Sedgwick County Commission fails citizens
At yesterday’s meeting of the Sedgwick County Commission, Commissioners Tom Winters, Tim Norton, and Dave Unruh failed to take an opportunity to stand up for good government. By ratifying the City of...
View ArticleParks’ Selection as Sedgwick County Commission Chair Breaks Tradition
In a move that suggests that there may be some change in the way things are done in the Sedgwick County Courthouse, Kelly Parks was selected as chairman of the Board of County Commissioners for the...
View ArticleLack of information clouds Sedgwick County industrial park plans
At yesterday’s meeting of the Board of Sedgwick County Commissioners, questions about a proposed industrial park development reveal that there’s still a long way to go before all issues are uncovered,...
View ArticleSedgwick County solid waste fee criticized
Today’s Wichita Eagle column by Rhonda Holman is a two-fer. Two issues for the price of one column, and two issues she’s wrong on. The first issue is explained in Wichita water economics. She...
View ArticleWichita Eagle reporting, headlining discussed by commissioners
In today’s meeting of the Sedgwick County Commission, Wichita Eagle reporting and editorializing was the subject of an off-agenda item. Commissioner Gwen Welshimer used this opportunity to read into...
View ArticlePeterjohn presses taxpayer protection platform through Sedgwick County...
At today’s meeting of the Sedgwick County Commission, commissioners revised the county’s 2010 legislative platform, adding important and groundbreaking taxpayer protection to the platform. The split...
View ArticleSedgwick County Commissioner disputes Wichita Eagle headline on audit
This week controversy arose surrounding a request by two Sedgwick County Commissioners for more information from the county’s auditor, Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, L.C., a public accounting firm. The...
View ArticleKansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 3, 2011
This week at Wichita City Council. Roger Smith will be sworn in to take the place of Jim Skelton. Smith’s term will end in April, when the voters will select a permanent member of the council from...
View ArticleSedgwick County commissioners vote Democratic
This morning the Sedgwick County Commission voted to select member Tim Norton of Haysville as chairman for the upcoming year. Norton, a Democrat, received the votes of two of the board’s four...
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