Proposed cuts to corrections system could endanger Kansans, secretary says

Budget cuts mean less staff, less guards, less prisons and less jails which means they will be letting morons out sooner than they should be. Its bad enough that the state can't seem to figure out which offenders to keep and which ones to release. I won't argue what your saying either though. Its all related. The prison system is big business. Unfortunately its the normal people who do right in society that will be affected by higher crime rates. Its one big s%!t sandwich and were all gona have to take a bite.

May 24, 2013 at 6:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Proposed cuts to corrections system could endanger Kansans, secretary says

Yeah, send them to Afghanistan and Iraq. They like Americans there.

May 24, 2013 at 4:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Proposed cuts to corrections system could endanger Kansans, secretary says

Its proposed budget cuts like this that cost 4 innocent people their lives in Franklin County a few weeks ago. If the state continues to let morons like Kyle Flack go after less than 4 years served for 1st degree attempted murder with a firearm, I will be purchasing a pistol very soon. I can see that having the funds and facilities to house societies undesirables is a huge undertaking. But put the stinking inmates to work chain gang style. Why should they sit there and collect dust. If you go down to the south east part of the country, they still work the inmates. I would have them doing road work, hauling trash and so on. I can think of all kinds of things they should or could be doing other than watching cable TV for 23 hours a day. I'm not real keen on the idea of legalizing drugs, but decriminalizing simple possession or small amounts of weed would help. For other more serious drug related crimes, get people treatment rather than incarceration. There is no reason a person who sold a couple pounds of weed should be doing more time than a person like Kyle Flack. Moral of the story is the state needs to do a better job of putting away violent criminals and rehabilitating those that have a chance of making a positive contribution to society

May 24, 2013 at 4:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor

The guy who screamed and moaned about how we should build this bypass: No one said nothing about tolls! I'm not paying tolls, you can stick that road where the sun don't shine.

Seems to me the Baker wetlands will get the last laugh.

May 23, 2013 at 8:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

City commissioner wants review of city's storm shelter policies in wake of Oklahoma tornado

I am screwed no matter what. Got no basement. Going to have to ride it out in the bath tub and wear my full size authentic John Elway football helmet.

May 23, 2013 at 2:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Higher education officials say concealed carry on campus probably inevitable in the future

Someone asked for examples

http://www.csgv.org/issues-and-campai...

I might add that I own 5 firearms and will never part ways with them. But I have no need or desire to tote around guns.

May 16, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bid for recreation center comes in about $10 million lower than expected; questions grow over other cost estimates

Remember, you pay for what you get.

May 15, 2013 at 4:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Families pack courtroom for hearing in Ottawa murder case

I do not take the death penalty lightly. Normally I am against it. However, Flack knew right and wrong, and considering his past, I say put him to sleep and that's me being generous. Not only has he emotionally wrecked the lives of several families, he just cost them all about 60 thousand dollars in combined funeral expenses ruining them financially as well. I honestly think the financial burden of laying these victims to rest and payment of punitive damages should fall on the state of Kansas. The judgment, sentencing and early release of Flack in 2005 was a complete failure in every sense of the word. He should have done no less than a mandatory 20 to 30 years on his first go around. Its outright stupid, and moronic to negotiate plea deals with violent offenders, especially ones charged with shooting a human being multiple times. The whole deal is sad because it didn't have to happen and it shouldn't have happened. I don't know how the judge or district attorney for his case in 2005 can even get a decent nights sleep after all this. The whole thing just stinks to high heaven.

May 14, 2013 at 8:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

City estimates it may cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to keep concealed weapons out of city buildings

"Silly. You know you can't print out 3-D metal objects. But you could print out some 3-D security guards with 3-D weapons to guard the doors! Better yet...print out a 3-D city commission and city staff and city hall, too! Then create a secret place for the humans to meet and work and don't tell anybody. What's a minor violation of the Open Meetings Act to keep everyone safe? I cannot believe our founding fathers did not have the foresight to address this 3-D issue."

Actually, they have incorporated 3D cardboard cut outs of Police officers in highly populated parts of India to curb speeding and so far it has worked. But to add to your statement, if your going to do all that, you may as well do it like the kid on Home Alone with motorized 3D cardboard cut outs of city workers, then send all the real city employees home who do nothing anyway with a check and get the same results you have now. Course if we do that, who will do all the harassing of the working middle class people?

May 13, 2013 at 3:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Search for missing toddler — presumed dead — ramping down after intense week

There are ways to make the guy talk. They may not be the most pleasant, but I would stop at nothing to find this baby girl even if it meant beating it out of this coward.

May 11, 2013 at 6:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )