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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 2002
Page
2
A reader vents about the middle school saga, opposing forced demolition and dismissing critics as misguided. He denounces reformers, accuses anti OMS factions of fearmongering, and proposes selling raffle tickets to trigger destruction of the Grand Old Lady, promising budget relief and town drama with vendors at an OMS send-off event.
A local letter accuses a handful of downtown property buyers and city power brokers of pressuring to demolish the old middle school for profit. The writer argues fixing up the old buildings preserves history and warns of land speculation and future office development by wealthier interests.
A reader advocates a sweeping law to tear down any building aged thirty years or more and replace it with a new structure, arguing it would spur economic growth and ongoing development.
Moderate Kansas Republicans face a damaged budget, a contested Senate redistricting plan, and a lack of a clear gubernatorial candidate as Carla Stovall falters. Shallenburger and Sebelius gain edge while Democrats rally behind Sebelius, leaving moderates with no strong front runner four months from the primary.
In the Kansas House, Speaker Kent Glasscock and Speaker Pro Tem Clay Aurand shared jokes about the Wildcats as the Kansas State women’s basketball team visited. Tax reform talks target tobacco taxes amid a $700 million budget gap while lawmakers eye the Great Overland Station as a state railroad museum.
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