Garden City to prioritize pool and Tangeman Field in capital plan
City officials emphasize finishing existing projects before new ones. They seek funding for Big Pool renovations, Tangeman Sports Complex completion, and recreation center expansion, while weighing a teen center and storage facilities. Quality of life measures drive tax decisions and economic vitality.
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Washington
Recreation Commission
Tangeman
Reynaldo Mesa
Garden City
Bob Halloran
Tangeman Field
Crase
Tommy Austin
Hammond
Randall seeks to keep GCCC as an asset and expand campus
Randall promotes maintaining Garden City Community College as an asset and supports the Front Door Project to consolidate student services and classrooms. He cites prior public roles in Seibert Colorado and service on regional boards, and urges collaboration with Kansas four year schools while avoiding tax increases.
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Randall
Garden City
Seibert
Colo
SS Ondalt
Healthy Living Systems Inc
Clark County Solar Conservation Board
Ashland
Bible Christian Church
Front Door
Kansas
K-State
Salina
Kansas City
Kansas State University
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Hopkins
Blackburn
Rosen's Inc
Porter
Kansas plan to boost school funding sent to Gov Sebelius
Legislators finalizing a plan to raise annual education spending by 127 million dollars using existing revenues and reserves. The House approved 76 to 48 and the Senate passed it earlier, aiming to address the Supreme Court ruling requiring school funding reform. Governor Sebelius will let it become law without signature and forward it to the court.
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Kathleen Sebelius
House
Senate
Statehouse
Supreme Court
Kansas
House Education Committee
Kathe Decker
R. Clay Center
Sebelius
Second Oklahoma superintendent candidate interviewed in Wewoka
Minorities attend roughly one percent Hispanic and one percent Asian while four percent of Wewoka students are learning English versus 23 percent in Garden City. Graham’s diverse background includes roles as superintendent in Minco Nowata and public schools in Coweeta Copan and Oologah, with degrees from Bartlesville Wesleyan Northeastern Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University Stillwater. This is the second of three interviews this week. Robert Neel, 59, Guyman, was interviewed Monday.
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Wewoka
Garden City
Graham
Minco
Okla
Nowata
Coweta
Copan
Oologah
Bartlesville Wes
Leyan College
Bartlesville
Northeastern Oklahoma State University
Talequah
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Robert Neel
Guyman
District candidates differ on fixing school finance
The five candidates debate funding for USD 457 with local option budgets and state funding. They weigh raising LOB to 25 percent, federal mandates, and local taxes, while also debating keeping the Buff Project as a graduation requirement.
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Ed Porter
Western
Kansas
Porter
Hopkins
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Community Planning Vital
GCRC
Mesa
J.R. Behan
Finney County Emergency Medical Services
Gonzales
David Crase
Kadee
Oklahoma
Tom Blackburn
Dodge City
Toyota
Josh Lambert
Josh
Dodgecitytoyota.com
Scheppner
Wright
S & Perennial
Sublette
Dr. van
Catholic Health Initiatives
Stena Medical Clinic
St. Catherine Hospital
Phil. van, D.P.M
Siena Medical Clinic
Siena Healing Arts Building
East
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