Opinion Line (Dec. 31)

Colorado is going to be sorry it legalized marijuana. More crime, impaired driving, homelessness, childhood poisonings and even hash oil explosions will be the costs incurred for a few million dollars more per month in tax revenue.

It is interesting how many states have quietly adopted some of the things the GOP has fought against the most, such as a higher minimum wage and gay marriage. What’s next – actually looking out for all the people?

It has been 10 years since the devastating Asian tsunami. You could say about the same time the same thing hit Boeing in Wichita with the move to Spirit. It had a similar effect on the employees and this community.

My New Year’s resolution is to avoid doing business with Kansas small businesses since many are exempt from paying state individual income tax.

Why are the taxpayers paying to bus students to magnet schools? Make the parents pay if they want special schooling for their children.

Obama is about as authentic as “Flo,” the Progressive Insurance gal on TV.

Fuel is almost back down to the price it was six years ago when President Bush and his “oil buddies” left office. I’m sure Obama and the Democrats have a plan to fix that problem, though.

End all fossil fuel subsidies now.

There is no legitimate reason why the United States is not energy independent. Thank you, liberals, for squelching oil exploration, for preventing the construction of new refineries, and for preventing new nuclear power plants from being built. Then you say, “No blood for oil.”

Someone needs to tell discombobulated Pat Roberts that the “Big Red One” is stationed in Kansas but is mostly made up of troops from other states. It takes Kansan troops to make Kansas proud. Why is he running around over there anyway?

The Kansas City Chiefs and the KSU Wildcats have one thing in common – neither can win the big ones. New head coaches are needed at both institutions.

I love my Wichita Eagle. But when I open it and there is that half-page on the front, I gently remove it, wad it up and stick it together with the sticker also provided on the front page. I feel bad because someone’s ad dollar was wasted.

Why can’t we get a new batch of comic strips to replace the ones we got last time? They are weird, dull and not funny.

Thank you so much to the people who paid our bill on a Saturday evening at Olive Garden on Rock Road.

This story was originally published December 30, 2014 at 6:02 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Dec. 31)."