Our View on Curbing Cronyism in Disaster Response
The piece argues Katrina exposed systemic failures at all levels and credits some improvements during Rita. It criticizes Michael Brown’s appointment and calls for real leadership in crisis management, while noting FEMA’s Higher Education Project expansion after Hugo and Andrew and DHS funding cuts threatening its elimination. It urges strengthening emergency management programs and reducing cronyism to improve future disaster response.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
Mike Brown
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FEMA
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Andrew
Gram
Department of Homeland Security
Katrina
Rita mockery marks Kenneally's pub amid Rita hurricane hype
The Houston marquee at Kenneally's Irish Pub teases Rita as a hurricane predicted to devastate the Texas coast proves wildly overstated. Bob Geldof lauds a new debt relief plan for the poor, while Rev. Ian Paisley denounces IRA disarmament delays as deceptive politics and truth converge.
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Kenneally
Houston
Texas
Bob Geldof
World Financial
Ian Paisley
Northern Ireland
Democratic Unionist Party
Irish Republican Army
Akelo The Telegram Letters to Editor Policy
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer address and phone number and notes all letters are confirmed before publication. Letters may be edited for libel and length and should be 500 words or less. Thank you notes are general. form letters poems consumer complaints or testimonials will not be printed.
First Amendment text summary in constitutional scope
The First Amendment prohibits the government from establishing a religion or prohibiting its free exercise, and bars abridging freedom of speech or the press. It also protects the right to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances.
Sebelius Quietly Tests Campaign Themes For 2006 Run
AP reports Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius weighs re election while her team tests campaign themes focused on stronger schools growing the economy and streamlined government. Political analysts say she aims to stay above the fray until a formal announcement and emphasize broad messages rather than specifics.
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PEKA
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Puffery
Sebelius
Education Commission of the States
Allan Cigler
University of Kansas
Sebelius Campaign Tightens Grip With TV Pulls
Kansas Governor Sebelius reels in a re election strategy built on a tested image of efficiency and bipartisanship. Her office credits reduced alcohol related traffic fatalities to state agencies and the Highway Patrol, while a record 4 million campaign fund fuels relentless ads. John Hanna notes this theme will likely repeat in next year’s spots.
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Sebelius
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
State Department of Transportation
Harmony
Finney County Humane Society Flea Market Aid Drive
Community appeal urges support for Finney County Humane Society to fund a new van for twice monthly dog transport to Denver. Flea market and donation drive set for Saturday Oct 1 behind the Windsor Hotel with free pickup offered for large items.
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Denver
Dumb Friends League
Finney County Humane Society
Windsor Hotel
Nancy
Finnup Park and Dan Baffa reshape Garden City landmark
Historical notes celebrate Dan Baffa’s expansion of Finnup Park in Garden City, joining a lineage from Frederick Finnup to George Finnup and Police Chief Lee Richardson. The 104 acre park along the Arkansas River gained transformed zoo facilities, landscaped grounds, and continued prominence in Finney County.
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Garden City
Finnup
Dan Baffa
Frederick Finnup
George Finnup
Lee Richardson
Claude
Mary Owens
Kansas
Leola Howard Blanchard
Arkansas River
George W. Finnup
Germany
United States
Ohio
Finnup Park
Frank Schulman
Richardson
Zoo
Mary
Baffa
Finney
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Lynn Jenkins
Kansas House
Doug Mays
Cook Report
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Cigler
Department of Labor
Wichita State University
Dolly
John Hanna
United Way
Red Cross
Humane Society
Baffa Key
Scott
Lane
Kearny
Haskell
Scott County
Dolores Hope Garden City Telegram
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