The Emporia Gazette

Commission not fond of proposed budget changes

What exactly is 'merit pay'? Does Zimmerman realize that the rest of the world has seen pay freezes, no raises and possibly employee cuts to deal with smaller budgets? I realize it's not something anyone wants to do, but it has to be done.

All those people who aren't paying their fines ($100,000 worth) - what happens to them? Ever consider putting them to work to pay off that fine, so we could lower expenses elsewhere? I realize that would probably mean fewer hours for city employees, but let's get our money's worth out of them instead of just writing stuff off.

February 24, 2011 at 11:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

City agrees to pay for alley upgrade behind new lofts

Who is in charge of getting Bid Quotes for the City? Just curious since Zimmerman's numbers and Haag's numbers didn't agree. Would be interesting to know what the difference between their numbers were.

January 13, 2011 at 4:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

City agrees to pay for alley upgrade behind new lofts

I wonder how much of that $75,000 estimate is actually for the paving part related to the lofts versus the storm water upgrades for the entire alley that the city was going to do anyway? Probably a small portion since the city was willing to pay for that part of it if the developer paid for the other. Nice try. The Gazette should have reported those numbers instead of lumping it all together to spin it in a negative light.

The Haag's do quality projects that are actually helping our town, so perhaps instead of constantly complaining about this, let's applaud the people who are willing to invest their money into this city when not everyone can/will do that. Thank you to the Haag's and other investors!

I think people should think twice before being so negative when people are willing to spend their own personal money to help Emporia (i.e. Clint Bowyer, Haags, etc.). If I was them and saw all this complaining, I might consider pulling my project since it appears there are a lot of people out there that don't appreciate it.

January 13, 2011 at 8:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Coburn's to close down

This is very sad news because I loved Coburn's. They had the best burgers and I always thought the staff was very nice and accommodating!

Jeff, Brenda and family - best of luck to you - you will be missed!

January 13, 2011 at 8:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Baby left in trash Dumpster alive at hospital

DISGUSTING!

Unbelievable! Even with the safe haven law, some individual still felt the life of this child was worth less than a quick trip to the fire station, hospital, etc. to drop off the child and give it a chance for a good life. You're right Steve - what does this say about our society?!

I hope justice is served (I know what kind of justice I would like this person(s) to receive).

October 22, 2010 at 11:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Keeping the holidays positive

Thank you Damon!

What a great encouraging article! Also a great reminder for the true reason for the season.

December 15, 2009 at 1:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Madelynn's Seized by state

First of all - I would like to give Jean the benefit of the doubt and say this is a mistake, but if it's been going on since 2005 - shouldn't it somehow have been resolved by now?

I feel so bad for all the brides/grooms/families affected by this. The added stress before/after the big day was certainly not needed, and I am shocked by the number of stories I am hearing of people who paid half or in full for things that they will never receive now because the product was not in the store (perhaps never even ordered).

I don't know how a person could sleep at night if they knowingly accepted payment for something that they never ordered and/or knew it was going to come down to this. I agree with been_there, Jean should have been forced to be there to see all the upset people to fully understand how her actions affected them.

I have stood up for the Gazette in the past on different issues, but I am disgusted by their handling of this story and disabling the comments section on it. That is pathetic.

September 4, 2009 at 8:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Events raise $250K for Bowyer 79 Fund

Thank you for your generosity Clint! You are touching so many lives in a positive way with all you give back. Best of luck! Thank you also to all those individuals who helped organize and run the weekend and donated as well.

September 1, 2009 at 9:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Hornets run up a storm

No doubt there are teams that are going to pound us this year - but let's not be completely negative here. There are some exciting things going on with the ESU Football Program. It takes time to build a program and we are starting to see some very positive things. Great job Hornets!!! Looking forward to an exciting season.

August 28, 2009 at 5:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Volunteer accused of theft

Regardless of settlement money, the money she took was not hers to borrow. Perhaps she should have thought about asking someone if she could borrow it. They probably would have said no, but that would have been the right way instead of just stealing it. It does not matter if she planned on paying the money back - she stole and she knows or should know that what she did was wrong. Time to stop making excuses.

August 13, 2009 at 2:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )