One of my long standing pet peeves is the fact that the media, which pretty much refers to the Salina Journal, KSAL news, and to some extent, KINA radio news, does no investigative work into local events. They simply show up at the Police Department in the morning, and let the cops tell them what is news.
I listen to the police scanner a lot of times in the evening, and now I am hooked on looking at the Saline County Sheriff's office website every morning to see who got booked in the prior 24 hours. So many times I hear things or see things that never get reported in our local media.
As I was gandering at the booking activity this morning, I see that one Timothy Hurt was booked into the jail on a charge of possessing ephedrine, a necessary precursor to manufacturing methamphetamine. This is a serious charge and carries a prison sentence of from 138 months to 204 months.
If my memory serves me right, within the last year or so Mr. Hurt was arrested along with a few others in a manufacturing case. He received probation and his co-defendent got a bunch of prison time!
http://www.salina.com/Story/Gets---probation---3-10-08
I see that Melynda Hurt also was arrested yesterday (8/25/08) on probation charges. This is probably the same person the above story references as Melynda Edwards-Wilson. She also received probation on the prior manufacturing bust.
I haven't seen anything in the local media about this story yet, but there sure was a funny little ditty about how the drug task force, while serving warrants in the trailer park on North 13th busted some guys throwing drugs out the back window thinking they were the ones being served the warrants!
Mr. Hurt was also arrested at the trailer park on North 13th...wonder if there is any connection?
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Salina!
I have decided to change my focus of this blog to things going on in and around Salina. I may occasionally spout about some national news or Kansas news but I think I will concentrate on things going on in Salina.
I listen to the police scanner some evenings and hear a lot of stuff go on that I never read about in any of our local media, so I may mention some of those happenings!
Maybe I will be more motivated to make posts then I have been in the past.
I listen to the police scanner some evenings and hear a lot of stuff go on that I never read about in any of our local media, so I may mention some of those happenings!
Maybe I will be more motivated to make posts then I have been in the past.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Democratic Primary Fuss
I'm not real clear on the situation with the Florida and Michigan democratic primaries, but I think it is really a clear deal. The Democratic party told these states that if they moved their primary dates to before February 5th, that they would not count the delegates from their states.
Florida and Michigan decided to thumb their noses at the national Democrats, and went ahead and scheduled their primaries for January 29th and January 15th respectively.
Now the Democrats are saying those states votes DON'T count! Surprise surprise!! I say they knew the ramifications of moving their primaries up and nothing has changed. The votes don't count.
End of the story. Now their is all this back and forth blah blah blah politics. I am sick of it. I say it is a done deal. They don't count. It is not complicated.
Florida and Michigan decided to thumb their noses at the national Democrats, and went ahead and scheduled their primaries for January 29th and January 15th respectively.
Now the Democrats are saying those states votes DON'T count! Surprise surprise!! I say they knew the ramifications of moving their primaries up and nothing has changed. The votes don't count.
End of the story. Now their is all this back and forth blah blah blah politics. I am sick of it. I say it is a done deal. They don't count. It is not complicated.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Coal plant thoughts
I just had a thought..I think if Sunflower Electric would sell all the electricity that the proposed plant generates only to Kansas I think the plant would be quickly approved.....maybe next year!!
Voter ID Bill
http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/11570
I like the idea of voters providing ID to cast a vote. I think pretty much everyone has an ID these days. You can't really exist without one. The story says the Governors office hasn't really commented whether she would veto it or not but past experience says she will. Since the session is over with only the wrap up left, if she vetoes the bill it will be dead. I can't see a downside to the bill...maybe I need to think on it for a while...
I like the idea of voters providing ID to cast a vote. I think pretty much everyone has an ID these days. You can't really exist without one. The story says the Governors office hasn't really commented whether she would veto it or not but past experience says she will. Since the session is over with only the wrap up left, if she vetoes the bill it will be dead. I can't see a downside to the bill...maybe I need to think on it for a while...
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Coal plant debate rages on
I admit I am not real well read on this issue but I will put my two cents in anyway. This is how I see it:
The State had some kind of law that the KDHE had to approve or deny any new construction such as the coal plants proposed for Finney County. The plan was submitted to the KDHE and was subsequently denied.
The company wanting to build the coal plant, Sunflower Electric, had assumed that the KDHE approval was merely a formality, that of course they would build it....
Now everyone is in an uproar that the plan was denied, and state legislators are trying to get around the due process that took place in the denial.
Thats about it in a nutshell...As for my opinion of whether the plant should be built...I haven't made up my mind about it. I think it's obvious that most of the power is going to go out of state to as far away as California. I think that the number of jobs beyond the initial construction (which would probably be contracted to an out of state firm anyway) is miniscule. I used to live in Finney county and never met anyone who worked at the Electric plant, and I am assuming that it doesn't create that many jobs in operating the plant.
The State had some kind of law that the KDHE had to approve or deny any new construction such as the coal plants proposed for Finney County. The plan was submitted to the KDHE and was subsequently denied.
The company wanting to build the coal plant, Sunflower Electric, had assumed that the KDHE approval was merely a formality, that of course they would build it....
Now everyone is in an uproar that the plan was denied, and state legislators are trying to get around the due process that took place in the denial.
Thats about it in a nutshell...As for my opinion of whether the plant should be built...I haven't made up my mind about it. I think it's obvious that most of the power is going to go out of state to as far away as California. I think that the number of jobs beyond the initial construction (which would probably be contracted to an out of state firm anyway) is miniscule. I used to live in Finney county and never met anyone who worked at the Electric plant, and I am assuming that it doesn't create that many jobs in operating the plant.
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Welcome to my new blog...I will try to post items and opinions of value to anyone interested in whats going on in the state of Kansas...Whether that be politics, entertainment, the legal system, whatever...so stay tuned and see what happens!!
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