Editorial on Carla Stovall gift ethics case in Kansas
The piece argues Stovall's acceptance of a diamond bracelet from Bill Koch raises ethical questions but not legal wrongdoing. It contends private relations should stay private, acknowledges the benefit of a lobbyist gift ban, and defends officials’ right to personal lives while urging guards against conflicts of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carla Case
Kansas
Carla Stovall
Bill Koch
Harris New Service
Stovall
Koch
Koch Crime Commission
John D. Montgomery
Jay
It’s Your Quarter Proposes Rail Trail User Fees
A forum item suggests turning the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail into a self supporting system like a turnpike or golf course. A user fee is planned at 2 dollars daily or 10 dollars annually, with city exemptions. Readers are invited to share thoughts by calling 242 4700 during specified hours.
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April Fools and taxes haunt the spring notes
A rural notebook blends April Fools pranks with drought worries in Franklin County Kansas. The writer recalls fooling a coworker, notes tax season delays, the IRS Tele Tax line, and a creeping hold on refunds as spring lingers with a dry, late-wrought landscape and pending state taxes.
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Kansas
Franklin County
Ottawa
Main Street
Marais Des Cygnes
Uncle Sam
Sunflower
Sammy
Irs-Ballyhooed
Postal Service
IRS
Scandinavian joke taints column with ethnic humor
A columnist reluctantly shares a xenophobic Swedish and Norwegian joke to address a reader’s demand for ethnic jests. The piece notes the offensive nature of ethnic humor, contemplates journalistic duty, and ends with a caution about later translating broader stereotypes into tasteless material.
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Chicago
Kansans seek state officials contact details and offices
The document lists state figures including Gov Bill Graves in Topeka at the State Capitol and Attorney General Carla Stovall with office details and phone numbers The page references other officials such as Kathleen Sebelius and provides incomplete addresses and telephone data for government offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Gov
Brownback
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Topeka
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Insyenice
Kathleen Sebelius
Southwest
Mainstream Coalition amid editorial clash in Shawnee County
Lawrence resident Kevin Groenhagen decries John D. Montgomery s editorial framing the Mainstream Coalition as centrist Republicans. He notes the June 22 1995 meeting featured Joan Wagnon as keynote, lists advisory board members Kathleer Sebelius and Sally Thompson, and argues the group supports Democrats not Republicans. He argues the piece mislabels centrism and labels religion in government as extremist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Montgomery
Shawnee County
Joan Wagnon
Kathleer
Sebelius
Sally Thompson
Bill Craven
Sierra Club
Wagnon
Thompson
Craven
Montgomery
George Washington
America
Alexis de Tocqueville
Jimmy Carter
Joel Kotkin
The
New Democrat
Bill Clinton
Kotlin
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