The new superintendent’s contract between Bill Gillhaus and the current USD 231 board of education poses more questions than answers. It’s not exactly riveting reading, but it should be a must-read for taxpayers who foot the bill in the district.…

High school graduates, there is one thing we hope you have learned during your 12 years of school: Take nothing for granted and know that life is never about what you did yesterday, but your worth is measured only by …

Council members appear perilously close to hosting a pointless, directionless meeting next week.
Members of the Gardner City Council acquiesced to a demand from council member Larry Fotovich to hold a special meeting on April 29. The goal of the …

Now the hard work begins.
For far too long, this town has been marginalized over one aspect of the intermodal – just how it should be taxed. Although those decisions have been finalized, real challenges remain for our school districts …

The USD 231 board of education clearly views its patrons as giant piggy banks with duct tape across their mouths. They certainly don’t treat them as living, breathing people or as constituents. We’re all simply robots who should not be …

It’s always difficult to endorse candidates; everyone who runs for office does so for love of community and the willingness to serve. In that respect, they are all winners.
So when we endorse, it’s much like trying to select the …

Although the majority of the government entities apply a common sense approach to Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) requests and costs; an unfortunate few use KORA fees as a barrier to transparency, and there is currently no recourse for citizens who …

After an executive session last week, council members offered motions to change the city’s salary ordinance, which sets salaries for city employees, and removed the city administrator Cheryl Harrison-Lee’s position from the ordinance.
When council members retreated behind closed doors, …