Property tax relief based on local spending habits
Jim Hitch argues that local residents already offset property taxes via sales taxes and that keeping more shopping dollars in Franklin County could cut property tax needs by about 25 mills. He notes Ottawa city and Franklin County combined collected 1.1 million in sales tax in 1991 and that half of disposable income in 1990 was spent outside the county, implying further home spending would reduce taxes and boost local business.
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Joan Finney
Lou Atherton
Ottawa Area
Ottawa
Franklin County
Jim Hitch
Regents move to raise Kansas teacher education standards
From editorials in Kansas papers the Independence Daily Reporter notes the Board of Regents backs higher admission standards for teacher education. If adopted, future teachers must show solid academics, aiding a team effort for better schooling and educated students. The Hays Daily News condemns gambling expansion, citing Colorado failures and local moratoriums as proof that gambling prosperity is illusory and Kansas should heed those lessons.
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Kansas
Associated Press
Independence Daily Reporter
Kansas Board of Education
Board of Regents
Regents
Hays Daily News
Colorado
Associated Press News Wire
Central City
Letters: Limit city junkets
A resident criticizes five city commissioners and the city manager for attending the 1992 National League of Cities conference in New Orleans at a cost of 5480 plus meals. The writer questions the value of the trips, argues the city manager runs the city, and says commissioners merely approve his plans. The author notes salaries were known before election.
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New Orleans
Local Year in Review Murmurs of Ottawa and Franklin County
The Ottawa Herald invites readers to vote on the most important 1992 local stories. Highlights include Ransom Memorial Hospital’s debt and management shakeup, countywide zoning debates, Ottawa city leadership changes, unsolved major crimes, new officials, road conditions, and growth plans with grants and redevelopment projects shaping 1993.
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Associated Press
Creation
Franklin County
The
Herald
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County Planning Commission
Cal Lantis
Finney
J.C. Penney’s
Henrie Chrysler
Doris Branson
Lantis
Leroy Wasmund
Bob Chamberlin
Pete Smith
Vera Figgins
Register of Deeds
Sherrie Capper
Wendell Barker
Fashion Inc
Air Tech
Couthouse Square
Turning 40, a shock to baby boomers in Newsweek tale
A diner scene unfolds as a couple reacts to a Newsweek cover about aging baby boomers. They fear turning 40 and later 50, while a narrator reflects on aging's long, quiet march through history and modern life. The dialogue shifts from alarm to pragmatic plans for retirement and travel.
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Newsweek
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