Talk:Sedgwick County, Kansas

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• Sbmeirow • Talk • 21:44, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

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Why isn't there a population statistic for people who live in rural Sedgwick County?

I suggest deleting the history section until somebody comes up with something more interesting. I used to live in SG county. Do you want to be known as the playground for a sick serial killer and the clumsy cops who took 30 years to catch him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Racaroc (talk • contribs) 22:19, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

There is more to the history of Sedgwick County than BTK. Also, Sedgwick County was not "dry". It, like the rest of Kansas just did not have liquor by the drink. You had to purchase a membership to drink in a bar, and that was a state law, and not unique to Sedgwick County. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.198.5 (talk) 08:07, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

I agree. BTK does not represent the entirety of SG county history and should not be given such attention. In fact, the 20th century section on BTK should be deleted soon if they remain without citation. The 20th Century section should take into account The Poet incident, the George Tiller incident, and the growth of Wichita from 1901-1999. SomeoneWWTSI (talk) 17:37, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Sedgwick County was not a dry county in prior to 1986. This map only indicates when the county allowed liquor by the drink. That does not mean it was dry proir to allowing liquor by the drink. It sold 3.2% beer and allowed for sales with a "club membership." I am deleting the section about Sedgwick County being dry.

http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/ksleg/KLRD/Publications/Kansas_liquor_laws_2003.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.198.5 (talk) 23:36, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

I have tried to delete this section twice. The cite used to support this section, http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm does not indicate that the county was dry proir to 1988. It only indicated when liqour by the drink was passed. In Kansas, prior to 1987, liqiour by the drink was banned in every county, but the counties were not dry. They allowed liquor to be sold for off premise consumption and for drinking in private clubs. This law was repealed on a statewide level in 1987, and then counties were allowed to pass liquor by the drink. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_of_Kansas#Prohibition_of_sale_by_the_drink_.281948-1987.29. That is what this link indicated, http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm, that Sedgwick County passed liquor by the drink in bars, and moving from a system of private clubs and off primise sales. The map does not provide any evidence that Sedgwick County was dry prior to 1987.

Please allow this section to be deleted until someone can provide an actual cite which proves that Sedgwick County was dry prior to 1987. I lived there at the time and I know this is not the case. Since the cite used does not provide evidence that Sedgwick county was dry, the post should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.198.5 (talk) 21:03, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

I feel the information pertaining to what you are talking about is located in the article Alcohol laws of Kansas and includes references. You may want to go through that article and the sources to see if you can fix up this section. Bhall87 (talk) 21:25, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

20th century

So the only thing worth mentioning for the ENTIRE 20th century is the BTK story? I would suggest it isn't worthy of inclusion at all. Every metro area over 100,000 in population has some kind of gruesome crime episodes in its history. I would suggest that unless you want to include a "crime" section in the article, that the BTK case deserves no mention at all in this article. Surely the development of the aircraft industry and the rise of Koch industries is more significant than a single criminal. Unless people think this is truly the most notable thing about Sedgwick County in the 20th century. I would delete the section myself but feel it's something for those more engaged with this article to take on. Unless you agree with Rader himself and want to use the murders to attract attention to the area. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.231.232.200 (talk) 21:41, 19 July 2011 (UTC)