Abortion demonstrations return to Wichita

From Wichita Peace and Freedom Party Examiner;

Last Saturday was a blast from Wichita’s past as both anti and pro abortion picketers went to Mila Means office. As reported last week, by The Wichita Eagle, Means and Greg Linhardt have decided to start performing abortions here in Wichita.

The anti-abortionists, led by Operation Rescue; planned to picket there at 10 am. The website put up for Operation Rescue claimed;

“The protest and prayer vigil was conducted smoothly. A small group of pro-abortion counter protesters huddled on a corner and unsuccessfully attempted to cover a huge sign that read “Thou Shalt Not Kill” put up by Mark Gietzen of the Kansas Coalition for Life.”

Yet pro-abortion protesters said their group was not so small.

“We had about 35-40 people. Someone said they had maybe 50 people on the other side. It was hard to tell because people on both sides were standing together on the curb in front of the strip mall where the doctor’s office is located,” said Diane Wahto.

According to the Kansas National Organization of Women website;

“The Kansas National Organization for Women stand in support of Dr. Mila Means and Dr. Greg Lindhardt in their decision to provide Wichita women with abortion care…..

We are grateful for the courage of these two doctors. The fact is that providing abortion care is dangerous work.”

Those pro-choice(abortion) protesters on site had plenty to say.

“It was a chance to confront those I believe with every fiber of my being are responsible for the cold blooded murder of Dr. Tiller. It was also a chance to show support for the heroic Dr's who are stepping up and offering women a legal medical procedure despite the thugs and their threats,” said Bonnie Moss-rodes.

“Until these thugs are treated and seen for the domestic terrorists they are there will be more murders. Some moron tries to make a bomb out of his underwear and the whole nation is threatened, six doctors, two receptionists and a security guard are murdered, to say nothing of the bombs the arsons and the acid attacks by the dozens and all of these are individual incidents committed by lone wolves. What do we have to do to get people to see this for what it is? I for one have seen the results of two bombings first hand in San Diego and I have seen a good man laying in a coffin after a act of terrorism here in Wichita. I think for me the terrorism that claims to be pro-life is obviously more danger than another 9/11,” she added. .

Wichita has been plagued with countless demonstrations and anti-demonstrations for years as the so called “pro-life activist tried to shut down Dr. Tillers office. They will no start picketing this new effort to provide women with abortion services here in Wichita.

Protesters mingle outside of Dr. Mila Means office.

Photo: Kansas National Organization of Women

Wichita developers and the Wichita Metropolitan Area Planning Commission are responsible for flooding

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Wichita Peace and Freedom Party Examiner;

For some time Wichita has had its share of flooding problems. But many are caused by bad management. There was flooding along the Cowskin Creek before and now, according to an article in The Wichita Eagle, it is happening in two southeast Wichita subdivisions.

On Sept. 12, 2008 basements flooded and people’s yards turned into swamps according to the article. Also;

“The rain poured off a field owned by a church just south of the Maple Shade and Brentwood South subdivisions. It hit a line of wood fences, veered away from the path that developers intended and pooled around nearby houses, flooding basements.”

This is not the first time there has been flood problems. The Cowskin Creek flooded October 31, 1998 and caused millions of dollars in damages in northwest Wichita. The City of Wichita spent a lot of money on flood control programs, but the biggest problem of all was that developers were allowed to build on flood plains of the Cowskin Creak. The real problem was that developers built houses on a flood plain, put in a small useless dyke, and then lied to homebuyers when telling them they wouldn’t have to worry about floods.

But the people of those homes went to the city. They should have filed lawsuits against the developers. The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission has mostly pro-development people on it. They should have been fired from the board for allowing this to happen.

The City Council of Wichita is in the pockets of the land developers so they never said or say anything that might offend them. They never held them responsible for their negligence.

The Wichita Eagle article goes on to say;

“Metropolitan Area Planning Commission members and city staff gave final approval to the Maple Shade subdivision in June 2001 without requiring a grading plan, even though the city had rules on the books requiring one since October 2000, city records show.

The grading plan could have prevented some of the flooding problems that exist today. It would have set elevations at the corner of each lot and shown how water would drain toward storm sewers or other channels to prevent flooding….

Several factors contributed to the drainage problems:

*City officials and planning commissioners approved the developments without detailed grading plans to account for runoff…

* Developers have balked at the idea of paying a neighboring church $25,000 for a 20-foot drainage easement on the congregation's property.”

Isn’t it time for the City of Wichita to finally hold developers responsible for shabby planning and irresponsible building of homes in places that are not suited for development? And why haven’t they cleaned house in the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission?
Most of us would be fired if we did such a bad job. Maybe it’s time to fire members of the incompetent Metropolitan Area Planning Commission.

The Cowskin Creak: land development has been to close and has caused flooding in heavy rains.

Kobach's voter fraud campaign is about discrimination

From  

Wichita Peace and Freedom Party Examiner

Secretary of State-elect Kris Kobach said last month, that he expects to take important steps toward combating potential election fraud in Kansas within a week of assuming office and will move quickly because he has a mandate from voters.

How will he do that? Will he require a photo Id for every voter?

Some people don't drive and about all most businesses and public agencies take for ID is a driver’s license, a military ID, Passport or a birth certificate and a birth certificate does not have a picture.

So how bad is voter fraud in Kansas?

According to the Lawrence Journal World; “there were a few reports of ballot irregularities and no allegations of illegal immigrants trying to vote.”

So where is all this voter fraud that Kobach said we have to fight? NO illegal immigrants are reported to have voted, even though Kobach said this was a major problem. Kobach clearly has made this a special issue with him and voters, but it seems to be over a problem that really doesn’t even exist.

This is no different than the literacy test used in the south. Voting booths in the Southern US had a copy of the constitution for blacks and a “Dick and Jane” book for whites to read.

With this new law a white business man can use a Kansas ID card, that really doesn’t prove anything, that people in liquor stores refuse to allow them as proof of age. Yet a homeless man or a new legal Hispanic immigrant needs something with more validity such as a driver’s license which he or she may not own. Any legal Hispanic person is also going to get profiled and scrutinized to vote under the new system. So it’s discrimination against both minorities and the poor.

It is likely that Republicans don’t want to face poor or Hispanic voters as both categories of people grow and may acquire influence.

In a Republican World.....