaBonte, who said her husband works for the utility.

Happy days of housing supply

Last semester, I asked my sustainable city planning class to close their eyes and visualize the typologies of five cradle-to-grave residences: birth residence, high school residence, current residence, parent’s residence, and oldest family member’s residence.About 80% visualized at least two of the four basic residential typologies – single-family detached, single-family attached, small multi-family, and large multi-family (20+ units).Yet, local zoning laws are almost exclusively tilted towards only one type - single-family detached.

General George Marshall

During the observance of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing at Normandy Beach, it is obvious that the generation that survived the World War II era is rapidly passing.

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