Lawmakers Snubbed In Pro Jobs List Questioned
GCTelegram editorial comments on Kansas Chamber of Commerce pro jobs list, noting Doll Jennings and Hineman were excluded. It criticizes the chamber and Gov Brownback allies, arguing the group serves the wealthy and ignores lawmakers who support local economic growth in Finney and Scott counties.
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Ohn Doll
Garden City
Russ Jennings
Lakin
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Don Hineman
Kansas Chamber
Koch Brothers
Americans For Prosperity
Sam Brownback
Finney County
Doll
Jennings
Scott City
Hineman
Brownback
Brownback and Company
Community voices on incentives and golf pro am volunteers
Online readers react to Finney County Job Creation Incentive Program with a remark about repayment of funds. A Southwest Kansas Pro-Am volunteer, Jarrod Spencer, reflects on golf, outdoors, meeting people, and community involvement in a feature about event volunteers.
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Gctelegram.com
Finney County
Southwest Kansas
Jarrod Spencer
Letters policy demands signed submissions with contact info
The Telegram requests letters to the editor be signed with writer address and phone, will confirm before publication, and may be edited for libel and length. Letters must be 500 words or less and general in nature. form letters, poems, and business testimonials will not be printed. Send to Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 or online at gctelegram.com.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
Family sale of The Washington Post linked to Bezos buyout
Kathleen Parker reflects on The Washington Post’s family ownership by the Grahams and its sale to Jeff Bezos. She notes the newsroom culture, the journalists and editors who built the paper, and the shock of transitioning from a family-run operation to a private enterprise under Bezos, while acknowledging inevitable change.
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Checker Extraordinaire
Richard
Post
Grahams
Amazon
Jeff Bezos
Bob Woodward
Watergate Fame
Newspaper futures split between giants and locals
The Washington Post and Boston Globe face a shared future as large regional dailies shift toward digital, with print declining and rising costs. Strategy calls for joint digital bundles with other papers, while smaller dailies should stay local and expand 24/7 coverage, likening news to all-news radio. Peter Funt’s new book is noted.
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Boston Globe
The
Globe
WaPo
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
America
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Washington
Post
Denver Post
Rocky Mountain West
Boston
D.C
Globe’s
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Jeffrey Bezos
Amazon
Bezos
John Henry
Red Sox
San
Times
Journal
Globe and WaPp
Novelties Become Utilities in a Twitter Confession
The author reflects on four years of resisting Twitter then joining, noting the shift from novelty to utility. He argues technology is not salvation, cites privacy and attention concerns, and recalls resisting constant updates while admitting the cell phone case was also mistaken. He ends reaffirming his stance on tech's impact and his commitment to real content over noise.
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Fred Flintstone
Twitter
Roland Martin
CNN
NBC
Ann Curry
Martin
Curry
Yours
America
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