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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 2016
Page
4
Our View editor notes a February state tax revenue shortfall of 53 million below estimates, with projections lowered in November. The result worsens an already strained budget impacting public education infrastructure law enforcement and social services under the ultraconservative governor's tax cut agenda.
The Kansas budget crisis deepens as governors and lawmakers push beyond revenue gaps. Governors’ 17 million university cuts and proposed pension delays highlight a failed income tax strategy. Senate leaders call for broad agency cuts, while critics accuse the plan of benefiting corporate interests and shrinking essential services. A 21 percent Brownback approval fuels calls to curb extreme ideology in upcoming elections.
Online comment criticizes politicians who seek office to campaign, not address taxpayer concerns, as a Kansas story notes Secretary of State Kris Kobach endorsing Donald Trump. A separate quote from Renwick USD 267 superintendent Tracy Bourne discusses HB2590, noting it won’t solve school funding but may offer new revenue as schools struggle.
The Telegram invites signed letters up to 500 words for publication. Include writer address and phone, as letters will be confirmed before printing and may be edited for libel and length. General thank yous and form letters are discouraged. include contact details for verification.
Reported headlines describe a hypothetical GOP debate moderated by Ruby Thornapple a middle school playground monitor who vows to use a timeout penalty. The piece cites Trump promising a climate push in DC and all state dinners catered by Hooters while Arizona Governor Brews denies stocking hemlock and Senator Cruz taunts Trump with a banjo duel challenge.
The piece analyzes how a Donald Trump nomination could shift the GOP toward a European style welfare-state embrace, dampen entitlement reform debates, and create a center-right, accommodationist party distinct from traditional American limited-government conservatism. It notes parallels with European parties, critiques Trump’s constitutional views, and predicts a nastier yet less American campaign.
A long line at a Sand City rePlanet center shows how depressed prices for plastic, aluminum, glass and paper hurt recycling programs. The story explains how state subsidies, transport costs, and declining material values strain centers and workers, risking more litter and missed deposits. Peter Funt notes the broader impact on environment and needy communities.
The Kansas work requirement on food stamps led to about half of 41,000 former recipients gaining employment within three months, with average income up 127 percent at one year. Child labor rose from 13 percent to 35 percent, indicating improved independence and dignity as people move to full time work and higher wages.
Lynn Stephan of Wichita condemns the Brownback administration for pushing a concealed guns on campus bill. She says protests by professors, citizens, law enforcement and students were ignored as NRA money and gun industry interests aligned with the measure, risking safety and funding.
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