Local legislators wary of Proposit ion 13 plan debated
Herald staff writer reports Sen. Jim Allen and Rep. Bette Sue Shumway expressed reservations about Gov. Hayden’s Proposition 13 rollback proposal. They warned of revenue gaps for schools and counties and discussed proposed local option taxes to replace lost property tax revenue. They also weighed the fate of a bill to restore 13.9 million in welfare cuts, noting uncertainty over Hayden’s veto.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Mike Hayden
Jim Allen
Ottawa
Bettie Sue Shumway
Hayden
House
Senate
Allen
Shumway
Eric Yost
Wichita
Wyandotte County
Johnson County
Signs of the Times in Victorian Ottawa
In 1989 Ottawa shifted from heavy concrete markers from 1945 to lighter green and white street signs. The old markers weighed up to 700 pounds and covered 80 tons, with costs and installation tied to Staneart family work. The project, led by Richard Jackson of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce, aimed to modernize street signage at about 16.5 thousand dollars, replacing massy tombstone-like markers at 356 intersections.
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Jim Hitch
Ottawa
Orval M. Staneart
Fourth
Walnut
Ottawa Herald
Massasoit
Sycamore
el Dorado
Stanearts
Staneart
Mark
Orval M
Butch” Staneart
Tecumseh Street Antiques
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Young Staneart
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Richard Jackson
City Commission
Andy Haney
Jackson
Bush cautions on aggressive global warming controls
President Bush told an international panel at Georgetown University that market based policies should accompany growth and that aggressive action to solve global warming should be thoughtful. He announced a White House meeting with environmentalists economists and ecologists this spring but warned against strict anti pollution measures that could burden major industries. Environmentalists including Daniel Becker of the Sierra Club criticized the lack of immediate commitments and said the speechfocused more on economics than the environment.
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Washington
Bush
U.S
White House
Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
United Nations
Daniel Becker
The
Sierra Club
Ottawa DPS split vote looms as swing member shifts
City Commissioner Cal Lantis, once a swing vote, indicates support for splitting the Ottawa Department of Public Safety into separate police and fire services. He warned conditions must be met and study time may delay any Wednesday night vote as the 14 year controversy nears its end.
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Jay Bemis
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Cal Lantis
Lantis
City Commission
the Herald
Fred Heathman
Dan Fogle
DPS
Marv Calliham
Charles Gillette
Heathman
Gorbachev presses end of single party rule
In Moscow, Mikhail Gorbachev urged the Communist Party to yield its monopoly on power and admit a multiparty system already in effect. He spoke at a Central Committee meeting, noting public demands over shortages and corruption and signaling reforms that allow competitive elections and dissidents in parliament. The gathering followed mass protests hailed as among the largest since the Bolshevik era.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Communist Party
Gorbachev
Central Committee
Kremlin
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