Garden City welcomes new City Commission leaders
Garden City opens a new era as Roy Cessna Chris Law and Dan Fankhauser join incumbents David Crase and John Doll with John Doll named mayor while J R Behan and Nancy Harness exit. The paper urges balanced growth oversight and inclusive public input amid budget and service considerations.
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Arden City
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Chris Law
Dan Fankhauser
David Crase
John Doll
Doll
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Topeka
Kansas Housing Resources Corp
Behan
Garden City
Nancy Harness
Commission
Harness
New City Commission
Garten Couple Celebrates 70th Wedding Anniversary
Online readers respond to a feature on Perry and Omalee Garten celebrating seven decades of marriage with praise for their story and the couple’s shared laughter. A separate article notes The Shift Center receiving a grant from Western Kansas Community Foundation for women battling cancer to fund new services.
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Women of Purpose
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Obama IPAB plan and Medicare cuts critique
Rich Lowry argues that the Independent Payment Advisory Board under ObamaCare concentrates power, bypasses Congress, and risks reducing Medicare access. He claims IPAB expands experts over democratic accountability, warns of sequential cuts harming care, and equates it with broader political risk to health policy.
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Medicare
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America
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William F Buckley Jr
Boston
Harvard
Obama deficit plan sparks partisan clash and critique
In a critique by OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul, Obama faces GOP opposition over deficit plans. He favors tax increases on the rich and cuts to military spending, while Republicans push tax cuts for the wealthy and claim austerity. Kaul argues the GOP ignores evidence and politics.
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Barack Obama
Obama
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R-Wi
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Center For Budget and Policy Priorities
Capitol Hill
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Congress
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Bush II
OtherWords
Donald Kaul
Ann Arbor, Mich
Otherwords.org
Government lunch rules spark nostalgia and critique
A Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist argues government school lunch rules, tied to the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, reflect changing times. He recalls 1970s lunches, contrasts parental packing with today’s standards, and questions personal responsibility versus government reach.
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America
Obama
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Jimmy Schmidt
Jimmy
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