Nieder Acres zoning clash tests Lawrence planning
Wednesday's Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission faces whether to delay Nieder Acres rezoning and annexation as 18 of 30 acres seek commercial development led by Target. Behind the scenes deals involve Downtown Lawrence Inc. and local groups, amid Horizon 2020 timing and local input debates.
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Lawrence-Douglas County
31St and
Iowa Streets
Nieder Acres
Target
Fine Dayton Hudson Company
Downtown
Lawrence Inc
The
League of Women Voters
Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods
Lawrence Preservation Alliance
Planning Commission
Lawrence
Iowa Street
South Lawrence
LAN
LPA
DLI
Trkla, Pettigrew, Allen & Payne
Chicago
Price Banks
City
Tpap Group
City Commission
Kansas official faces recall threat over cockroach remark
Ford County Commission Chair Laura Carlson could face recall after comparing illegal aliens to cockroaches during a county meeting with U S Rep Pat Roberts. The remark sparked opposition from residents and an organizing recall effort led by La Voz Local president Nacho Sumaya.
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Dodge City
Ford County
Commission
County Commission
Laura Carlson
Carlson
U.S
Pat Roberts
R-Kan
Roberts
Kansas
Nacho Sumaya
la Voz Local
KU Student Flooded At Stouffer Place By Roof Work
KU junior Julianne Peter and her 6 year old daughter flooded apartment at Stouffer Place as roof work by Chrisman Wyatt Construction left holes in the roof and heavy rain poured in. Maintenance emptied water with a wet dry vac and the roofer will cover cleanup and damages. Roof work has caused past flooding at Stouffer Place with $27,000 in damages in 1991.
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Kansas University
Julianne Peter
Lawrence
Stouffer Place
Chrisman- Wyatt Construction
Peter
Stouffer Maintenance Department
John Eye
Office of Design and Construction Management
Eye
Eve
Mike Yoder
Helena
Slattery Deficit Plan Stirs Lecompton Meeting
U S Rep Jim Slattery spoke Friday at Lane University chapel in Lecompton about the Congress approved deficit reduction plan. He outlined spending cuts including Pentagon $110 billion and Medicare $56 billion while noting a 4.3 cent gasoline tax increase and income tax rises for high earners. He urged further cuts this fall and emphasized deficit reduction as the priority amid topics like health care reform and NAFTA.
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Lecompton
U.S
Jim Slattery
Congress
Slattery
Topeka
Kanwaka
Clinton
Douglas County
Lane University Chapel
Kansas
Pentagon
Medicare
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Peter’s
Sharon Dickinson
Thing Slattery
NAFTA
Soyeong Pae
Cole
Theresa Early
Twente
Uzbekistan
Reuel R. Hanks
Lindley
Access
Journal-World
J-W
Homer Frank
Francie
Ence Humane Societewesnel
Massachusetts
Journal-World Office
Window
WAL Masters
Arrowhead
Lawrence, KS
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