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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1994
Page
3
Editorial notes House franking costs and suggests reforms. Roll Call reports 1993 franking expenditures at 33.5 million dollars, a drop from 1991’s 44.8 million and a 2.2 million postmark figure from 1989. The piece highlights taxpayer impact and calls for cleaner, tighter practices among representatives.
A Richmond resident expresses support for law enforcement and invites community input in the forum It's Your Quarter. The caller notes appreciation for officers, cites ticket and ordinance enforcement, and provides a call-in number with specified hours for Saturday and weekday evenings.
The piece notes politicians often adopt catchier or shorter names for political gain. It cites Connie Mack born Cornelius McGillicuddy III, Tim Valentine from Stimous Thaddeus Valentine, Newton Leroy Gingrich, James Strom Thurmond, Eligio de la Garza known as Kika, and Bob Packwood from Abe Lincoln or George Washington Packwood. It also mentions misnaming figures like George Mitchell and Tom Foley in editorial slips and jokes about Dole and Kassebaum confusion.
Lamar W. Alexander, former Tennessee governor and U.S. secretary of education, positions for a Republican presidential bid. He argues leadership must come from outside Washington, outlines campaign strategy, fundraising targets of 22 to 25 million, and a rapid primary calendar in 1996, while promoting a citizen legislator ethos.
A reader recounts adopting a weeks-old squirrel during a 1970s attic demolition. The mother retrieved two siblings, while the narrator kept the lone cub, who grew into a lively, chocolate-loving creature. The piece ends warning picnickers to guard treats at Lakewood Lodge and recall how a squirrel sees the world as a nut.
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