Open government under threat in Topeka serial communications case
A Topeka case revealed five city council members using secret phone calls to override a mayoral veto on a police helicopter purchase. The event spurred a lawsuit and calls for tightening Kansas open meetings law to ban serial communications. Senator Tim Huelskamp supports legislation to forbid such behind the scenes discussions among governing bodies.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
Robert Hecht
Kansas
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Balkans Stability Questioned After NATO Expansion Vote
Macedonian government negotiator Nikola Dimitrov calls NATO’s decision to block his country Georgia and Ukraine from joining at this time a huge disappointment and a setback to regional stability and shared values.
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NATO
Balkans
Nikola Dimitrov
Georgia
Ukraine
Telegram invites signed letters to editor
The Telegram welcomes letters to the editor signed with writer address and phone number. All letters will be confirmed before publication and edited for libel and length. Keep letters under 500 words. general thank you notes may be printed. Contact options include email fax phone online and mail to Att. Editor Garden City KS.
Soest Nongress Engages in Historic First Amendment Rhetoric
A clipped quotation echoes the First Amendment principles, emphasizing Congress shall not establish religion nor restrict free exercise, nor abridge freedom of speech or press, and the right to assemble and petition the government for grievances remains central.
War costs mount as 4000th American dies in Iraq
Vice Admiral Jack Shanahan notes March 2008 marks 4000 American fatalities in Iraq while a Stiglitz Bilmes report estimates the total price around 3 trillion dollars. The piece argues the war’s true cost extends beyond lives and dollars to economic strain, infrastructure neglect, and long term tax implications amid a near recession.
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Joseph Stiglitz
Linda Bilmes
Iraq
America
Pew Research Center
Fed
Gades
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Priorities Project
John McCain
E-waste recycling push and late-term abortion debate in Kansas
The article urges residents to recycle electronics and describes a state county E-waste collection center serving multiple Kansas counties and parts of Oklahoma with free service for households. It also reports on Kansas late-term abortion limits, Dr George Tiller, a grand jury probe, and criticisms that must comply with law, plus comments from Kansas Right to Life officials.
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Seward County
Finney, Stanton, Grant
Haskell, Gray, Ford, Morton, Stevens
Meade
Seward
Kansas
Beaver
Texas
Cimarron
Oklahoma
William L. Bider
Topeka
State of
Sedgwick County
George Tiller
Kansas Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Tiller
David Gittrich
Wichita
Too Late for McCain Opinion Piece on Presidential Suitability
Charley Reese argues John McCain is past his prime for the presidency. He accuses McCain of war-centric views and misstatements on Iran al Qaida and Iraq, notes McCain’s age near 72, and questions his judgment and mental sharpness.
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Eee
John McCain
George W. Bush
McCain
Iraq
al-Qaida
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
United States
Naval Academy
Middle East
Iran
Afghanistan
Taliban
Hezbollah
Lebanon
Joe Lieberman
Shakespeare
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King Features Syndicate
Charley Reese
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