Editorial: Kansas faces budget choices in 2003 session
The piece argues Gov elect Kathleen Sebelius and lawmakers must confront the fiscal crisis with concrete plans, balancing budget cuts and potential tax increases. It condemns partisan posturing, urges collaboration, and warns the state risks deeper harm if they avoid tough decisions or delay leadership. It cites education and disability service funding as pressures, and notes voters’ general resistance to tax hikes.
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Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Senate
Dave Kerr
Government should diet to trim bloated spending
Cal Thomas argues for a national belt-tightening to cut wasteful federal and state spending. He cites Citizens Against Government Waste figures showing $20.1 billion in pork in 2002, urges a Grace Commission reboot, and calls for state watchdogs and tax cuts to force government to live within its means.
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Citizens Against Government
CAGW
107Th Congress
New York
Michael Bloomberg
Connecticut
John Rowland
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Bush
Grace Commission
Ronald Reagan
Robert Morganthau
New York Times
New York City
New
J. Peter Grace
Reagan
Hawaii
Maine
National Taxpayers Union Foundation
Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
US must stay engaged in global conflicts with measured military stance
John C. Bersia argues that the United States cannot retreat amid global interdependence. He warns of sprawling wars from terrorism to regional flashpoints and urges a proactive, balanced approach prioritizing terrorism, Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy, and cautious military engagement.
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Afghanistan
Persian Gulf
Iraq
United States
Pakistan
India
North Korea
U.S
al-Qaida
America
U.N
Public Forum Letter on Wal Mart and Local Politics
A reader condemns efforts to silence protest at City Hall over Wal Mart. The letter accuses Mayor Hack and the city commission of kowtowing to developers and warns of civic resistance to a northwest Lawrence Wal Mart. Kimberly Anderson signs. Emerson Hazlett praises Kansas basketball and cites strong graduation rates and classroom success.
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Hack
City Hall
Wal-Mart
Walmartwatch
Lawrence
Kimberly Anderson
Roy Williams
Kansas University
Emerson Hazlett
Farmers urged to grow organic foods not GM crops in agribusiness push
Tim O'Brien weighs in on a Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Network proposal to grow genetically modified crops for the pharmaceutical industry. He argues against it, favoring organic produce to boost local economy, protect the watershed, save energy, and support long term farmer and community health. He notes farmers should avoid becoming serfs to pharma and cites local land praised as the garden part of the state.
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Tim O’brien
Lawrence
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