Jared Taylor
Gardner
Ok, enough of this already. The feud between council member Larry Fotovich and Mayor Dave Drovetta has gone on long enough and seems to have hit rock bottom. With the search for a new administrator now put …
Mayor Drovetta, Fotovich should resign
September 23, 2011 by 41 Comments
Mayor: City administrator search on hold after confidentiality breach
September 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
David C. Drovetta
Mayor
Gardner
I have decided to place the City Administrator search on hold. I will recommend to the Council that we enlist the services of Michael Press, former Johnson County Manager, to serve as our Interim City …
Mayor, council need to rein in spending
July 28, 2011 by 18 Comments
Karen Stephenson
Letter to the editor
I am seriously discouraged with the Gardner mayor. Under no circumstances is it appropriate, let alone polite, for him to behave as he did at the city council meeting June 20. Mr. Drovetta you …
Time for a new administration in Washington
June 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Mike Kiegerl
43rd District State Rep.
Home again
We returned from our annual family vacation Wednesday morning. We rented a houseboat on Lake Powell and enjoyed the great weather and the unique, magnificent scenery. The grandkids had a blast. We …
LETTER TO ED: School district needs to be forthcoming about upcoming bond issue
May 10, 2011 by 3 Comments
Vern and Karen Stephenson
Gardner
This letter is addressed to the USD 231 school board, the Gardner mayor and city council and all taxpaying citizens of Gardner.
We want to express serious concerns about the GE school district as well …
LETTER: Council promotes growth as long as it doesn’t affect them
March 22, 2011 by 4 Comments
Shirley McNulty
Gardner
Interesting that the mayor and city council are all promoting unlimited growth as long as the burden does not impact them. The schools said growth means need for new schools, now the city has no money. However …
LETTER: Speed limit should be reduced on portion of 175th Street
March 15, 2011 by 5 Comments
Jerry L Kellogg, Sr.
Gardner
The US 56 Highway Corridor Plan study completed in 2010 by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) concluded that by the year 2040 US 56 through Gardner would require a six-lane arterial roadway (3-lanes in …
LETTER: Recall committee turns in campaign finance report
February 25, 2011 by 3 Comments
Ryan Beasley
Gardner Recall Committee Treasurer
Almost a year has passed now since the contentious and dividing issue of the recall of city council members John Shepherd and Mary Peters. As much as we’d like to forget and move on, …
Letter to ed: Mindset that right to own guns is immoral is vexing
January 25, 2011 by 7 Comments
Ralph Leno
Gardner businessman
Since I don’t use guns very often, I leave the ongoing debate over gun-control advocacy to those who do use them, the idea being since gun users are more knowledgeable on the subject than I, they …
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