Garden City Downtown Vision earns ninth Main Street accreditation
The Garden City Downtown Vision program marks its ninth straight accreditation as a National Main Street Program. The group has sustained downtown revitalization efforts since 2004, leveraging Kansas Main Street techniques and zero interest incentives to assist local businesses while pushing economic development in Garden City.
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Garden City
Garden City Downtown Vision
KMS
National Trust
Main Street
Central Business District
Model T Ford owner and health care debate comment
Quotes from Garden City residents accompany a story on local ACA presentations. A reader notes that most people get sick or injured and that affordable care is essential in a civilized country. The piece also mentions Ross Lilleker who values tracing Day One Model T history.
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Gctelegram.com
Ross Lilleker
Lilleker
Garden City
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Public Education Funding Debate Faces Kansas Court Brief
Dr Walt Chappell filed a Friend of the Court brief in Gannon v Kansas arguing that the Legislature has underfunded K-12 education since 1997. He links base per pupil funding, rising costs, and growth in special education staff to stagnant results, while noting shifting populations and local funding burdens. Professor Bob Beatty counters, urging examination of data and condemning broad blame.
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Kees
State Board of Education
Walt Chappell
Gannon
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Monroy
Dr. Chappell
Chappell
Zakaria keynote Ties Education to Democracy at HEAF Gala
Stanley Crouch notes Zakaria as Time editor and CNN world affairs correspondent delivering HEAF gala keynote urging New York and federal leaders to support public and charter schools. He cites HEAF and Success Academy results, arguing true progress comes from vision and student outcomes, not magic or money alone. Warren, Matthews, and Reagan/O’Neill era lessons frame demand for compromise and responsible governance. Email published comment to crouch.stanley at gmail.com.
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Areed Zakaria
Time Magazine
CNN
India
Harlem Educational Activities Fund
New York
HEAF
Harlem
Brooklyn
Eva Moskowitz
Success Academy
Zakaria
Ness
Chris Matthews
Tip and
the Gipper
Ronald Reagan
Tip O’neill
Matthews
Reagan
O’neill
Washington
Obamacare rollout mess exposes deep flaws in law
The piece critiques the Obamacare rollout under the Obama administration noting repeated website failures and offlining of HealthCare.gov. It cites skepticism from media figures, uncertain enrollment figures, and rising premiums highlighted by a San Jose Mercury News interviewee. The tone questions sustainability and future enrollment of young healthy users.
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Daily Show
Jon Stewart
Health and Human Services
Kathleen Sebelius
Obama
Chad Henderson
Federal Exchange
CBS
Luke Chung
Washington Post
White House
Barack Obama
Obamacare
Apple
Steve Jobs
HHS
BlackBerry
FBI
San Jose
Calif
Mercury News
Cindy Vinson
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