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Entries Tagged as 'Mark McCormick'

So long, farewell

July 14th, 2009

A little trimming of the blog links means we have to acknowledge that some blogs will never post again. Say goodbye to:
Rock the Boat– Mark McCormick is still in town and I would imagine he has important things to say to us. He just won’t be saying it with this blog.
Sweat in the City — [...]

The beauty of stained glass

June 23rd, 2009

Jaime shows off her new camera with a still and video.
Special guest appearance in the video by former (and hopefully future) blogger Mark McCormick.

I agree, partially

April 8th, 2009

The Wichita Eagle is an important part of our community. It is hard to watch it fire talented people who know this city and it’s people. Moti likens it to watching a dying friend slowly waste away.
Firing Joe Stumpe was a mistake. Squeezing out  Mark McCormick, and others, is short sighted. What gives The Eagle [...]

Read to finish

March 5th, 2009

Mark McCormick likes to engage with his readers. It is much easier to engage with them if they actually, like, read his whole column before they respond.

Jermaine, Quincy, Dessa and Raeshawnda

December 29th, 2008

Eight years ago there were two quadruple homicides in Wichita in the span of ten days. Mark hasn’t forgotten either one of them.

He who hesitates is column fodder

December 8th, 2008

The City Council  chooses a new City Manager with a 4-3 vote. The chosen one is slow to accept the job. Mark doesn’t like the dilly-dallying:
I thought the city should have considered rescinding the job offer after Layton’s second request for more time.
Not out of anger or frustration with Layton or to punish him in [...]

If church signs could speak

November 25th, 2008

Mark McCormick goes inside the mind of a church sign maker. Shades of grey did a great job of trying to understand this group a few weeks ago.

She Said, He Printed: The USD 259 edition

September 5th, 2008

Mark McCormick recently gave Helen Cochran a chance to make the case for why Citizen’s For Better Education is opposed to the Wichita school bond issue. Bob Weeks gave Ms. Cochran a chance to give her perception of the column, its construction and of Mr. McCormick.

Those against the USD 259 bond issue

September 1st, 2008

Respond to Mark McCormick in his column.

Funding education in Wichita

August 18th, 2008

Mark McCormick makes an offer to Citizens for Better Education.
Boondoggler’s memory is jarred by Mark’s column.
Bob Weeks points out that TIF districts are no friend to education financing.

The ongoing bond debate

August 8th, 2008

The author of Wichita 259 Truth responds to Mark McCormick’s August 3rd column on the school bond issue.