Tag: Rhonda Holman
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Wichita Eagle’s school cheerleading isn’t helpful
Now that Mark McCormick is no longer with the Wichita Eagle, I think we can say that Rhonda Holman has taken over the role of chief cheerleader for USD 259, the Wichita public school district. Not that she needed much of a push in that direction. But claims made in a recent opinion piece of…
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Sedgwick County solid waste fee criticized
Today’s by Rhonda Holman is a two-fer. Two issues for the price of one column, and two issues she’s wrong on. She criticizes Commissioner Karl Peterjohn and Board Chairman Kelly Parks for the opposition of a solid waste management fee that would add a relatively small amount to property tax bills.
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Wichita water economics
This week the Wichita City Council declined to raise the fixed portion of customers water bills by $2.00 per month. Today, Wichita Eagle editorial writer Rhonda Holman praises the council for avoiding an illogical water-rate increase. Is she and the city council right on this matter?
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Share in the green-energy boom and quit fighting
Share in the green-energy boom. That’s the title of Rhonda Holman’s editorial in Sunday’s Wichita Eagle. It’s backed up in today’s paper by Enough fighting over coal plants. This editorial is notable for a few points.
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Wichita Eagle editorial page calls for more government at all levels
Today’s Wichita Eagle editorial and opinion page is chock full of plans for more government programs, regulations, taxes, and intervention.
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Wichita school board members should not be re-elected
Next Tuesday, four members of the board of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, seek to be elected again to their current posts. These members — Lanora Nolan, Lynn Rogers, Connie Dietz and Betty Arnold — are part of a board and school district that is increasingly out-of-step with education reforms that are working…
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Articles of Interest
Wichita real estate development, redistricting, newspapers, free markets.
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Articles of Interest
Education reform, downtown Wichita arena, Kansas smoking ban, downtown developers.
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Editorial Board Pen Names at the Wichita Eagle
Some comment-writers to this blog make very good points that deserve more visibility. This is the case with the following comment left anonymously to the post In Wichita, let’s disclose everything. I mean everything.