Opinion Line (March 21)

Coming next year will be insulting ads entreating women to vote for a woman solely based on gender, as if women don’t or can’t understand the issues.

Hurry up, 2016’s new president. We need him badly. Tom Cotton is a tested, worthy man.

A study of emissions of your barbecue grills has been started by the EPA. A better study might be: If all those working for the agency would just stop breathing, would we have an even greater reduction of carbon dioxide emissions?

Those who whine against government support for the arts don’t remember that governments have supported the arts since the time of Ancient Egypt. WPA art was a significant program in the depths of the Depression, when nobody had money.

A $125-a-plate gala for the opening of the airport, and only invited dignitaries can attend? This is a public facility, and citizens should have the opportunity to buy tickets and attend their airport’s opening celebration.

Before the City Council spends up to $250,000 on parties, it should look at the return on investment. If it does not result in more tourism, business relocation, etc., then how many potholes can be filled, how many Jaws of Life or body cams can be purchased?

If Wichitans ever get another chance to vote on a tax increase in order to ensure a future water supply, it might be wise to remind those in opposition that you can’t drink oil.

The Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition needs to go to Topeka and bang some legislators’ heads together, since everything the Legislature is passing is in conflict with what the coalition is trying to accomplish for Wichita.

I am a fourth-generation Kansan, and it has become impossible to make a credible argument to my children to stay in this state. Crazy, one-sided policies coming from Topeka are driving us out.

I was glad to see that President Obama’s bracket showed so little knowledge of basketball. It showed he’s keeping his nose to the grindstone, and not getting taken in by March Madness.

Wish I had my own NCAA bracket with the presidential seal, like Obama. Doesn’t this guy have anything better to do? But wait – with Obama engaging in this activity, perhaps he won’t have time to mess with those of us who are decent, respectable citizens of the United States.

I hope the NCAA doesn’t find out I’m watching the basketball tournament in my basement, as I don’t have its permission. The NCAA has gotten too powerful.

How do these college basketball players afford the tattoos? Some of them have $10,000 sleeves on their arms. Those scholarships must pay pretty well.

This story was originally published March 20, 2015 at 7:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (March 21)."