Dear editor,
I know it is hot and I know it is dry. I have lived through these cycles since the 1930s. Nobody has ever been able to change the weather.
This year we have opportunity to change the representatives and senators of the state Legislature.
I sincerely hope that Brownback’s plan will work for the state, but I am sure it will not work.
If it doesn’t, we will see high property taxes, higher sales taxes, and less money for education.
I feel John Coen and Ed Bideau are two people who want to see good things happen to the state of Kansas and people who live here.
I sincerely hope you will vote for them Aug. 7.
Sincerely,
Bob Sharp,
Humboldt, Kan.
Dear editor,
It’s amazing what people will believe.
You can yell “fire, fire” long enough and someone will believe you. There are a number of people in Iola who want people to make a decision based on false and outdated information. Decisions that will affect everyone in Iola. This is just what happened when a vigilante group passed around the petition asking for the recall of Kendall Callahan and Ken Rowe.
We have heard a lot about the recall vote from good citizens of Iola for Kendall Callahan and Ken Rowe, but do we know if it is all true? Number one: They used outdated information from the county attorney. Number two: Targeted these two council members when most of the council would be guilty if the two are. Number three: It is the two that were the most outspoken about the firing of former city administrator, Judy Brigham. We need to know how Judy’s trial will come out before we call foul. We wrote a letter earlier to the forum stating that we need facts that are true before we make such an important decision as recalling the two council members. Please, stop and think this through before you decide that a certain unhappy small group of people are telling you how you should feel and how you should vote. This recall vote will affect everyone in the city. We feel bad for people that try to do a job and then become a scapegoat for something a few feel is not popular. If this recall does pass, how are we to get good people to run for the council when they will think, “well, if I make someone mad, will I be subject to the pressure of a recall?”
