Opinion Line (Oct. 17)

The city of Wichita has a comprehensive plan for the sales tax. I don’t know why the opponents keep saying there is no plan. I hope people do their research and don’t listen to the naysayers. We need to move this community forward. I’m voting “yes.”

The sky won’t fall and water rates needn’t go through the roof if the 1 percent sales tax is defeated. Simply put a portion of the sales tax on a ballot to cover the water issue alone, and it will pass in a heartbeat.

If you want to see a perfect example of why to vote “no” on the sales tax, check out the street construction on 37th Street North between Broadway and Hydraulic – poorly planned, pitifully executed and not necessary. Shame on officials for what they have done to those businesses.

Andover is also proposing an increase of 1 percent in the sales tax. This tax will never expire. The main purpose is to reduce property taxes. More tax cuts for the wealthy and more tax load on the poor.

Pat Roberts wouldn’t be in such a tight race if he had done something, anything, in 33 years in Congress. There is a reason our Founding Fathers never envisioned career politicians.

Why aren’t the Democrats squawking about not having a candidate for U.S. senator on the ballot? Oh, wait – Greg Orman’s on the ballot.

Tim Huelskamp giving advice about dealing with Ebola is like my wife (who never even played softball) advising Ned Yost on strategy for winning the World Series.

Wake up, Kansans – do you really want to elect a liberal from Lawrence as our next governor?

Go ahead, GOP, run all your lying, sleazy attack ads against your opponents. Those who simply attack obviously have no good record of their own to run on.

I noticed an item advertised in a local ad that many Republicans might be, or should be, interested in – fire-resistant pants.

After a crime is committed and a person charged, why does it sometimes take two to three years to go to trial? The right to a speedy trial should go both ways.

Let’s assume some allied force captures these radical Islamists who delight in decapitating noncombatant infidels on video. After a year they are brought to trial and found guilty. What will their sentences be? A mild sting from an IV and eternal sleep?

This story was originally published October 16, 2014 at 7:04 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Oct. 17)."