Opinion Line (May 15)

So how do you Obama supporters like your messiah arming all sides in the Middle East and virtually assuring there will be a massive war, possibly World War III, very soon?

News flash to President Obama: Fox News is not to blame for the shrinking middle class. You are.

News flash to all those GOP presidential candidate clones: President Obama is not running for re-election. Repeating the same message over and over is annoying.

We are at the point of maintaining basic and necessary county services or continuing to throw tax money away on local attractions that have never made a penny of profit. I and others know the answer, but the number of people who don’t is terrifying.

It’s great that the medical hemp bill passed its first hurdle. This would help epileptic children get relief, as well as open eyes to the fact that medicinal hemp is used to treat epilepsy and other ailments.

Looks like the Kansas Republican Party is about to raise your taxes. A lot.

I continue to search for someone willing to admit they voted for Gov. Sam Brownback. This may take longer than I thought.

The school block-grant funding bill was passed to mask and circumvent the state Supreme Court decision on schools funding. It will not give more money to the schools, as Brownback and the Legislature had indicated. When will this tomfoolery end?

Did anyone else notice the school cuts listed in the Sunday Eagle? All the cuts were in the classroom. This is what school is all about. Are the sacred sports programs, artificial turf and coaches more important than classroom teachers? We are in trouble. Think of our kids.

Of all the cities where I have lived, Wichita is the only one where you can be a half mile from a traffic light when it turns green, and still have to stop because the cars in front of you are so slow to proceed through the intersection.

Perhaps the DMV should remind Wichita drivers when they renew their licenses that the white letters on octagonal signs with a red background at most intersections are not an acronym for “spin tires on pavement.”

The new telephone poles on Rock Road just south of Kellogg are just plain ugly and make the neighborhood look industrial.

Isn’t it time yet to do away with the new comics The Eagle tried? At least put “Frazz” out of its misery and bring back “Get Fuzzy.” I sure miss Bucky Katt. Even reruns would be better than “Frazz.”

This story was originally published May 14, 2015 at 7:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (May 15)."