Gun rules in public buildings spark delay and debate
The Finney County Commission approved a six month exemption for the county courthouse as Judge Wendel Wurst seeks time to assess security options beyond metal detectors for a state law allowing concealed handguns in public buildings. He cites cost and safety concerns amid debates on whether more guns reduce violence.
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Wendel Wurst
25Th Judicial District
Finney County Commission
Wurst
Topeka
Memorial Day quotes spark campus tobacco debate
Online reader comments from GCTelegram.com respond to Garden City Community College's tobacco free campus proposal. A separate piece recalls Memorial Day origins as reconciliation after World War I and honors veterans north and south, noted by Marian Wilson of the Elks No. 1404 at Valley View Cemetery.
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Gctelegram.com
Garden City Community College
Marian Wilson
Benevolent Protection Order of the Elks
Valley View Cemetery
Telegram letters policy and submission details
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer address and phone, all letters confirmed before publication and editable for libel and length. Letters must be 500 words or less, thank-you notes general, form letters poems or testimonials not printed. Send to Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 phone ext 201 fax and email listed.
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Seventh St
Garden City
Kansas governor’s split legislature fuels three faction tug of war
Chapman Rockaway notes Governor Sam Brownback faces three emerging camps Team Brownback Team Chamber and Team Undecided as Kansas lawmakers debate taxes and a shrinking budget. The mismatch between ambition and influence leaves the 2014 elections looming and the 81 day session in overtime.
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Sam Brownback
Kansas
House
Senate
Team
Steve) Morris
Team Brownback
Brownback
Chamber
Team Chamber
Mike O’neal
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Tougher road to home ownership in gated communities
This column argues that rising economic inequality pushes more people into gated communities and rents, with ten percent already gated and veterans facing homelessness. It notes fewer foreclosures but ongoing rental conversions, a shrinking middle class, and a housing policy tilt toward rich households.
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America
Iraq
Afghanistan
Reader rebukes Telegram for Gosnell coverage bias
A letter from Joan Lobe Meyer of Garden City urges The Telegram to report on Gosnell and related abortion crime trials. She cites editorial gaps and calls for more balanced coverage, noting the Philadelphia case’s significance and urging attention to Texas developments and clinic monitoring.
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Kermit Gosnell
Telegram
Gosnell
Philly
IRS
Rich Lowry
Lowry
Philadelphia
Texas
Joan Lobmeyer
Garden
Scandals real and imagined in American politics today
The piece contrasts IRS scandals with real military sexual assault issues and political witch hunts. It notes Tea Party focus, Benghazi debates, and calls for reform of command oversight led by Gillibrand and McCaskill. It warns against partisan distortion while urging accountability and a shift in prosecutorial approach.
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IRS
Feds
Washington
Inspector General
Benghazi
Barack Obama
Kirsten Gillibrand
Claire McCaskill
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Norwalk
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Stanley Crouch
King Features Syndicate
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