The Emporia Gazette

Bike Police Are Not Patrolling the City

Maybe the rocks or new ball fields will fill in on the bikes until they can get some officers hired.

January 30, 2012 at 5:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

About Town

I gotta tell ya, I am missing me some Las Casitas tacos. I think they did the catering out at a Veteran's Golf Tournament there at the golf course, and man alive those were the BEST taco's I've EVER, EVER, EVER had.

January 30, 2012 at 1:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Clarifications from Extension Office

With all this mill levy talk, I'm just glad that I live in JOCO. Do you Emporian's enjoy paying 160 or so mills? Hope you enjoy paying 165 or so mills if this thing is approved or goes forward.

Extract of my tax bill with description and number of mills.
STATE OF KS.....1.5000
JOHNSON CO.....17.7000
JOCO COMM COLL .....8.7760
JO CO PARK.....2.3430
SHAWNEE CITY.....24.7320
512 UNIFIED.....28.2280
512 SCH GEN.....20.0000
512 BOND.....7.9070
JO CO LIB.....3.1450
WASTEWTR CAP.....1.0000

TOTAL.....115.3310

January 25, 2012 at 3:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REG still interested in Emporia plant

I guess the big shots over in the NW part of town got tired of driving 50+ miles to the nearest lowes, so they decided to try and bring one here? Don't they know they have several great hardware/lumber stores here in town? Sutherlands, Mark II, Bluestem, Ace Hardware...I'm sure there are others.

January 20, 2012 at 3:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Possible grant opens way for new ball fields

Remember all the money the water park was supposed to bring in when they sold it to us?

Uh, show me the money.

January 18, 2012 at 11:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Possible grant opens way for new ball fields

Why is everything being done in this city being done on the Northwest side of town?

Why don't we put resources towards rehabilitating the parks and ball fields in the inner core?!

I remember as a kid spending hours upon hours at the ball fields at Jones Park, Woodland Park on 9th Ave (now a big hole in the ground), and the fields across the interstate from the University.

Coming back into town to visit family, we drive those places. There's nothing; yet there are still homes and kids playing outside...I'm sure there's a need; but does anyone really live on the Northwest corner of town that isn't on the City or County Commission, Rec Board, Extension Office, etc?

January 17, 2012 at 7:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Forty Ful-"Filling" Years

I will have to say that Dr. Ace is the best Dentist I have ever seen or known. A great person, and an even bigger fan of the community.

January 14, 2012 at 8 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Criminal Offenses increased in 2011

Oh. So you have to subscribe to get the whole story? That makes sense.

January 1, 2012 at 3:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Criminal Offenses increased in 2011

“We just literally don’t have enough people to do follow-up investigations,” Emporia Police Chief Gary Smith said.

Hmmm...I wonder how many officers (two) could have been afforded by that money we used for those rocks? ($100,000 divided by $50,000 salary and benefits).

"The police have only three general investigators, and they each have a case load of about 300 to 500 cases."

Hmmm...or, how about investing $100,000 in a full time investigator, and give him the tools to do his job...or are the rocks doing that now?

Sorry Emporia. Your rocks aren't all they were cut up to be. Pun intended.

December 30, 2011 at 8:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Poor Farm

Agreed. This is the type of article that the Emporia Gazette is going to succeed with. The national AP news isn't worth what they pay for it; it's old old news in today's world.

December 29, 2011 at 9:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )