Mesa urged to lead Chamber full time amid state duties
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce faces funding and governance challenges as Reynaldo Mesa balances duties as chamber president and Kansas state representative. Observers question whether his split time will hinder Chamber growth and CTB plans. A push is made for Mesa to resign the House seat and lead the Chamber full time.
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Ontay
Reynaldo Mesa
Garden City
Southwest Kansas Coalition
Chamber of Commerce
Dodge City
Liberal
Ulysses
Mesa
Chamber
CTB
Topeka
Statehouse
Quotes and Karen Community Note Stir Kansas News
Online reaction from GTelegram com criticizes Kansas voter ID rule amid an editorial. A separate Karen Community feature covers Burmese New Year celebration with K moo Hser quotes on identity culture and language.
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Gtelegram. Com
Kansas
K’mwee Hser
Telegram letters policy for Garden City edition
The Telegram invites signed letters with address and phone for confirmation before publication. Letters may be edited for libel and length and should be 500 words or fewer. General thank yous and form letters are not printed. Send to Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 or visit www gctelegram com for online submission.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
Mimi the Silent American Hero of 2012
Mimi works seven days a week with two days off per year and runs a Harlem nail salon with three employees. She arrived in New York City in 1990 as a non English speaker, rose from waitress to entrepreneur, and inspires the author with her relentless work ethic and fitness routines.
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Mimi
Harlem
125Th Street
New York City
Chinatown
Bronx
Lower Manhattan
United States
Nia
New York University
Soul Food Junkies and Byron Hurt’s Courageous Inquiry
Review of Byron Hurt’s planned documentary Soul Food Junkies, a follow up to Hip-Hop Beyond Beats and Rhymes. The piece praises Hurt’s nuanced approach to black culture and food politics, notes his Kickstarter appeal, and contextualizes his work with Spurlock and Sinclair while outlining the film’s focus on toxic soul food, health disparities, and economic stakes.
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Byron Hart
Braveheart
Hart
The
Grip
Morgan Spurlock
Stanley Nelson
Spurlock
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair
Byron Hurt
Kansas 2012 outlook shapes policy wars and redistricting
Political scientist Michael A. Smith outlines a volatile Kansas year as Brownback pushes Medicaid reform and a new school funding formula, while intra party battles over district maps and immigration policy threaten GOP unity. Democrats face slim chances amid factional divides as 2012 elections loom.
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Kansas Politics
Republican Party
Brownback
Social and Rehabilitative Services
SRS
Rob Siedlecki
Kansas
U.S
House
Senate
Steve Morris
Fort Riley
Fort Leavenworth
Kris Kobach
Kobach
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Hurt
Dick Gregory
Stanley Crouch
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Gmail
Michael A. Smith
Emporia State University
Insight Kansas
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