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River Development
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Somewhere recently, either here in the forum, or over in James Blog, people were interested in possibilities of development along the river. It is true that there are very specific limits to what goes on the levee, there are very few limits on what can go alongside the levee. On the river side any dev...
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Am I wrong?
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In the late '60s and early '70s when I was working in the law enforcement field we weren't even allowed to have commercial radios in the patrol cars because they'd be a distraction, keeping us from having our full attention on our duties. We even had to drive with our window at least part way down in the wi...
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Illegal immigrants
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Redd Rover from another topic: This was in the Wichita Eagle a year ago. I posted it. Please don't speak for local law enforcement till you know what they have done in the past with illegals. I know what the county level does with them in the past. NOTHING! I can't say what the city does with them but I don'...
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Traffic Downtown??
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For years, I have read in the papers and heard the Commission talk and discuss needing to bring more people downtown... "We need to find ways to bring more people downtown!"... "We need to develop the downtown area so more people will shop downtown." Etc, etc, etc.. the cry g...
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ice storm clean up
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Has any one seen the city out picking up?
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Be careful driving downtown
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This is NOT meant to be a criticism of the downtown overhaul recently done. I think it looks great. Having said that, since the downtown was redone I've noticed something odd and dangerous. On an almost weekly basis I see vehicles running red lights on Summit street downtown, sometimes more than one i...
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New Interlocal Venues
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The proposition of sharing the workload of engineering of new projects with the capable and qualified staffing within our local METRO WICHITA area has a profound statement of it's own. What do you think about reduced rates due to economy of scale and the future of recognizing no man is an island?
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Ark City Loses a great philanthropist.
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Philanthropist: noun - One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others. Arkansas City lost one of its last great icons on Monday, Oscar A. Kimmell. He was a great representation of what this city used to be. He was honest, hard working, fair, and most o...
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Car crashes
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I read all of these news articles about minor car accidents. My sister and I were in a car accident on the highway going 70mph, overcorrected, flipped 5 times. It was listed in the winfield newspaper as a non-injury accident and not even mentioned in the traveler. Broke both my legs and hurt my arm. I jus...
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Holy Cow Doug!!!! If anyone wondered where Lowe's went.......
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"As improvements are made to the tax increment district by developers, the property tax revenues increase. However, the city and other government entities continue to receive the same tax money they did before any development took place. The difference goes toward paying off the bonds. The...
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Water Fee
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To Arkansas Citians: Thought I'd post this here for discussion. The newly imposed fee schedule for turnoff/turnon of water services in our town. I'll start off by saying that I think personally that it will be a "backdoor" tax on the poorest among us. Some have said or implied that the peop...
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Orscheln's Clerk
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She has more on the ball than a lot of the lame brains we have around town. Gotta give her credit. Maybe the ACPD or CLSO could use her skills. Hope somebody does good for her.
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Cowley Cinema 8
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The last time the wife and I went to see a movie @ Cowley Cinema was almost a year ago. We don't plan on going back again. There are two main issues. 1: The sound volume is WAY too loud. Repeated complaints to management gained nothing but excuses. One animated movie we went to had mother's covering their c...
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Time for change in Ark City?
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So, if the local police and county sheriff's deputys are not authorized to enforce Federal laws, why does Cowley County have a drug task force? Those are Federal laws. Kidnapping is another Federal offense. The legal age for purchasing alcohol and tobacco are also Federal laws. These ARE enforced b...
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The Long Road Ahead
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Does anyone in town get tired of the brick roads shaking our vehicles to pieces? When will any of the road money that we voted for actually get used for road improvements? As I understand it the last road bond issue bought some really nice lamps, flower pots and park benches downtown. Will this new bo...
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Drinking at games
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Minors Consuming Alcohol at Football Games Arkansas City Police Department Press Release School Resource Officers, providing security for the Arkansas City High School Football game, found a 17-year-old juvenile female in possession of a Styrofoam cup containing a brown liquid. The Styrofoa...
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Underage Drinking
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What is it with these mother's in this town that think they need to be "friends" with their kids instead of parents? Buynig beer for you underage kids? I hope they get more than a fine and a slap on the wrist. Someone could have died!
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Recycling
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Kudos to the city commission for keeping the recycling effort going through the budget cuts. Last Saturday (1/3/09) I took our recycling into town to the senior center to drop it off. I usually get there @ 9AM when it starts. This time I was busy & got there about 11AM. There was a line to the end of the...
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AWALT family reunion
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I am hoping the AWALT family will be holding another reunion this spring. I am in possession of Laura E Awalt's personal photo album. It is full of what I believe are called cabinet cards and tin types. Laura married Samuel Stark. They were my great-grandparents. The Stark family doesn't re...
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Local gasoline prices
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I'm very curious why local gasoline prices are much higher than other areas in the state. Noticed that oil prices have fell more than 35% to the lower 90s from 147 and change. The future price this morning for gasoline is $2.40 when added to state and federal taxes of $.42 total $2.82 a gallon. So why i...
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