The Emporia Gazette

Hungry Kids

dale - I feel for you and I am truly sorry about your situation - I have helped and do want to help others in need, just like in your situation. There are instances (especially now with the economy, job loss, etc) when people fall on hard times and need assistance, which I totally understand. I do also realize about the Catholic religion and their views on birth control - but I also believe that religion should not give people an excuse to be irresponsible. It is just my opinion, but I think people that have several kids and knowingly cannot pay for them and rely on the system are irresponsible. They made a irresponsible choice and now their children are paying for it and I feel awful for those children. I'm not trying to sound unkind, but there are a lot of people that abuse the system and they are the ones that upset me.

January 26, 2011 at 3:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Hungry Kids

I feel sorry for these children - but I also wish the parents that can't afford to have 6 kids would stop having kids! (go ahead and be upset for that comment, but if you can't afford kids then don't keep having them!) You are only depriving your kids and/or yourselves of basic needs, like food, nutrition, education, health care, etc. I'm tired of hearing about it - I want to help the kids, but I'm tired of these parents wanting a hand out and then they just keep on having kids. Birth control would be MUCH cheaper, so use it people!

January 26, 2011 at 11:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Snow removal required

hahaha!! This article is hilarious - City of Emporia, I'm so thankful i don't live there anymore..... like everyone else said - TRY CLEANING THE STREETS and then we'll talk about sidewalks. HAHAHA! emporia you never cease to amaze me. Tax everyone to death and threaten them about getting their sidewalks cleared.....OMG - this just blows my mind!!!!

January 19, 2011 at 4:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Parking issues talked out at hearing

wirewatt - TFI company vehicles are a fleet and can't be taken home because at any time day or night staff may need them and they need to be available at the office, not parked at someone's house. Maybe the city and TFI can work out an agreement for a reasonable yearly parking fee and have stickers in the TFI car windows. Just a thought.

January 12, 2011 at 1:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Hatchet job

you guys are still clueless....the foundations were BAD, the huts were shot, and ET wasn't willing to give the amount of $$ truly needed to fix up those huts, which would have been a waste of time and $$ - get over it and try to enjoy something that is being donated to the city. People like you are the ones who will make people shy away from giving anything to the community because all you'll do is gripe about it!

November 29, 2010 at 4:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Turn down the music

Move to the country if you want peace and quiet......it is called the "city" for a reason. There will always be city noise going on. And it was 7:30pm - if it was midnight I could understand the frustration.

November 4, 2010 at 11:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Demolish board

Betty - before you write an idiotic article like this one maybe you should do the following: Before you start trashing the fair board maybe you should go out and spend a few hours while they are volunteering on their work nights and/or weekends & see the effort they put into the fairgrounds and the activities that go on out there. It's not just a few weeks in the summer either - it is all year long. You & ET have a lot to learn. Get over it or offer to volunteer and do something about it. Have a great day.

October 21, 2010 at 12:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Old & new together

ditto Matt - there may never be another generous opportunity as Clint is giving - the people that are stuck in the dark ages just need to get over the fact that they are coming down - all E.T. did was stir the pot and give people something to complain about.

October 18, 2010 at 2:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Quonset Huts

The few new windows that he is offering to put in is not fixing these things up - sorry ET, the plan was approved and they are coming down. It is not just the buildings that are old and need repairs....the concrete floors are badly broken and would have to be taken out and redone as well. Funny how you want to come forward to help after all these years...maybe you should have come forward a long time ago and offered to help out if these fairgrounds were so important to you.

October 12, 2010 at 3:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Being watched

The fact that cell phones are even allowed on school property is highly irritating. Here's the deal - if you are in school, then you don't need to be calling anybody. Your parents know where you are at and you are there to learn. If you have an emergency go to the office and use the phone! Get offline for a few hours, ok?

Technology has completely swallowed up our kids, leaving them without the ability to hardly ever have to use their imagination or think outside the box. Plus, they are too worried about texting, being online, etc to pay attention. Whatever happened to RULES? Back in the day ff kids wrote notes to each other in class you got in trouble and the note got taken away and tossed. How about the teacher taking away the cell phone if you get caught with it & you don't get it back until school is out? yep - I'm sure some people don't agree, but that's ok. It's just my opinion.

October 6, 2010 at 9:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )