Dear editor,
As a concerned citizen of Humboldt, I ask this question: Why do we exclude the people who have businesses in Humboldt but reside in rural Humboldt from voting on the sales tax issue. Humboldt business owners who live outside the city limits charge and pay sales taxes same as the residents of Humboldt. As an option, why not consider anyone who pays utilities to the City of Humboldt would have a vote on the sales tax issue.
To the citizens who care about this sales tax increase, you might take notice that you have to be a registered voter to vote on the half-cent sales tax increase. If you are not registered, you have until Aug. 28 to do so.
Don Mohler,
Humboldt, Kan.
Editor’s note: Those who live in rural townships have their own taxing entities. Every registered voter in Humboldt is eligible to participate in this special election to raise money to repair the city’s streets. Ballots will be mailed mid-August and are due Sept. 11, when they will be counted.
To the editor,
This letter is to endorse Ed Bideau for representative, Kansas House, 9th District. There are two other Republican candidates for this position so this race will be decided in the August Republican primary. The other two candidates may be honorable people; I don’t know them but do want to share with you what I do know to be true about candidate Ed Bideau.
My first memory of Ed is when he would occasionally come into a grocery store where I worked. He would have been in his early teens. I went into the Army (Vietnam) and Ed went on into high school. I was hired by the Chanute Police Department in 1968; Ed came on board as assistant county attorney in 1974. His first case, as prosecuting attorney, was one I was very much involved in and he pursued it to a successful conclusion. In 1976 he was elected Neosho County attorney and again in 1980.
Keep in mind, in those days respect and trust were earned, not given. Ed has both trust and respect of those around him. He worked closely with the Chanute police, the Neosho County sheriff and other surrounding county/city law enforcement. We put a lot of bad guys (and some not quite as bad) behind bars. Ed went on to be elected twice as our representative to the Kansas House, all while building a successful private law practice. He has always been devoted to his family, his church, his community and for many years was chair of the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Commission. He is also my family’s attorney when legal representation or opinion is needed.
About Ed Bideau the man: honest, trustworthy, loyal, ethical and honorable. Ed has the ability to analyze an issue from many different angles before reaching a conclusion. He has a strong moral sense of right and wrong, of justice. Having served as representative before gives him a definite advantage going in. Can he solve all the problems in Topeka? No. Can he give the best representation of the people of Allen/Neosho counties in the Kansas House, 9th District? Yes, no one better!
Respectfully,
Vernon A. Shultz,
Chanute chief of police,
Chanute, Kan.
