Today’s paper featured a story by Deb Gruver about Sedgwick County Commission candidate Craig Gabel not paying his property taxes to the county he hopes to serve.
In Sunday’s paper, will be a story by Tim Potter detailing police and court filings related to Republican Mark Schoenhofer, who hopes to unseat District Attorney Nola Foulston and blames her for spreading rumors about him in a race that is proving as contentious as the Roberts/Slattery U.S. Senate race.
The 2008 elections are well under way.
In the next six weeks at Kansas.com and in The Eagle, we’ll explore the candidates’ backgrounds, qualifications, and positions on local issues.
Soon you’ll be able to go to the online voters guide at Kansas.com, plug in your address and get a list of all candidates that will appear on your ballot, along with links to their photos, positions on issues and a list of their campaign appearances so you can meet them in person.
Later this week, in the local/state section, we will begin running policy positions of candidates in area legislative races.
Every Wednesday on the nation/world page inside the A section, you’ll find the results of the latest McClatchy/IPOS poll on the presidential race. We’ll also highlight the differences between the two candidates and their plans for the economy, health care and the war in Iraq.
Throughout the election, we want to hear from voters.
We invite you to make your case on the Web site for why your favorite candidate deserves to be elected or why you think the Wichita public school district’s bond issue should pass or fail.
Marcia Werts, who is heading our election coverage, is putting together panel of likely voters to watch and judge the presidential debates. Contact her at mwerts@wichitaeagle.com for details or to volunteer.
I’d like your thoughts on issues we should cover and questions we should pose to candidates. Please feel free to contact me at jhays@wichitaeagle.com or 316-268-6557.