Garden City Commission Watches Smoking Ban And Meeting Times
The Garden City Commission will discuss the 50 foot buffer of the public smoking ban and how to enforce it outside Time Out Sports Bar owner Lee Gallegos urges clarity. The agenda also revisits moving meetings to Mondays in 2009 to improve public access and attendance during controversial topics.
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Abortion privacy questioned as Kline leaves office
Kansas abortion clinics face privacy battles as Phill Kline's investigations linger. Court actions involve Dr. George Tiller in Wichita and Planned Parenthood in Overland Park amid disputes over medical record handling, edits, and potential prosecutions. The dispute centers on patient confidentiality, subpoenas, and possible conspiracy claims between the clinics.
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Inauguration expectations and push for immigration reform
The piece notes the January 20 inauguration of Barack Obama as a historic moment and highlights Latino demand for immigration reform within his first year. It covers calls for a rapid bill, a path to legalization, family reunification, and visa process speed, plus attorney general actions affecting deportations and due process concerns raised by the ACLU.
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Political Sins Across Parties and the Obama Era
Stanley Crouch argues both major parties share culpability in racial and political missteps. He cites the Dixiecrat history, civil rights battles, and the Barack Obama presidency to urge balanced, reasonable discourse and the cultivation of rational ideology in American politics. Email crouch.stanley@gmail.com.
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