Tax lid defended as protection for Kansas taxpayers
Editorial argues the 2015 law tying property tax increases to inflation protects taxpayers despite opposition from cities and counties. It notes exemptions and rising costs like health care, cites prices and mills in Douglas County, and supports tweaks to reduce exceptions while praising the lid’s overall effect on encouraging spending cuts and local accountability.
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Kansas
Trey Cocking
League of Kansas Municipalities
Cocking
Melissa Wangemann
Kansas Association of Counties
Ken Corbet
Topeka
Douglas County
Lawrence
Today in History December 10 milestones
On December 10 1906 Theodore Roosevelt became the first American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating an end to the Russo Japanese War. In 1967 Otis Redding aged 26 and six others died when their plane crashed into Wisconsin's Lake Monona.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Otis Redding
Wisconsin
Lake Monona
Mueller investigation shows no signs of end
Bill Press outlines Mueller’s expanding probe into the Trump campaign. Indictments against Manafort and Gates led by Mueller, plus Flynn and Kushner interviews, suggest more charges ahead. The piece argues ongoing Russian contacts and financial ties challenge Trump’s claim of no collusion.
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Robert Mueller
Trump
Paul Manafort
Rick Gates
George Papadopoulos
FBI
White House
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
John Kelly
Fox News
Mueller
Michael Flynn
National Security
Jared Kushner
Donald Trump
Trumpers
Donald Trump Jr
Carter Page
Jeff Sessions
J.D. Gordon
Michael Cohen
Blackwater
Erik Prince
Education
Betsy DeVos
Putin
Moscow
Russia
Politico
Soviet Union
Slate
Trump Tower
Michigan
Spectrum Health
DeVos
Alfa Bank
Kremlin
Mike Pence
James Comey
Special Counsel
Bill Press
CNN
Old Home Town seeks donkey lost by Shanklin in 1867 Kansas
From the Kansas Daily Tribune for Dec. 10 1867 in Shanklin a man has lost his donkey and offers boy’s thanks for information on its whereabouts. Police Court reports Fanny Jones a new arrival accused of street walking and other improper practices fined ten dollars and costs.
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Kansas Daily Tribune
Shanklin
Fanny Jones
Message to leaders on tweeting and tax reform
A letter to the editor from H. Patrick Pritchard of Lawrence urges leaders to consider the meaning and truth behind political statements. It discusses FCC chairman’s push to roll back broadband consumer protections and allow ISPs to restrict or block sites, noting Moran’s stance in Kansas.
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Congress
H. Patrick Pritchard
Lawrence
Donald Trump
Federal Communications Commission
Kansas
Jerry Moran
Public forum critiques Moran on net neutrality action
Steven X. Davis argues Moran has not introduced bills or votes on bipartisan net neutrality legislation and questions with which Democrats he has discussed a solution. Davis urges Congress to craft remedies to protect broadband investments and contrasts Moran with Roberts who allegedly never uses email.
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Sen. Moran
Congress
Sen
Pat Roberts
Steven X. Davis
Lawrence
Rethinking bail and pretrial release policy
Clark H. Coan argues that Fed findings show many cannot cover a 400 emergency, tying bail to a 10 percent bond. He notes New Jersey judges use Arnold Foundation nine factor risk analysis reducing bail, and Lawrence Municipal Court eliminated bail. He urges Douglas County District Court to adopt release on recognizance unless risk of flight or public danger.
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Douglas County
New Jersey
Arnold Foundation
Lawrence
Douglas County District Court
Clark H. Coan
Letters to editor submission details
Readers are invited to submit letters by mail to P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 or via email at letters ljworld com for publication in the local newspaper.
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P.O. Box
Lawrence KS
Ljworld.com
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