Expensive brick street prompts debate in Old West Lawrence
City officials face a costly choice as the 700 block of Mississippi requires repair after residents requested brick exposure two years ago. Estimates show base and brick replacement costing up to 400000, with thinner bricks around 242000. City crews may do the work to cut costs, but taxpayers will foot the bill. The issue highlights broader debates on who pays for maintaining older infrastructure and whether new developments should bear more costs. Commissioners seek a plan to prevent repeats and ensure fair sharing of brick street repairs.
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Old West Lawrence
Mississippi
Lawrence
Mississippi Street
Ninth Street
Bush Outsider Persona Blown as Campaign Cash Surges
Washington columnist Sandy Grady analyzes George W. Bush as an outsider illusion collapsing under a $36.3 million fundraising surge. He portrayed as anti establishment, then basked among lobbyists and media moguls, while John McCain pushes reform efforts amid soft money battles. The piece contrasts Bush’s image with McCain’s reform stance and predicts future campaign dynamics.
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George
George W. Bush
Outsider
Texas
Howdy
Pard
Hankerin
Washington
Jimmy Carter
White House
Ronald Reagan
George W
Mr. Gadfly
Capitol Hill
Congress
Hollywood
Bill Clinton
Mark McGwire
Bob Dole
al Gore
Bush
America
Georg
Slovenia
Slovakia
George. W
Bubba
Microsoft
Liddy Cole
Dan Quayle
Steve Forbes
Stu Rothenberg
John McCain
Sen. McCain
New Hampshire
McCain
Sandy Grady
Philadelphia Daily News
McCain earns nation's gratitude on campaign finance
Mark Shields reports from Beproro New Hampshire on John McCain driving campaign finance reform as a central issue. He recalls McCain past to show resolve, notes reform stances against soft money and big money influence, and records Bedford crowd support and local reactions.
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McCain
Beproro
N.H
John McCain
Arizona
Barry M. Goldwater
John
Lyndon Johnson
Barry
New Hampshire
Hanoi
U.S. Senate
Wisconsin
Russ Feingold
Bill Clinton
Lincoln
United States
Washington
America
Bedford
Barbara Stone
Ronald Reagan
Linda Johnson
Bush
George W
Texas
Mark Shields
Creators Syndicate
World population growth and housing concerns raise questions
The letter writers discuss global population growth beyond the U S and Europe and warn of limits to growth if not addressed. They urge attention to Asia Africa and South America and the impact on resources. A second letter questions housing and childcare access in a high rent area amid mobile home park regulations and developer pressures.
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United States
Europe
U.S
Asia
Africa
South America
Sarah Frost
Haskell University
Wetlands
Hilda Enoch
EL Dorado Dr
Ice cream social and street festival planned at Lecompton
Lecompton plans an ice cream social and street dancing festival to raise funds for Lane University site restoration. Police chief John Hazelet urged the city commission to raise officers' monthly salaries from 265 to 300 dollars. On July 3, 1899, the Kansas River at Lawrence saw a large steamboat moored by the riverfront, drawing hundreds to the bridge as the vessel was inspected below the dam.
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Lane University
John Hazelet
City Commission
Kansas River
Lawrence
Lawrence World
Watkins Community Museum
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New Ventures
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H.R
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Dallas Dolan
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