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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 2001
Page
7
The piece argues against using public education funding as leverage to push for legalized gambling in Kansas. It denounces lawmakers who would threaten the education budget to gain support for slots at racing tracks, insisting decisions on expanded gaming must rest on ethics, public will, and the merits of gambling itself.
The Lawrence City Commission jokes about a vigilante raid ending with travelin g hoosegow sentences as four of five officials paid $2 each for Kansas Centennial shaving permits while Navy officers shuffled in transfers. Captain Newsom moves to Honolulu effective June 10, with Captain Gruber to replace him and plans to return to Lawrence after Navy retirement. A May 3 1901 World quote urges steadfast effort and character as the path to success, courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
Washington Post columnist notes Dick Cheney sketches a tough energy roadmap. He calls for 1300 to 1900 new power plants, 38000 miles of natural gas pipelines, and more nuclear plants while prioritizing growth over conservation. Critics label stance as industry-serving and dismissive of renewables.
A reader thanks a local series on growth and argues prosperity should mean a peaceful, diverse college town with trees and farm fields. She criticizes rapid development, four-lane roads, parking garages, and chain stores, saying growth is destroying the community and equates to cancer.
Jennifer McAdam argues against tax abatements for corporations that pay workers below a living wage. She says free market rhetoric fails when businesses get corporate welfare, draining tax revenue and trapping workers in poverty. Local taxpayers should not subsidize firms that avoid fair wages.
A Kaw Valley Living Wage Alliance member offers clarifications to a Lawrence ordinance article. The group argues that firms receiving tax breaks to relocate should be required to pay a living wage enabling workers to afford health care child care and housing.
Dick Walker of Baldwin argues that police power has already eroded liberties, warning that Supreme Court findings allowing cuffs or jail for minor traffic offenses grant arbitrary discretion to officers and threaten personal freedoms, fueling thoughts of leaving the country.
A reader thanks Mike Rees and KDOT for pursuing the SLT despite opposition and urges faster completion to reduce travel times. The letter cites 23rd Street and 31st and Louisiana Streets as bottlenecks and envisions 31st Street becoming part of the SLT corridor. The writer hopes for quick finishing and improved regional travel from Eudora to South Town Street or Lecompton.
A Public Forum letter titled Wording question corrects a prior typo. It asks if a course approach is a contrived hipness aimed at boosting subscriptions and questions where the line is drawn now.
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