ITEMS IN THE NEWS

MSNBC's Tim Curry makes some provacative points in this essay.
Conservative Republicans, who have pretty much been cocks of the rock in this decade, are torn about who to support in 2008.
None of the three frontrunners, Rudolph Giuliani, John McCain, or Mitt Romney, are "true" conservatives.
Sam Brownback and Mike Huckabee get black marks for their stance on immigration.
Tom Tancredo's rants on large companies supporting immigration, and Duncan Hunter's inability to get traction leave them out in the cold, as well.
There just isn't a George W. Bush in the bunch--which may be a good thing, considering he didn't even make Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people.
--R.J. Dickens

The following e-mail was sent out late Wednesday afternoon by Wichita city officials:

Interviews with District I Wichita City Council candidates scheduled for this evening and Thursday have been postponed until further notice.
The interviews will be held at the Atwater Neighborhood City Hall, 2755 E 19th Street North.
District Advisory Board members will conduct the interviews and host any follow-up meetings over the next few weeks. The District I DAB will submit four to five names for City Council members to consider at the May 15 Council meeting. A majority council vote will determine who will be the next District I Council member.

KCTU has learned that an additional person, Urban League head Bryan Black, had been reportedly added to the selection process. Black is not a resident of District I.
After at least one of the candidates complained to several city council members, and contacts to City Attorney Gary Rebenstorf allegedly went unanswered,
the e-mail was distributed to reporters at 5 PM, 90 minutes before the first round of interviews was to begin.
--R.J. Dickens