Fuller apology sparks Garden City protest over travel ticket
City Commissioner Gary Fuller faced angry Garden City residents after demanding the city reimburse his wife’s $315 plane ticket and criticizing travel restrictions. He canceled a Washington trip, faced calls to explain, and argued for higher per meeting pay. He apologized for misconceptions while residents urge accountability and transparency.
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Arden City
Gary Fuller
Fuller
Garden City
Washington, D.C
Commission
Border tunnel shut down as first Canadian border drug tunnel found
U S Attorney John McKay said federal agents closed an elaborate drug smuggling tunnel beneath the U S Canada border. He noted it was the first such passage discovered along the border and remarked that the smugglers were clever but careless.
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U.S
John McKay
U.s.-Canadian
Canada
Letters to the Editor Policy for The Telegram
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer address and phone number, to be confirmed before publication. All letters may be edited for libel and length, kept under 500 words, and general thank you notes are allowed. Form letters poems and complaints will not be printed.
Freedom of religion and speech rights quote
An archival passage asserts that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. It also covers abridging the freedom of speech or of the press and the right to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.
Oil firms embrace sustainability hype amid peak theories
Writing from Grand Junction Colorado the contributor critiques oil companies for coining sustainability as a PR tool while arguing world oil production nears a peak. He cites ConocoPhillips ChevronTexaco ExxonMobil BP Shell reports and expert views and warns that true sustainable energy requires non petroleum solutions.
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America
Oil
ConocoPhillips
ChevronTexaco
ExxonMobil
Shell
Arthur R. Green
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
U.S
United Arab Emirates
U.S. Department of Energy
Iraq
Middle Eastern
China
United States
Japan
Asia
Views on Kansas education funding and ethics in parenting
Letter-writer defends Kansas education funding studies by Augenblick and Meyers, argues for more money only after local data review, praises USD 457 budget controls, and questions the role of schools in teaching ethics. Calls for parental and home influence on children’s readings and values including discussion of Harry Potter.
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Lot Itaylor
Taylor
Kansas
Augenblick and Meyers
USD 457
USD 457 Board of Education
Garden City
Garden Citians
Supreme Court
Topeka
Carol L. Wethington
Public thanks for Third Street beautification project
A Garden City reader thanks all involved in planning planting and building of the Third Street and Kansas Avenue beautification effort. Javier Rivas created a bronze sculpture of children at play praised as excellent and beautiful. The site features flowers, bushes, trees, ponds, walls and pathways, but a parking problem near the area is noted. Suggestions welcomed.
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Third Street
Kansas Avenue
Garden City
Javier Rivas
Tancredo’s Mecca bombing remark sparks national backlash
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts mocks congressman Tom Tancredo for suggesting bombing Mecca during a TV debate. The piece contrasts Tancredo with other outspoken figures and argues plain speech requires responsibility, noting the global harm of such ideas. It labels yahoos as widespread post 9/11 and urges restraint.
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Will Adams
Colorado
Tom Tancredo
Adams
Tancredo
Michael Jackson
United States
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Muhammad
U.S
WFLA
Orlando
Fla
Pat Campbell
Campbell
Moscow
State Department
Ankara
Turkey
Osama bin Laden
Cliff Clavin
Cliff
Yahooism
Cliffy
Mona Charen
America
Rush Limbaugh
Abu Ghraib
Ann Coulter
Middle East
Congress
Yahoos
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Monitor
Leonard Pitts
Miami Herald
Spitts
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