Garden City Firefighters Push Staffing and Union Question
Garden City firefighters press staffing concerns and union recognition as the City Commission weighs a committee report. The plan includes 14 fire crew minimums, 5 personnel on duty, and 12 hour Holcomb station shifts, with a budget for three new hires and possible six with a Homeland Security grant.
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Ocal
Garden City Commission
Garden City
National Fire Protection Association
Holcomb
Public
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
International Association of Firefighters
Kansas
Labor unions edge toward exit from AFL-CIO and cycling great retires
Joe Hansen of the UFCW says fundamental differences make change unlikely as unions consider leaving the AFL-CIO. Lance Armstrong announces retirement after seven Tours, age 33, ending his record streak. Peter O'Malley comments on Hillary Clinton energizing moderates amid possible 2008 bid.
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Joe Hansen
The
United Food and Commercial Workers
Afl-Cio
Lance Armstrong
Peter O'Malley
Chicago
New York
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Telegram invites signed letters to editor with contact details
Garden City Kansas readers are invited to submit letters to the editor. Letters must be signed and include writer address and phone number. All letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. General thank you notes and non editorial content may not be printed. Email or mail options provided.
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Carr
Douglas McGrath
Texas
New York City
Kansas
Sandra Bullock
Gwyneth Paltrow
Sigourney Weaver
Warner Independent Pictures
Bennett Miller
Capote
Times Reporter
Landmark First Amendment Preamble Quoted in Ongoing Debate
The text repeats the First Amendment protections for religion speech press assembly and petition. It emphasizes that Congress shall make no law abridging these rights and frames ongoing public discourse about their scope and limits. The formulation underscores core civil liberties and the role of government in safeguarding dissent.
Medicaid costs loom as Kansas lawmakers eye action
Kansas legislators face a looming budget shortfall and a court-ordered education spend rise as Medicaid costs surge to 1.5 billion. A special committee will study reform while lobbyists warn cutting services risks higher long term costs, and opponents note rising health care expenses drive the pressure. Kansas Action for Children touts value in prevention.
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PEKA
Senate
Steve Morris
Ringoton
Kansas
Cindy D’ercole
Kansas Action For Children
D’ercole
Kathleen Sebelius
Missouri
Kansas Supreme Court
House
House Appropriations Committee
Melvin Neufeld
Neufeld
Shannon Jones
Independent Living Council
Jones
Time to court a Hispanic nominee for the Supreme Court
The column weighs Bush’s failure to nominate a Hispanic judge, praises Roberts, and argues that Sen Salazar and Sen Martinez should push harder next time. It notes Martinez’s opposition to ethnicity tests, Salazar’s noncommitment, and lists Hispanic candidates who could have fit Bush’s court. It urges more aggressive advocacy from Hispanic senators.
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Bush
Supreme Court
U.S
Florida
Mel Martinez
John G. Roberts Jr
Colorado
Ken Salazar
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roberts
Dems
White House
Moveon.org
Senate
Martinez
Salazar
John G. Roberts
George W. Bush
Jose Cabranes
2Nd Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Emilio Garza
New Orleans
Sonia Sotomayor
Cabranes
2Nd Circuit
Garza
Gonzales
Sen. Martinez
Sens
Capote and Potter items rise from tangled spam
The excerpt surveys varied cultural notes from spam beginnings to Capote’s film attention and Harry Potter on Thefacebook, citing NYT and US News reports. It mentions Capote film plans, cast, and director, along with Potter profiles on Thefacebook and a note on hate groups and the Civil Rights Memorial Center dedication.
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United States
Morris Dees
Southern Poverty Law Center
Montgomery
Ala
Wall of Tolerance
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Doonesbury
CIA
Scott Mieclellan
Scott
Karl Rove
Ith St
Ieie
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Roger Hernandez
King Features Syndicate
Commentar
Hope ‘den City Telegram
Pam
American Meat Institute
United Health Foundation
Truman Capote
David Carr
New York Times
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Nytimes
Gerald Clarke
Random House
Dolores Hope
Dandchope
Juno.com
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