Balanced budget amendment won’t fix federal deficits
John D. Montgomery argues the balanced budget amendment is impractical and unlikely to constrain Congress or the president. He says reforming campaign finance and lobbying would more effectively change beltway culture, and urges ending PAC and corporate donations while expelling lobbyists to combat systemic corruption.
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House Judiciary Committee
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John D. Montgomery
Florida judge returns abused toddler to unsafe parents
A 2.5 year old Eric, burned and beaten by Tammy Kidder and Eric Shumpert, was returned to his home eight days after a judge ordered custody. The piece denounces social services failures, calls for permanent removal and even birth control for abusive parents, and cites similar Florida cases including Bradley McGee.
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Tammy Lynn Kidder
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Bradley McGee
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Kidder
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State Social Services Department
Dad
Florida
Kansas War Memorial seeks donations for Korea memorial
In a plea tied to the Korean War centennial, Kansas veterans recount the conflict's toll and urge support for a Wichita Walk of Honor memorial. Donors of 125 dollars can inscribe a brick, aiding the Kansas Korean Memorial Assn. mailto: P O Box 4223 Wichita KS 67204 0223 contact Bob Pinkstatt or Ken Lunt for details. Freedom is not free.
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Washington D.C
Vietnam Wall
Wichita
Kansas Korean Memorial Assn
P.O
Bob Pinkstatt
Kansas War Memorial
Ken Lunt
Fort Scott
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Liability questions surface over rail-trail issues in reader forum
A reader urges a public forum on rail-trail liability, listing cases from an Kansas to Michigan. Questions ask who bears responsibility for incidents on trails, near abutting land, or in fenced wildlife areas and call for clear, common sense answers from federal, state, trail groups, and landowners.
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Kansas Department of Wildlife
Lake Wilson
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Friends of the Prairie Spirit
Prairie Spirit
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