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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 2012
Page
4
Local vendors gain spring in sales as restrictions ease for Fourth of July fireworks. Residents eager for aerial displays amid hot dry weather and fire risk. Garden City plans annual city show after last year’s ban due to extreme dryness. Weather remains hot and dry, urging caution.
Editorial urges consideration of aerial fireworks use for home celebrations while warning against outside city fire risk in dry rural areas. Calls for possible city ban on off city shows and promotes supervised displays at Lee Richardson Zoo and Finney County Fairgrounds for a safe, spirited holiday.
Online readers respond to a Garden City Finney County fireworks story. A commenter praises freedom and troops while questioning looser rules. Holcomb Fire Chief Bill Knight voices concern over allowing discharges in Holcomb Garden City and Finney County.
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer address and phone number, to be confirmed before publication. Letters may be edited for libel and length and must be 500 words or less. General thank you letters are allowed. form letters poems consumer complaints or business testimonials are not printed.
Kathleen Parker argues Arizona's immigration law risks racial profiling and political backlash as the Supreme Court weighs parts of the act. Romney faces fallout for backing the measure, while critics warn of civil rights violations and a police state perception, especially among Hispanic voters.
In a Garden City column Gerry Schultz urges citizens to vote in the Aug. 7 primary, linking turnout to national survival and liberty. He cites Lincoln and the Titanic metaphor, outlining registration deadlines July 17 and re registration by July 6, plus absentee ballot dates July 18 to Aug. 3. The piece stresses citizen engagement and ends with Schultz's own vote conviction.
Romney speaks to the NAACP promising a competitive bid for African American votes and concrete steps to address ongoing racial inequities. He notes past GOP skepticism, pledges to attack discriminatory practices in banking housing and education, and outlines a conservative plan to deliver liberty and justice for all. Leonard Pitts credited as columnist.
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