Editorial on level pay plans for electric bills and budgeting
The editorial argues for true rate choices as the city considers level pay for utilities. It notes no other state utility with in house generation offers level pay, cites concerns about conservation, water use, and funding water projects, and criticizes city leadership for not addressing combined electric water and sewer costs with genuine options. It cites 12 month billing showing wide swings and advocates customer choice to shield budgeting.
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Department of Public Safety
Fogle
Readers urged to sign letters with address for publication
The notice invites letters to the editor and specifies that only signed letters with the writer’s address will be published. It requires a telephone number to expedite verification of the submission.
Letters oppose high school news contract and funding
Ottawa High School junior writes that a plan to contract with a national telemarketing firm to provide a media pipeline would waste class time and drain funds. The piece urges students to boycott daily news summaries and ads, warning of diluted content and increased federal funding pressures.
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Ottawa
Ottawa campus clash over Neosho County College expansion
Commentary argues for NCCC plan to build a 750000 classroom in Ottawa with five acres from the city, expanding full-time staff and creating new part time jobs. It notes out of district tuition funding, potential property tax effects, and touches on political opposition linked to OU and local leaders.
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Neosho County Community College
Ottawa
NCCC
Chamber of Commerce
Woolworth
Jim Allen
Statehouse
Allen
Bettie Sue Shumway
State Department of Education
Paola
Fort Scott
Tough stance urged on white collar crime and banking chiefs
The piece argues for capital punishment for high level drug and banking criminals, noting William Bennett’s call to extend such penalties to launderers. It critiques unequal punishment, cites the S&L scandal, and jokes about NCAA terminations, while defending a principled opposition to the death penalty.
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Bush
William Bennett
Bennett
Bill Bennett
Three-Pound Brains Drive Human Innovation
A reflective column extols the brain as the seat of invention from Edison to Da Vinci. The narrator recalls a Chicago blizzard traffic jam, blaming a driver’s blocking of an intersection on a three-pound brain and warning of information input limits.
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Shakespeare
da Vinci
Wright Brothers
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