Opinion Line (Sept. 26)

Gov. Sam Brownback is declaring October as Zombie Preparedness Month to encourage disaster preparation. I wonder if that includes the pending financial apocalypse.

Constantly talking about the past, going backward in a car, standing in a one-room schoolhouse – I’m beginning to see a real theme with Democrat Paul Davis. Or is it a goal?

Those “jerks” wearing robes are a very important part of our checks and balances form of government. Eliminate them and we’ll soon be in the same boat as many other countries in the world – rudderless.

Kris Kobach needs to learn that what he says is not necessarily so.

Kobach’s supervision of the election process in Kansas has been a spiteful display of partisan bickering requiring an order by the highest state court to get him to correctly name the candidates on the ballot for U.S. Senate. He is more interested in playing politics than managing an election.

What a delight to see old friend Bob Dole supporting Pat Roberts. As he says, Social Security is quickly going broke under the Democrats. We can’t allow a rich liberal with no background or experience to buy this election.

Greg Orman is a role model of what we have been needing for years, and all we want to know is what side he will be on.

Orman has clearly articulated his reasons for not naming which party he will caucus with when elected. Why would anyone make this decision before the new Senate landscape is determined? Avoid the Republican Kool-Aid.

Harry Reid’s do-nothing Senate will be remembered at election time.

The Wichita City Council wants to raise the sales tax by 1 percentage point to 8.15 percent. You know what that means, don’t you? We’re already paying 7.15 percent, which is an outrage.

If a new downtown library had been included in the sales tax vote, I might vote for it. I’m not in favor of funding through a sales tax. It hits the poor among us the hardest. Wichita has not raised property taxes in 20 years.

Sedgwick County can take $5 million out of its reserve fund to build a new elephant barn but cannot take $5 million to build a new law enforcement training center to replace one that is completely inadequate and about to fall down?

This story was originally published September 25, 2014 at 7:05 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Sept. 26)."