Garden City eyes broader smoke free rules in Kansas
Our View notes Arden City has adopted a smoke free ordinance banning smoking in most venues and within 50 feet of entrances. Garden City police will enforce with fines starting at 100 dollars. Discussions consider extending bans to outdoor city owned properties and Lee Richardson Zoo areas. Local and state action for cleaner air and health benefits are urged.
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Finnup Center For Conservation Education
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Pelosi warns on Iraq troop spin and spending
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the burden lies with the president to justify extra resources for a mission as Congress readies oversight. In a separate Port of Miami scare, police say a miscommunication and lack of ID raised concern after three Middle Eastern men in a cargo truck were stopped.
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Kansas budget brightening amid giddiness over economy
AP reports that growth in tax revenues lifts Kansas toward a balanced 2008 budget. Gov. Sebelius and lawmakers, facing long term commitments, plan short term decisions while boosting education funding and road projects. Pension costs and Medicaid loom as costs rise 8 to 9 percent, tempering optimism.
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New Year Reflections on Materialism and Mood Swings
The piece muses on a cold 2007 start with stubborn snow and recalls the year’s cultural notes. It cites Ken Root’s HPJ Root Zone wish, MoM essays by Julian Edney on money versus philosophy, and Yale’s Robert Lane on wealth and depression, plus 2006 holiday spending data and Arthur Miller quotes.
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Robert Lane
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