GUEST OP ED On Labor Day we honor the achievements of America’s workers, and in 2022 we have a historic victory to celebrate. Our nation’s working people have come all the way back from the depths of a global pandemic, regaining every job lost and more.
The county planning and zoning board has become a political minefield as of late - that seems to happen when big projects get proposed. At the moment the scrum has become about wind farms.
It wasn’t meant to be confusing A letter that you recently received from your county clerk regarding property taxes is too complicated and has caused confusion. It wasn’t meant to be that way.
Each month I want to provide you with regular updates about what’s going on in our nation’s capital and throughout the 4th District of Kansas. Here’s what happened in August.
Editorial: Allegations of racism keep dogging this Kansas college. Time for a leadership change Change can be slow, but in some cases patience is necessary.
Thomas Jefferson once wrote critically of those who “look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.” While he firmly opposed “frequent and untried changes in laws,” he argued that, in the end “laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.” In other words, as people learn and grow and change, their constitutions necessarily should too. These words are on my mind today, with one failed constitutional amendment in our recent past and another constitutional amendment facing Kansas voters this coming November.
Resistence to wind farms Friends and Neighbors: Land owners are being approached in Western Harvey County to lease their properties for wind turbines. At this time we can take action against the wind turbine farms by attending the September 14th Planning & Zoning meeting, and by signing the online Facebook petition against Harvey County Wind Turbines.
“Your bloodwork shows your Vitamin D levels are low,” my doctor admonished me. “Start taking supplements.” Not even sure what vitamin D was for, I followed her advice.
As Kansas schools, from kindergarten to post-graduate, have returned to classes this month, our political culture has invented new ways of torturing teachers and other educators. Education reporter Suzanne Perez of KMUW has chronicled the construction of this torture device by state legislators, parents and boards of education.
Saint Francis clarifies Reflector article Editor’s note: The article referenced, “Kansas foster care provider sues former leaders over alleged financial misconduct” [https://kansasreflector.com/] appeared in several CherryRoad Media publications. The Kansas Reflector publishes under a creative commons liscense and offers news and opinion pieces to news organizations at no charge.