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To the editor: I, too, have been following this story about the Douglas County Commission's decision to not reappoint Chelsi Hayden to the Planning Commission, and the lack of explanation from some commissioners. I've been following the subsequent readers opinions, too. The following is my ...
To the editor: Recently, the Journal-World wrote an article about the Supreme Court amendment that is on the ballot. You reported that Kansas is among 14 states that have a merit-based system. You failed to mention that no other state in the union chooses its justices exactly like Kansas does. ...
To the editor: Last week I looked out to the edge of our property to see a spray rig stopped on the road. I figured it was the farmers taking a break, but it wasn’t one of their units. I walked down to check, finding it was a crew from the tree company Asplundh, which normally clears high ...
To the editor: The proposal to turn Kansas justices into politicians is clearly a bad idea. It's a thinly veiled attempt to create legal sock puppets for powerful special-interest groups. That said, it's important to remember that all judges, whether state or federal, acquire their ...
To the editor: On August 4 we will vote — we all need to vote — on a proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution that would make Supreme Court judges elected rather than appointed. This is a callous attack on our judicial system. Why are the Trumpists in the state Legislature promoting ...
To the editor: I read Chad Lawhorn's July 28 article about Chelshi Hayden's denied reappointment to the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission with interest. I attended most if not all of the Planning Commission public discussions regarding the development of wind farm regulations in ...