Ottawa City Commission's admission
The Ottawa City Commission admitted to violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act when it met in executive session nearly a year ago to discuss intervening in a natural gas rate case. The minutes failed to state the specific subject, duration, or exact time and place for reopening to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Attorney General’s Office
Commission
Ottawa City Commission
City Commission
Forrest Lowry
Contact details for Kansas and federal officials listed
A list of contact points for U S senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum, Governor Bill Graves, and Attorney General Carla Stovall with street addresses in Washington D C and Topeka Kansas plus telephone and Fox numbers.
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U.S
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Washington, D.C
Telephone
Fox
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Topeka
Gun rights debate meets child gunfire statistics
Opinion piece reflects on Second Amendment views amid alarming 1993 children gunfire deaths data from the Children’s Defense Fund and National Center for Health Statistics. It notes homicide and accidental deaths, racial disparities, and urges responsible ownership and safe storage without advocating a ban. Influences include Marian Wright Edelman and legal limits near schools.
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Ansas
Arizona
National Rifle Association
Intelligence of America
Children’s Defense Fund
Associated Press
National Center For Health Statistics
Marian Wright Edelman
The
Defense Fund
Topeka ethics reform stalls in conference committee
As the Legislature reconvenes on April 24 for a wrapup session, House and Senate ethics reform plans await conference committee resolution. The 51 page House bill and 13 page Senate version differ greatly, with supporters voicing concerns over gifts, lobbying, and money in campaigns while critics warn against local government limits and insider influence. Senate supporters like Parkinson and Kerr push for tighter rules though Kerr’s ban on PAC, corporate, and union money failed, and a broader push for aggressive gift limits and enforcement fell short.
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House
Senate
Dave Kerr
R Hutchinson
Mark Parkinson
Rolathe
Bill Brady
Dparsons
Carol Dawson
R-Russell
Topeka
Legislative Branch
Parkinson
Executive Branch
Kerr
Ways and Means Committee
Brady
Dawson
Russell
Unbalanced equation to a Unabomber tale of math minds
A reflective piece contrasts a math minded elite with the broader public and recounts Theodore Kaczynski’s rise from a gifted student to a reclusive mathematician who later embraced anti-technology theories. It notes his arrest, family tips to the FBI, and speculation on how a genius can turn dangerous when perceiving world order as chaotic.
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FBI
Evergreen Park, Ill
Theodore Kaczynski
Harvard
University of Michigan
Kaczynski
California
Ottawa teens face coaching conflict in baseball tournament
A caller argues Ottawa sixteen year olds Levi Moore Phillip Marez and Richard Guilfoyle are being taken from local American Legion play to join Athletes International in Hawaii July 21 29 coached by Matt Lloyd and Paul Hoekstra. They must try out raise 2000 and fund raising demands press parents with ticket sales burden while administrators address the issue.
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Ottawa
American Legion
Levi Moore
Phillip Marez
Richard Guilfoyle
Athletes International
Hawaii
Ottawa University
Matt Lloyd
Paul Hoekstra
Readers urged to sign letters with address and phone
The notice encourages signed correspondence for publication. Letters must include writer name, full address, and a telephone number for verification to speed publication.
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Bill Graves
State Capitol
U.S. Supreme Court
By Bill Tellier
Ottawa Herald
John Marshall
Harris News Service
Mr. Johnson
By Mike Royko
Tribune Media Services
Clinton
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