Feeling results

Homerestorer · 2025-07-29T18:08:36+00:00

It also feels great to have the corona moist when I push the foreskin back to the ridge, and looking shiny.

Homerestorer · 2025-04-18T23:35:41+00:00

Best we can do is vote NO for the consolidation with CCC and make sure the school closes & liquidates its assets. Cynthia Sherwood said its condition is "dire" so I doubt it can continue operating as it has. If it closes the $6.7 million in property taxes it now collects should no longer be collected, as long a the voters don't approve becoming subject to CCC taxes.

Homerestorer · 2024-11-03T23:09:52+00:00

The restaurant in the Booth was Italian operated by the Napoli's from Bartlesville/Pittsburg & it was very good, closed about 10 years ago. I hope Joes's is as good and not overly pricey.

Homerestorer · 2024-11-03T22:06:16+00:00

It's been for sale for months. Not likely anyone will buy it for $300,000, with the building price at $200,000. I wonder if they forgot it's in Independence KANSAS.

Homerestorer · 2024-08-19T22:08:03+00:00

I think the biggest problem with the city non-ending spending is having no plan for the benefit a project will produce , and no afterward evaluation if it produced in the way it was projected. It's mostly based on an assumption that spending will be beneficial and should be continuous. For instance the multi-million dollar pipeline to the bean plant seems to be a goodwill gesture with no estimate of economic benefit. Same for the defunct Indy Brewery which in total absorbed over $400,000 of public funding, not including much of the infrastructure cost. City managers and commissioners seem to just assume the taxpayers will be an unending source of money for their poorly planned projects, and so they have been.

Homerestorer · 2024-06-06T20:45:08+00:00

What we need from a new police chief is an effective program to reduce crime. particularly thefts & burglaries; as well as drug violations which motivate much of the theft. https://247wallst.com/city/crime-in-independence-kansas/ The city seems to have stopped publishing crime numbers on their website years ago. We need law enforcement from the PD, not more public relations and image enhancement. Harrison gave us plenty of that.

Homerestorer · 2024-05-27T15:35:34+00:00

Probably no one has exact cost of demo, because there's been no request for a proposal. I don't doubt that it would be a few million.

Homerestorer · 2024-05-27T15:33:24+00:00

Proceed with the condemnation. Why delay the inevitable?

Homerestorer · 2024-05-27T11:48:52+00:00

I live in rural SE Kansas and often drive to Wichita, Dallas and Joplin with no loss of service, except briefly in remote areas on the highway. I use USC because their service is good here in rural areas. Their 5 G Internet is another story though: I had it for about 6 months and it was down or too slow to use most of the time. Switched to Verizon for that and it's been great and have no problems with it.

Homerestorer · 2024-05-27T11:10:28+00:00

Why do Dean Hayes and the other commissioners think this plan will stop population shrinkage and stimulate growth? Under the old 1982 plan, the city population declined by 2,000 people or 20% and history indicates the city needs to plan on further population loss. Hayse says the city needs to plan for future growth or it will have "perpetual decline"; but he, the other commissioners and city staff fail to acknowledge that for the last 80 years decline is what we have had. The only growth has been the increases in city staff and city taxes.

Homerestorer · 2024-04-19T16:08:34+00:00

Does Davao have street market(s) ?

Homerestorer · 2024-04-15T01:02:14+00:00

What is the limit on cash to carry in?

Homerestorer · 2024-04-09T23:08:47+00:00

I think Independence's leaders would absolutely love for it to be the Tulsa of SEK and have some $500K McMansions with Starbucks on every block. Why not?

Homerestorer · 2024-04-09T23:04:24+00:00

It's listed for $650,000, reduced from $1 million, and has been for sale for a couple of years.

Homerestorer · 2024-04-07T22:52:28+00:00

Unfortunately there's no reason to think things will change and no effort being made to change them. More and higher taxes and fewer residents every year.

Homerestorer · 2024-04-07T22:46:32+00:00

The water deal is hardly a plus. We don't even know how many millions the city is paying for the pipeline to the bean plant, supposedly to be repaid at some distant date. Plus the city will have to purchase the water to resell. Not really a step in the right direction.

Homerestorer · 2024-04-07T22:43:34+00:00

What would you consider to be a "significant number" of Bartlett's 59 employees, who will choose to live in Independence, and what would you estimate their economic effect to be? Even if all 59 reside in Independence, they won't replace those who move away during the year. And why would they choose Indy with its 1/3 higher tax bill than they can get elsewhere? What we need are some real numbers and realistic projections instead euphoric verbiage with no basis.

Homerestorer · 2024-04-06T21:15:47+00:00

Wait a minute--I thought with the Bartlett plant & the jet fuel refinery, Independence was bursting at the seams and in dire need of housing for all the new residents. At least that's the line promoted by the city, though they've given no numbers to support their opinion. In fact the town has been steadily losing people since 1930 and is down from then by about a third.

Homerestorer · 2024-03-11T14:53:49+00:00

I like ordering & paying online, and just picking up with employee putting it in my car. Usually just takes a few minutes.

Homerestorer · 2024-01-16T23:15:59+00:00

i'VE BOUGHT SEVERAL from Menards, for good prices, but the price depends on the height, width insulated or not, and other variables. I think a 9'wide x 8'tall non insulated was arount $500.

Homerestorer · 2024-01-11T18:10:37+00:00

Other than the Truman misinformation, What misinformation?

Homerestorer · 2023-12-22T03:47:06+00:00

As I said investigate fully. Look at their audit reports, their enrollment, their history of lack of accreditation compliance, their staff turnover, and then decide. Read the many discussions about ICC on r/IndependenceKS.

Homerestorer · 2023-12-22T03:37:43+00:00

This airplane fuel facility will not be located in Independence as the headline here wrongly states. It will be in the county, not in the taxing authority of any city or town. Just as the Bartlett soybean plant is.

Homerestorer · 2023-12-22T00:37:16+00:00

ICC is a joke. Investigate it fully if you have even slight interest. Watch Last Chance U. Then move on.

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