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Opinion Line (Aug. 18)

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I am always shocked and amazed when I get the giant delinquent taxpayer list in the newspaper. It’s incredible how many deadbeats live in this town.


The multi-page list of Sedgwick County property tax delinquents has arrived, and it’s shocking how many are LLCs. The state gives them a free pass on income taxes, and the county is still owed thousands.


Did anyone else notice that Joe Biden’s nose was about three inches longer after he got done with his speech praising Hillary Clinton?


President Obama’s birth certificate was released after Donald Trump’s allegations. It’s time for Trump to cough up his tax returns.


I don’t care if Dubai doesn’t like Trump. If anything, that is one more reason to vote for him.


A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for the “dark side.”


Trump may not be a “career politician,” but the man is a political operator, through and through. Don’t delude yourself into thinking he’s some paragon of virtue.


My friend said the other day that the United States has only one fiscal problem: a lack of political will to tax those who have all the money.


Gov. Sam Brownback reminds me of Fidel Castro – presiding over a failed economic and governing system and refusing to acknowledge the failure.


“Moderate” former state Sen. Dick Kelsey finally got his revenge in the Aug. 2 primary elections.


A.J. Bohannon is not a civil rights leader/organizer. Anyone who feels he needs to shove a megaphone in an officer’s face is an antagonizer.


Lucky for Wichita drivers that I’m not a law enforcement officer. I could easily give out more than 100 tickets a day for texting while driving.


Thanks to all the Wichita restaurants that added gluten-free items to their menus for clients who can’t tolerate it in and on everything.


I don’t know about anyone else, but ABBA songs keep playing in my head.


Slime is very attractive to other slime.

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This story was originally published August 18, 2016 at 5:02 AM with the headline "Opinion Line (Aug. 18)."

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