City finances need audit after funds left uninvested
Editorial urges Lawrence City Commission to hire an independent firm for a thorough audit of city finances. The piece cites $4.6 million in uninvested funds from an $8.6 million Farmland Fertilizer Plant trust plus unbilled tenant lease payments as signs of mismanagement, urging swift corrective action and stronger oversight.
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Lawrence City Commission
Venture Park
Bryan Kidney
Kidney
Casey Toomay
RSM Global
Democrats must move left for a clear, bold path
Leonard Pitts argues Democrats face a leftward shift to counter a polarized center. He asserts centrism wanes as both parties drift, urging a bold, uncompromising agenda focused on universal health care, immigration reform, a living wage, justice reform, and climate action to appeal to progressive voters and marginalized communities.
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Trump
Mata Hari’s 1917 execution shocks Paris in spy case
Today in history recalls Mata Hari, 41, executed by firing squad in 1917 after spying for Germany. Other events include Rozier’s first balloon ascent in 1783, Napoleon’s exile arrival in St Helena in 1815, and Debussy premiere La Mer in 1905.
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Mata Hari
Margaretha Zelle Geertruida MacLeod
Paris
Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier
Napoleon Bonaparte
South Atlantic
St. Helena
Claude Debussy
Explorers Reach Southern Kansas and Western Missouri
A party led by Drs Russell Walker and Mr Hardin, joined by Mr Carr of Eudora, left yesterday on a exploring trip through Southern Kansas and Western Missouri for a country survey and pleasure outing. A European Madonna oil painting, valued as a masterpiece, is offered for sale by F Barteldes. The Eudora bridge gây danger and will close. a ferry will operate while the county plans to rebuild the bridge to protect the vital Lawrence road.
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Kansas Daily Tribigbune
Russell
Walker
Hardin
Carr
Eudora
Kansas
Missouri
F. Barteldes
Baseman
Lawrence
Air protection urged as EPA rollbacks loom
Kansas readers urge action to defend clean air regulations amid EPA rollback plans. Nancy Pike House of Lawrence and a Tama Colorado native recount years of air quality improvements and call for public response. They cite cross state concerns and faith-inspired values in the debate.
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Tama Colorado
Kansas
Colorado
Denver
EPA
Nancy Pike
Lawrence
Public Forum Values and City Housing Debate
Readers defend inclusion and diversity while challenging affordable housing subsidies and sprawl. Fran Johnson and Craig Tucker urge learning, tolerance, and speaking out against ignorance. David Klamet questions city incentives, comparing to national issues and corporate subsidies.
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Jesus
Fran
Fran Johnson
Craig Tucker
Lawrence
Downtown tax breaks reshape city skyline to resemble other cities
The city commission pushes ongoing tax incentives for upscale apartments, prompting concern that Lawrence will become indistinguishable from Orlando and Atlanta. Critics warn cookie-cutter urban changes may lessen unique appeal and draw.
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City Commission
Orlando
Atlanta
Lawrence
Letters to the Editor Submissions Guidelines
Readers are invited to submit letters under 250 words that avoid libelous language and name calling. All letters must be signed with the writer’s name and address and telephone number. Submissions may be mailed to P O Box 888 Lawrence KS 66044 or emailed to letters at ljworld dot com.
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Lawrence KS
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