Carrie Rengers

You don’t say

“We’re going to put out a challenge to our … masters in Washington. … I request that they begin their mandates to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions with their own staff.”

– County Commissioner Karl Peterjohn’s tongue-in-cheek suggestion that if the Environmental Protection Agency is concerned about carbon dioxide emissions, its employees should stop breathing

Carrie Rengers: 316-268-6340, @CarrieRengers

This story was originally published February 3, 2016 at 4:57 PM.

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