Letters to the Editor
Moran should hear his voters’ preferences
Sen. Jerry Moran has gone to town halls and received emails and phone calls. The problem is 80 percent of the time that is from people who didn’t vote for him. It’s highly organized by liberal groups, even busing in people from as far as Kansas City.
Moran lacks information that conservatives who voted for him want repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. It has failed Kansas, especially in rural counties. There is one insurer per county and in Wyandotte and Shawnee counties, we don’t know if the two insurers will put caps on number of people. We already know about a 20-30 percent increase and while the media blames corporate social responsbility, the truth is there’s just not enough healthy young people in rural counties to subsidize older people.
Sen. Moran, listen to your voters and not people who would never vote for you.
Franklin Allan Strum, Wichita
Eclipsing Washington
It was very refreshing to have such extensive coverage of the solar eclipse that it pushed all the rancor and political fighting that dominates the news these days off the table. If the news was more pleasant and not the same old us vs. them, I might even start watching it again.
In the meantime, I will not watch the nightly news as all it does is make you feel miserable and ruins the ability to feel upbeat in life.
Bill Schmidt, Bel Aire
Trump feeling it from all sides
I personally feel bad for President Trump for continually being ridden by the liberals and the liberal media, but also from his party of Republicans. This all stems from jealousy.
He beat Hillary Clinton fair and square, but they cannot accept this, poor people. Get off it and accept it as done. Also, he beat the so-called “good ol’ boys.”. They cannot believe it happened because they are the elite of the Republican Party. But it did, so get over it.
Can you imagine what it would be like if we worked together on getting things done and quit the fighting, the jealousy and not being able to agree on anything? This is child’s play. Let’s grow up and work together. You might really be surprised. I can dream, can’t I?
Richard Reeves, Sylvan Grove
The chaos created by President Trump
Seven months in, do we now have a large-enough sample size of the “best dealmaker’s” strategy? The president’s operating style is pretty clear by now.
He will not accept teamwork, unity or a positive work environment. He will facilitate a work environment that is flooded by chaos, pits people against each other, and then throw stones at anyone randomly passing by. Throw in his complete lack of a relationship with truth, facts, reality, decorum, history, etiquette, or the expectations of his position, and you have what will likely be the end of the Republican Party.
Unfortunately, this will have severe consequences that affect us all.
Adam Lukens, Wichita
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This story was originally published August 27, 2017 at 5:08 AM with the headline "Letters to the Editor."