Chamber leadership questioned as CVB moves under new agency
Editorial notes that the Lawrence Chamber’s grip on economic development weakens as the Convention and Visitors Bureau shifts to Destination Management Inc. and bed tax receipts flow away from the chamber. It recalls past moves to form independent departments, questions about funding, turnover, and the chamber’s future leadership in the city’s business prospects.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau
New Destination Management Inc
Freedom’s Frontier
Board of
Destination Management
CVB
Chamber
Gary Toebben
Kansas University
Convention Bureau
Lawrence Chamber
Lawrence
Sue Hack
Deciphera
Experience not a predictor of presidential success in 21st century
David Shribman argues that presidential ability is not tied to conventional experience. He cites Clinton and Obama debates, notes many past leaders rose with unconventional paths, and highlights Lincoln as a president elected from Illinois with intellect and character rather than resume polish.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
New York
Illinois
George HW. Bush
Obama
Senate
Warren G. Harding
John F. Kennedy
William Howard Taft
Yale
William Graham Sumner
U.S
Philippines
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Belgium
Alger Hiss
Nikita Khrushchev
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
New Jersey
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Andrew Jackson
George H. Bush
House
United Nations
Republican National Committee
China
Central Intelligence
Sen
Joseph R. Biden Jr
Capitol Hill
Senate Foreign Relations
Biden
Mr. Clinton
US House
Lincoln
Abraham
David Shribman
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Public Forum: Taunting Fans Reflect Ugly Side of Rivalry
Larry Carter of Lawrence argues that taunting in sports shows the ugly side of competition. He notes group behavior excuses mean remarks, while camera catchers face self reflection, urging accountability beyond hype and heat of rivalry.
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Journal World
Jayhawks
Chiefs
Larry Carter
Lawrence
Kind act repaid by generous grocery shopper
Rusty Moore thanks a man who paid for her groceries at Checkers before an ice storm. The one item shopper let her go ahead, then paid for her groceries and handed her the receipt with a Merry Christmas. She hopes the kindness will be passed on.
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Checkers
Rusty Moore
Lawrence
T budget crisis prompts talk of merger and cuts
Ken Meter argues the city transit system is bleeding funds with 2008-09 outlook worsened by fuel and maintenance costs and contemplates a KU city transit merger. He warns that keeping current service along with a living wage would deepen losses and suggests alternatives like taxi vouchers, paratransport help, and earlier reform to avoid drastic cuts.
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Kansas University
City
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Lawrence Esyrum
W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Dennis Anderson
Dan Cox
Mediapharmedia
Chris Bell
Ann Gardner
al Bonner
Caroline Trowbridge
Ed Clambrone
Journal-World
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Carer
Smart
Kansas
Lawrence Journal-World
P.O
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Ralph Gage
Ljworld
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