Bush sets higher ethical standard for administration
President George W. Bush opened his first staff meeting with a demand that all members stay within legal and ethical boundaries. The piece cites past scandals involving Clinton Gingrich Packwood Cisneros and Jesse Jackson, argues for accountability, and urges leaders to enforce higher conduct while acknowledging public forgiveness and ongoing scrutiny.
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George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Newt Gingrich
Bob Packwood
Henry Cisneros
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr
Rainbow
Push Coalition
Jackson
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Bush
Community Meals on Wheels praise from county leaders
Cert Forum on behalf of Mid-America Nutrition Program thanks Anderson Miami Coffey and Franklin County officials for matching funding to support Meals on Wheels. Osage County declined. The program marks 25 years of delivering balanced meals to help seniors stay healthy at home.
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Board of Mid-America Nutrition Program
County Councils On Aging
MANP
Meals On Wheels
Anderson County
Miami County
Coffey County
Reader Forum letters sought at Ottawa Herald
Readers are invited to submit signed letters with full name address and phone number. Send to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 104 S Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or via email letters at ottawaherald com Submissions must stay under 500 words and may be edited for space.
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Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Political contact list of U S leaders and Kansas officials
A compact directory lists contact addresses and phone numbers for President Bill Clinton White House and U S senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, Representative Jim Ryan, Governor Bill Graves, and Kansas state senators Robert Tyson and Ralph Tanner, plus state representatives Bill Feuerborn.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Washington
D.C
Whitehouse
Pat Roberts
Hart Senate
Pat
More smoke than fire in Lottery scandal
A Kansas Lottery scare story analysis questions whether the lottery is rigged while legislators and officials downplay risks. Readers are urged to focus on playing responsibly as leadership signals and ongoing reauthorization loom over the lottery sale and security concerns.
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Statehouse
Kansas
House
Jim Garner
Coffeyville
Senate
Anthony Hensley
D-Topeka
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Sears
Branson
Martin Hawver
Hawver
Capitol Report
Hawvernews.com
Public relations and propaganda in local government
Freelance columnist criticizes government communications managers as Goebbels style spin. He cites Olathe Kansas hiring, newsletters, and local school district control of information, arguing taxpayers fund biased messaging and public meetings are PR events. He urges scrutiny of transparency versus information containment.
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Olathe
Kansas City
Joey
Goebbels
Germany
Austria
Fuehrer
You
Tim
Information Control
Olathe Board of Education
David Chartrand
Doc
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Baill Gray
Ottawaharald.com
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