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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 2016
Page
4
A New York based management consultant released 105 recommendations for Kansas to fix finances. The $2.6 million study aims to alleviate a $190 million shortfall and generate hundreds of millions in annual savings and new revenue, claiming potential gains over five years.
The Kansas editorial argues for adding Department of Revenue staff to collect delinquent taxes, estimating $322 million in five years. It warns against large rainy day fund dreams and criticizes past income tax cuts, noting Brownback-era staffing declines hurt collection efforts and that new hires could yield tangible fiscal improvements.
Online reader comments on a Garden City story about a new natural gas fueling station touch on statewide adoption efforts in Oklahoma and Utah and cost savings for big four ton 4x4s used by businesses and farmers. Melisa Hancock weighs in on the local math curriculum USD 457 is considering, tying math to real world applications.
The Telegram accepts signed letters to the editor with writer address and phone number for confirmation before publication. Letters are subject to editing for libel and length and must be 500 words or less. Thank you letters should be general and form letters, poems, consumer complaints, or business testimonials will not be printed.
National figures including Bill Ballenger and Oakland County executive L Brooks Patterson spark debate over Flint lead in water. The piece surveys reactions from Republicans about science and public health, noting lead dangers to children and policy choices behind the crisis. It cites Rubio and Latimer while calling out anti science rhetoric and cost cutting that moved water sources. The column ends with attribution to Dick Polman and distribution by Cagle Cartoons.
Pittsburgh humor columnist Tom Purcell laments winter depression worsened by spending, Obama era debt, and Dodd-Frank. He cites stimulus spending, taxpayer costs, and regulatory burdens on small banks, arguing this era harms entrepreneurship and national leadership while the economy slumps.
An examination of the family farm in Kansas outlining six essential elements. It argues owner operation, independence, economic dispersion, family centered work, commercial diversification, and adoption of new technology sustain viable farming. It emphasizes values like conservation, frugality, honesty, and community as core to rural culture.
John Schlageck is a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas. Born and raised on a diversified farm in northwest ern Kansas, his writing reflects a lifetime of experience, knowledge and passion.
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