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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 2011
Page
4
Editorial argues both parties fail on federal reform and warns states like Arizona and Kansas consider enforcement heavy measures. It cites Obama calls for border tightening with a pathway to citizenship, notes backlash over profiling risks, and urges Congress to act before state laws worsen the problem.
Today's quotes center on Superintendent Rick Atha arguing against spending until the new high school facility is fully finished. He says a $975,000 concession restroom and storage project should have been budgeted originally and claims the plan guarantees savings unless the board allocates funds elsewhere. Online commentary on GCTelegram.com references the district’s use of funds.
The Telegram invites signed letters up to 500 words with writer address and phone number. All letters are confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Send general form letters to Attn Editor Garden City KS 310 N Seventh St or online at gctelegram.co www.gctelegram.com.
Peter Weiss argues torture never justifies itself and harms U S constitutional rights. He cites Bush Cheney policies and Abu Ghraib as examples while noting Senate and court opinions that harsh methods produced little reliable information. He recalls Lieber Code roots and Geneva Conventions to urge rejecting torture as unlawful immoral and dangerous.
Michael McCarthy of Blue Water Pax Christi condemns endless wars after Osama bin Laden's death. He questions U S policy in Afghanistan Iraq and Libya and urges laying down vengeance. He cites civilian harm and calls for peace in foreign and domestic policy.
On May 7 local groups including Boy Scouts led by Ryan Steel and Neighborhood Improvement Project students cleaned the Arkansas River bed and Sagebrush Road from Main Street bridge two miles west. Residents plan to fund a bronze sculpture costing 35000 for the south Main Street entrance near Peebles Sports Complex and the Finney County Exhibition Building, with Sagebrush residents praising the effort and urging continued litter avoidance.
The piece follows a bus of students on the 2011 Freedom Riders tour toward Augusta, GA, and a PBS documentary on the 1955 Money Mississippi lynching. It contrasts reactions to facing history with a call to confront race issues, quoting Ryan Price and critic Ray Arsenault while urging informed, reflective public discourse.
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