Kansans in the spotlight

Brembyrod  The Eagle identified nine people “to watch in 2008” — Matt All, Rod Bremby (in photo), Winston Brooks, Joey DeLeon, Peter Gustaf, Kim Janzen, Jack Pelton, Mary K. Vaughn and Bill Warren — and left a 10th spot open to represent the key posts currently vacant.
  Meanwhile, the Topeka Capital-Journal named the residents of Greensburg as its Kansans of the Year, an honor that’s richly deserved. Among that newspaper’s Distinguished Kansans for 2007 were Iraq surge architect Lt.   Gen. David Petraeus, KU football coach Mark Mangino, NASCAR contender Clint Bowyer and Google Earth creator Brian McClendon.
  Any WE Bloggers feel left out? Or see obvious omissions from either list?
Posted by Rhonda Holman

4 Comments

  1. anonymous
    Posted January 1, 2008 at 6:57 am | Permalink

    Given the Eagle Editorial Board’s love of big government, it’s not surprising that this list is dominated by government bureaucrats.

  2. MonkeyHawk
    Posted January 1, 2008 at 7:43 am | Permalink

    As opposed to whom, “annonymous?” –

    Clint Bowyer, the NASCAR driver?

    He’s a good kid, drives a car in circles better than most, and comes from a good family. (I grew up with his parents.)

    But he’s sold out to the corporate interests of NASCAR because, in George WMD Bush’s America, selling out to corporations is the way to go.

    Wichita used to be a center of entrepreneurship — from Clyde Cessna to Coleman to Pizza Hut — but the community has been reduced to a backwater branch-office town because the cons steadfastly refuse to support independent thinking.

    So maybe the “liberal” (hah!) Wichita Eagle looks for some new ideas and finds “government bureaucrats” the most innovative thinkers. Can you come up with any other examples of Kansans supporting innovative thinking in any other realm of enterprise?

    Quit sniping at the Eagle’s choices unless you can presnt a list of 10 non-governmental Kansans who’ve been given even a modicum of encouragment by this far-too-backward state’s power structure.

    Or bitch.

    You’re much better at that, after all.

  3. Topekan
    Posted January 1, 2008 at 7:11 pm | Permalink

    Think about it, government types are easy, they have to comply with the open records laws. Reporting real news means the Eagle would actually have to have a few relationships and be involved at a much deeper level. I’m not saying reporters are lazy, but maybe they pay too much attention to the low hanging fruit.

  4. ksfarmgrrl
    Posted January 2, 2008 at 12:21 pm | Permalink

    Hmmmm… Ten non governmental Kansans. That’s not too hard!

    Richard Crowson

    Thomas Witt

    Marci Penner

    Jim Cleland

    Peg Britton

    The Collyer Community Alliance

    All Farmers Market Customers

    Western Kansas Water Watchers

    My Roommate (She probably doesnt want her name mentioned, but she is the bravest person I ever met.)

    Everyone who stopped the coal fired Holcomb plant.