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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 2014
Page
4
Dena Sattler notes how public construction, especially on Main Street, stirs resident ire over timing and disruption. City engineer Steve Cottrell understands the pushback as officials push projects forward amid scrutiny and inconvenience.
Garden City city engineer Cottrell received the Kansas Society of Professional Engineers 2014 Government Engineer of the Year award for guiding major road work and public projects. His duties include overseeing rights of way work and coordinating services with private development. Notable projects include 2013 US 83 bypass widening and the K-156 Mary Street intersection redesign improving safety and sight lines.
Former Kansas Medicaid director Scott Brunner says Kansas billed too much for Medicaid reimbursement as critics worry about nontraditional health care services and school based administrative costs. Ed editorial reflects on fed concerns from CMS and federal partners regarding western Kansas water resources story.
The Telegram invites signed letters to the editor with the writer’s address and phone number for verification. Letters must be 500 words or less and are subject to editing for libel. Thank you notes should be general. form letters, poems, consumer complaints, and business testimonials will not be printed.
Stanley Crouch reflects on violence and fame in modern America, noting the deaths of Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall as symbols of a broader cultural tension. He credits Bacall and Bogart for standing against McCarthyism, praises Mo’ne Davis as a hopeful sign, and condemns lethal acts by young Black men while urging professional conduct and democratic ideals. He ends with a contact email.
Rich Lowry argues that Ferguson unrest stems from a rush to judgment and calls for calm. He says a full investigation should proceed without militarized policing or media pressure, noting protests, police tactics, and media coverage shape perceptions.
The piece derides GOP campaigns linking Democrat Paul Davis to Barack Obama as a futile scare tactic. It argues Kansas fiscal missteps under Gov. Sam Brownback led to revenue shortfalls, credit downgrades, and cuts to education, urging focus on actual records rather than Obama fear narratives.
Burdett Loomis, a political science professor at the University of Kansas, teaches a course examining how fiction and film intersect with politics and public life.
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