Bed tax worries for Garden City hotels on council agenda
Garden City commissioners weigh chartering around state limits to create a 2 percent city bed tax, lifting total within city limits to 6 percent with county tax. The move faces hotel opposition and would fund capital projects for recreation, parks, zoo facilities and possibly Buffalo Dunes and the Big Pool. Public protest and a two thirds vote, plus 60 day waiting period, may follow.
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Garden City
Randy Grisell
Grisell
Finney County
Gary Fuller
Jeff Whitham
Whitham
Friends of the
Lee Richardson Zoo
Zoo
Dan Baffa
Commission
Bob Halloran
Buffalo Dunes
Windsor Hotel
Best Western Wheatlands Hotel
van Salyer
Salyer
Garden City approves maquette for park sculpture
Garden City commissioners applauded a four foot four inch maquette showing five children of diverse ethnicities at play by a pond. The project, funded by the Southwest Arts and Humanities Council, aims to place a four to eight foot bronze statue in the park at Third and Fourth streets and Kansas Avenue, with the city providing a rock base lighting and ongoing maintenance.
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Third/Fourth streets
Kansas Avenue
Garden City
Commission
Arts Center On
Main
N. Main St
Southwest Arts and Humanities Council
Vivian Kinder
Alan Geier
Gary Fuller
Arts Council
Kinder
Javier Rivas
Garden City High School
Rivas
Garden City Commission
Fourth Street
Ruling challenges $10 million cattle checkoff in Kansas
A federal appeals court ruled the mandatory $1 per head beef checkoff unconstitutional, affecting about $10 million collected annually in Kansas. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St Paul did not grant immediate impact as related challenges progress through courts.
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Wichita
Kansas
8Th US
Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Paul
Minn
Charles Kornmann
Aberdeen
South Dakota
The
Livestock Marketing Association
Joe Linot
Kansas Beef Council
United States
Linot
Sublette residents challenge trailer ordinance enforcement
Sublette residents argue sheriff ticketing is selective as six tickets for street parked trailers have been written since 2000. Sheriff Larry Phoenix says tickets targeted violators, with two fines reduced to 100 dollars. two residents face July trials for tickets issued April and May. Stan Moser and Chester Mayhew, plus Scott Olsen, say others violated the rule too.
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Haskell County
Haskell
Larry Phoenix
Phoenix
Stan Moser
Chester Mayhew
Sublette
Moser
Scott Olsen
El Presidente owner accepts plea bargain
Pedro Gallardo, 46, owner of El Presidente, accepted a plea bargain in Finney County District Court on February cocaine charges. He pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, attempted possession, and possession without a Kansas tax stamp, dropping two initial counts. His ex-wife Anna Ramirez is listed as responsible for the business. See Deal, Page AS.
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Finney County
Pedro “Pete” Gallardo
Conkling Ave
el Presidente
E. Prairie Ave
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