Nuclear power plant
I believe at some point, the United States will start allowing nuclear power plants to be built again. (Maybe they are allowed now, I don’t know.) What would you think about putting one in Washington County? Our taxes would drop to almost nothing. Our schools would have all the bells and whistles, not to mention [...]
Election results
I will post the results of today’s election on the blog tonight when I receive them. I am assuming we’ll have results between 9:30-10:30 if history has anything to say about it. The write-in campaigns in USD 223 position 1 might make things last a bit longer. Main focus will be the pool tax vote, [...]
Anniversary celebration
The 150th anniversary of Washington City and Washington County will coincide with the Washington County Rodeo in 2010, in mid-June. The preliminary dates are June 11-13, Friday through Sunday, but confirmations with the livestock companies have to be made before the dates are official. A group of around 30 people met on Thursday night in [...]
Pool vote
Washington is a couple months away from the vote on a new pool for the community. I really haven’t heard anyone talk about it much around town. I suppose nobody is really thinking of swimming during the winter. How do you think the vote will turn out? Do you think it will pass easily, barely [...]
Hotspots
People didn’t really care for my idea of trying make Washington a wifi city. But shouldn’t at least the library be a hotspot? That would seem like a natural fit since we don’t have a coffee shop… yet.
Washington City Council meeting live-tweeted
To see the results of last night’s live tweet of the Washington City Council meeting, go to: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=washks I believe this is the first ever live tweet of a government meeting in rural north central Kansas. Basically, I used Twitter to post occasional council meeting updates to my Twitter account. If you are following me [...]
Progress during hard times
So what projects should continue to be pursued in Washington County, even while the country faces financial turmoil? Should USD 108 continue to move forward with its fitness center and ag ed/woods building, or should they just do one of the projects? Should we be building a hospital to replace the current one? Should the [...]
Forced cleanup
The Washington city crew has been cleaning up the Coleman property this morning. This cleanup is a result of the neglected condition of the property (located just east of the car wash). Many efforts have been made by the city to get the property owner to clean it up, but it hasn’t happened and this [...]
Movie theater DOA?
Sounds like the effort to start a movie theater in Washington will not happen. I don’t know the details, but we will have a story in this week’s Washington County News.
Does the economic future of Washington lie in 12 sets of hands?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMR-ca9FHLY]I taped a few seconds of last Thursday’s Washington Chamber of Commerce meeting to show just how few people actually attend the chamber meetings. We’ve tried different days of the week, we’ve moved the meetings around, we’ve done evenings and noon. We still never seem to get more than an average of around 15 people [...]
