3) Need to see the big picture, constantly developing

4) What happened…both sides felt justified in the 1850’s. Tell your story but don’t

talk about who’s right or wrong."

In my article about U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton's recent embrace of Freedom's Frontier, I published an email sent by a reader who has a firm grasp and understanding about the true purpose and intent of "Freedom's Frontier" :

" as you can see the interest here is about creating a “unified” story, developing talking points, and making money on it while keeping the power in Kansas...The FF people are bureaucrats with an agenda and administrative skills.  Their movement arose in the perfect venue of relativism and eastern Kansas money.  It is a behind-the-scenes organization with roots deep in the Kansas mentality steeped in New England values and social paternalism which will try to convince Missourians is the same as Missouri’s values…finding common ground in appealing to middle-of-the-road “Midwest sensibilities” that are “value neutral” and “non-confrontational”. 

Supporters of Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area are quick to point out that the $10 million dollars that is to be distributed between 55 Kansas counties and 12 Missouri counties over the next fifteen years will be an economic windfall.

It should be noted, however; that Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area will be a government bureaucracy, ran by the National Park Service with paid employees. This means any initial windfall resulting from the distribution of the money will be offset by the expense to maintain it.

As Brett King writes in the December 7th, 2007 edition of the K-State Collegian newspaper article entitled, "K-State Students and Faculty Should Push for New Tax"...