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To the editor:I continue to hear this recurring cry for change.This crying is not for change. You want everything to stay exactly the same. The same increases in taxes, spending, building new things, keeping people…

The email message began: Over the next few days, anyone who follows politics is going to be inundated with all sorts of opinions and beliefs about what happened this election, why it happened, and what…

Dear editor,As an outsider looking in, because I do not live within the school district, and could not vote yes on the School Bond Issue, I wish to express my disappointment in those of you…

Supporters for new schools got a sound thumping in Tuesday’s election.By an almost 2-to-1 margin voters rebuked the idea for several likely reasons, the topmost being they do not want to pay higher sales and…

Dear editor,I am writing to show my support for the new school bond vote. I would like to preface my supporting opinion by stating I fully appreciate and respect all those who have expressed concerns…

Two state supreme court justices are up for re-election on Tuesday’s ballot.Gov. Sam Brownback would like you to give them the boot. Why? Because he would like to appoint their replacements.Supreme Court Justices Eric Rosen,…

Dear editor,As we look forward to our right to vote Nov. 4, I hope people will take a moment to reflect back on their own education growing up — their elementary, junior high, and high…

“Will call tonight,” was the last I heard from Richard Zahn, on Oct. 13.He never did. So I sat on his letters. The first came from an unfamiliar email. Turns out it was his secretary’s.…

Dear editor,Fear — it can be paralyzing.Step on a crack, you break your mother’s back. Look at the sun, you’ll go blind. Swallow watermelon seeds and a plant will grow in your stomach and you’ll…

Kansas Republicans are feeling left out in the cold.Our governor is fiscally irresponsible. Our candidate for health insurance, Ken Selzer, wants to upend Medicare. Our candidate for the U.S. Senate, Pat Roberts, knows only one…