Editorial calls for realism in Lawrence budget
The piece argues against optimistic 3.5 percent sales tax growth for 2008 after 2007 shortfalls forced a 3.5 million cut from the city budget. It notes county plans to hold or modestly grow revenue and urges matching the county’s conservatism, avoiding tax increases, and preventing midyear cuts by using realistic projections.
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Glas County
David Corliss
Lawrence
Wyandotte County
Craig Weinaug
Weinang
Corliss
Dou
Old Hometown 2? Ago In 1982 Confusion Rocks Runway Plan
A 1982 memo notes confusion over runway use causing damage to two planes as pilots followed wrong routes. City Commission considers Furrs Cafeteria traffic permit tied to 23rd and Iowa patterns, with construction hoped for late summer or fall.
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Furrs
23Rd
Iowa
City Commission
Capital punishment and innocence in the Davis case
Leonard Pitts Jr. writes in a Miami Herald column about Troy Anthony Davis, on death row for the 1989 killing of Savannah officer Mark MacPhail. He notes recanted testimonies, lack of physical evidence, and a 90 day stay, arguing capital punishment rests on belief rather than justice.
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Troy Anthony Davis
Mark Allen MacPhail
Savannah
Burger King
Davis
Sylvester
Red” Coles
MacPhail
State Parole Board
Clinton
Gallup
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
McCain Emerges as a Greater Maverick in Campaign Move
John McCain announced his presidential candidacy in Portsmouth New Hampshire while a former solicitor general spoke for him at the Supreme Court appealing the McCain Feingold law. The piece analyzes McCain's stance on campaign finance, immigration and Iraq and notes his shifting tactics and funding constraints as he remains a controversial figure.
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Washington
Prescott Park
Portsmouth
N.H
John McCain
U.S. Supreme Court
Clinton
McCain
Wisconsin
Right To Life
McCain-Feingold
Supreme Court
Fred Thompson
McCain- Feingold
New Hampshire
George W. Bush
Bush
Bismarck
Iraq
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Lawrence Daily World
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M. Robinson
Kansas City
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Kansas
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W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons, Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Dennis ‘Anderson
Chris Bell
Dan’ Cox
Mediaptormedia
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Caroline Trowbridge
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Smart
U.S
Continental
Lawrence Journal-World
P.O
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Dolph C. Simons
Dan C. Simons
Ijworld.com
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Miamiherald.com
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Herb Kohl
Russ Feingold
Senate
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