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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 2011
Page
4
The Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach highlighted voter fraud as his top election priority. Despite 30 reports of alleged irregularities statewide since 1998 and no convictions, Kobach pressed ahead with his rhetoric and campaign to combat voting fraud.
The piece questions Secretary of State Kris Kobach's push for the Secure and Fair Elections Act aiming to require photo IDs and proof of citizenship. It argues the plan misuses scarce resources, raises costs, expands powers, and could deter citizen participation while lacking proof of voter fraud.
Community voices react to a proposed change allowing full strength alcoholic beverages in grocery and convenience stores, with Garden City residents stressing family-owned shops and the plan's broad collaboration. Separately, James Leiker describes a pond and native prairie near the Sternberg Museum as the centerpiece of an outdoor classroom project for area students.
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer address and phone number for confirmation before publication. Letters may be edited for libel and length and must be 500 words or less. Thank you notes should be general. form letters, poems, and certain consumer or testimonial emails will not be printed.
The piece argues holiday spending and rising debt demand drastic cuts, criticizing perpetual government borrowing. It urges Republicans to frame cuts as responsible, highlighting Citizens Against Government Waste and four questions to test each program. It cites Essential Air Service as wasteful, urges eliminating pork and ending dependence on government, framing fiscal restraint as economic freedom.
Tina Dupuy argues that government creates jobs while critics claim it eliminates them. She cites Bureau of Labor data showing private hiring growth vs public sector losses, notes examples like police, teachers, and postal workers, and faults defense spending for job proliferation. She warns against demonizing public servants and highlights Pentagon pork as a target.
A critique traces the long war on drugs from Nixon to Obama, noting California's Prop 19 failure and Arizona's medical marijuana approval. It contrasts Portugal and Switzerland models with U S policy, highlights prison profits and liquor interests, and cites international cannabis shifts and Colombia’s coca decline.
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