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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 2011
Page
4
Garden City endured its hottest July since 1946 with 21 days over 100 degrees and five record highs. July readings included 106 on July 10 and 16, 105 on July 15, 108 on July 20, and 103 on July 22, signaling severe drought and crop stress as August began with 104 and forecasts remain hot.
Online readers react to a Garden City story about saving the Finnup Park rocket playground as a Facebook page resurfaced memories. Willis Pracht promotes a diverse Tumbleweed Festival lineup for August 27 and 28 at Lee Richardson Zoo with top acts.
The Telegram invites signed letters to the editor with address and phone number. Letters are edited for libel and length and must be 500 words or less. General thank you notes, not form letters, are welcome. other forms like consumer emails or business testimonials will not be printed.
Kathleen Parker condemns the Tea Party faction for endangering Boehner's debt plan and the nation. She names figures like Judson Phillips, Jenny Beth Martin, Mark Meckler, Michele Bachmann, Jim Jordan, and Jim DeMint, arguing their influence worsened governance and risks to the economy. The column urges discarding the movement to restore trust and stability.
Leonard Rodenbur criticizes Tim Huelskamp and the Tea Party for harming middle class Americans, warns against privatizing Social Security, cutting Medicare, and slashing Pell grants while praising bipartisan leadership. The Kansas Leadership Center announces open enrollment for Your Leadership Edge in Garden City and Wichita.
The piece argues that Reagan and Lincoln blended fixed ideals with pragmatic compromise to achieve major goals. It cautions conservatives and liberals alike to value strategic tactics without abandoning core aims, noting how leadership requires balancing ideology with reality. It warns against purity politics and praises measured, principled compromise.
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