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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 2013
Page
4
As of Thursday 268 Kansas National Guard employees, about 138 percent of the Guard's 2,100 staff, remained furloughed. October weekend drills were canceled and Guard members faced at least one missed paycheck.
The GOP led partial shutdown threatens National Guard training and pay, reducing readiness as Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli notes daily degradation. Kansas guardsmen and reservists assist in disasters from Colorado floods to wildfires, tornadoes, and hurricane relief, underscoring the need for stable pay and drills. Congress is urged to compromise to protect Guard forces and emergency responses.
Online reader quotes from GCTelegram.com respond to a Finney County Humane Society effort to stabilize feral cats and to the Russell Child Development Center receiving an AT&T grant. Jeanne Billings notes Building Blocks seminars aim to prevent poor parenting behaviors.
The Telegram welcomes signed letters to the editor with writer address and phone number. Letters are confirmed before publication, may be edited for libel and length, and must be 500 words or less. General thanks and form letters are discouraged. send to Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 or online at gctelegram.com.
Alan Jilka notes former diplomat Thomas Pickering argues that partisan polarization cripples Congress and harms U.S. credibility abroad. He urges ending extreme gerrymandering to create competitive districts, encouraging compromise and centrist governance amid a long domestic crisis.
A citizen letter warns Garden City residents to watch water bills after former Lakin administrator Fred Jones is hired as Water Systems Resource manager. It cites 2013 Lakin rate hikes and a $5.7 million nano filtration plant funded partly by grants, with bills rising for customers. The writer urges voter oversight before major water projects, noting Jones’s influence and the potential impact on local rates.
Susan Stamper Brown argues that President Obama shifted from calling for civility after Giffords to a scorched earth approach. She accuses liberals of chaos and demonization of opponents, citing IRS actions, Tea Party clashes, and sharp rhetoric by Obama aides, claiming liberalism’s failures and declining approval.
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