A proclamation or cause for every Wichitan

Even as the shock of Hurricane Katrina lingers and its survivors find their way to Wichita, life goes on in Kansas’ largest, most diverse and, we would argue, most interesting city. Just look at Tuesday’s agenda for the Wichita City Council. The proclamations to be made: “Wichita High School West Class of 1960 Day,” “Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month,” “Preparedness Month,” “Union Rescue Mission Week” and “Prostate Cancer Awareness Week.” The four speakers on the public agenda will address these topics: support for the arts, getting rid of pornography, how the city can help hurricane victims and help its own infrastructure, and “when there is no justice there is violence.” What a rich array of causes and thoughts.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

2 Comments

  1. Taber
    Posted September 12, 2005 at 12:27 am | Permalink

    Rich array of causes and thoughts?

    What a bunch of time wasting crap. Except for the arts, public pornography, and disaster infrastructure issues, which no doubt get only lip sevice, most of the rest of the agenda is a bunch of mealy-mouthed, feel-good nonsense.

    Exactly what value is there in a city council declaring a week or month to be anything, other than some pointless ego game?

    Wichita has its own flooding issues and the council is fiddling.

  2. JUSTA GUY
    Posted September 12, 2005 at 5:53 am | Permalink

    WOW! Am I proud of my city leaders or what. They could use some of that hot air to dry out New Orleans.