Development plan stifles Johnson County economy says leader
Development chair Gross warned that tabling the project for another year will discourage local economic growth. Commission member Gary Anderson recused due to a potential conflict. The Oz debate lingered with critics likening it to kissing your sister. TOTO president Bill Sheldon called the vote disappointing while OEC chief Dick Ferguson remained confident the county can attract a qualified firm. The DEC proposal envisions a 9000-acre tourism high tech center on the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant site near De Soto with at least 37 million dollars for toxic site cleanup, though opponents call it unproven and reliant on state subsidies. The county may wait on legislative action to extend bond considerations beyond July 1.
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Taxpayers Opposed
TOTO
OEC
Dick Ferguson
Ferguson
Kansas
Nick Jordan
Shawnee
DEC
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
DeSoto
Fans travel to Dayton for KU NCAA run bold and warm
Lawrence resident Bartz drives ten hours with wife and daughter to see Kansas play in Dayton. Ohio fans like Ed Dowell, once from Olathe, travel to watch practice and support the Jayhawks despite a personal schedule clash. Local ties and family stories mark the crowd as KU seeks a Final Four run.
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Lawrence
Wilt Chamberlain
Bartz
Maryann
Barbara
Jayhawks
Dayton
Ohio
Ed Dowell
Olathe
Steve Walcott
Eric Chenowith
Wolcott
Zach
Donny Osmond
IRS hacked risk alarm from GAO report
A GAO report says the IRS was vulnerable to hackers with investigators gaining access via a handheld device and weak passwords. Officials say issues were fixed and e file is safe for this year, while critics urge caution and further studies on computer security. 35 million filed electronically last year, 42 million projected this year. a 1998 law targets 80 percent electronically by 2007.
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IRS
Dacey
Fred Thompson
R-Tenn
Governmental Affairs Committee
Lutes
Pete Sepp
National Taxpayers Union
GAO
Sepp
Capitol Hill
House
DNA freed after 20 years in wrongful murder case
Betty Ann Waters, 46, of Middletown Rhode Island, helped exonerate her brother via DNA evidence and the Innocence Project. The box of knife and blood-stained cloth led to testing that showed the DNA did not match. Prosecutors will review evidence before a possible new trial, while Waters calls the result a breakthrough in a long battle for justice.
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Waters
Betty Ann Waters
Middletown
R.I
Roger Williams University
Bristol
Innocence Project
Barry Scheck
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