Opinion

Posted on Sat, Nov. 07, 2009

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Opinion Line (Nov. 7)

With our central location and strong health care and manufacturing industries, Wichita should become a center for vaccine manufacturing. Then the United States wouldn't have to rely on foreign countries for vaccine.

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To all you Obama supporters: Scrape off the bumper sticker, put down the cigarettes, get off public assistance, and become productive members of society so that I don't have to continue to support you.

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Rep. Todd Tiahrt does not want anyone to "have to go to a public official to get health care." Doesn't he mind people having to go to a corporate CEO for that same health care? Corporations make money when they don't pay claims. That is why they deny claims all the time.

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Maybe I'll go hear Sarah Palin at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce banquet, so I can sit in the back row and yell, "You lie."

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The Trans-Siberian Orchestra put on another spectacular show at the Kansas Coliseum on Monday. It was a fitting final concert for the group in the old building. I just hope the Intrust Bank Arena organizers will book TSO for next year.

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I'm not a fan of country music, but if the arena can book class acts such as Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw for those who like them, it can only benefit Wichita.

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Did our Sedgwick County commissioners just fall off a turnip truck? They have spent thousands of dollars on this consulting firm to figure out our jail overcrowding problem. The consultants couldn't come up with anything constructive, and our commissioners just handed them more taxpayer money.

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I can't help thinking that those out-of-state consultants are laughing at this redneck place called Wichita that can't figure anything out on its own.

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I am appalled that the Sedgwick County commissioners get free tickets to WSU basketball games and, yes, I want to know about every coffee cup that commissioners receive from anyone.

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Bev Hodge was an incredible teacher at Robinson Middle School. Her death is a tragedy and a reminder that many unsung heroes live among us. These true American heroes devote their lives to bettering the lives of those around them.

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The trees on Wichita's Southeast Boulevard were so beautiful this fall.