Ex-Kroger CEO to Lead KU Chancellor Search Committee
The Kansas Board of Regents named retired Kroger chairman and KU alumnus David Dillon to head the chancellor search for the University of Kansas. The process will be closed, with no public sharing of applicants or finalists, and the board hired R. William Funk and Associates as search consultant. The search committee will be formed in coming weeks and approved next month.
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Oread group cited in fraud claim over hotel incentive
The City of Lawrence seeks termination of a multimillion-dollar incentive agreement with The Oread hotel after a lawsuit accuses the developer of fraudulently collecting tax rebates for hundreds of unrelated purchases including personal landscaping, a Colorado cabin, and party tent rentals. Attorney Brad Russell says homeowners outside the tax district were billed and improper reimbursements may be recovered.
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Oread Hotel Tax Incentives Under Scrutiny
The city set up two districts for the Oread at 1200 Oread. A Tax Increment Financing District rebates most new property and local sales taxes to the developers. A Transportation Development District rebates proceeds from a 1 percent hotel sales tax to the same group.
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City and Oread group strike up incentives deal
The city and the Oread development group agreed on an incentives package that could yield up to 11 million dollars in tax rebates plus interest expenses. The final rebate depends on the hotel’s sales performance.
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Allegations Target Dread Wholesale L.C. in Oread Tax Scheme
The city alleges members of a development group led by Lawrence businessman Thomas Fritzel created Dread Wholesale L.C. to run bogus retail sales transactions to inflate sales tax calculations at the Oread property and increase rebates. Chad Lawhorn.
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Regents advance KU campus carry policy amid restricted access plan
The Regents committee backed KU and five other state universities to allow concealed carry with proposed restricted access zones where guns would be prohibited. The full board could vote at December meeting with state law requiring carry on campuses from July 1, 2017.
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