Ottawa editorial urges targeted housing rehab grant plan
City officials seek a $400,000 federal housing rehabilitation grant with $45,000 in matching funds to revitalize the Locust and Pecan area in Ottawa. The piece argues for focused neighborhood aid to help low and moderate income, owner-occupied homes, with owner cost-sharing up to 50 percent and emphasis on safety and community pride.
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Pecan
Ottawa
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Public education funding urged to protect Kansas students
John C. McArthur of Topeka argues legislators must increase state funding for public schools or face voter backlash. He warns local option budgets strain taxpayers in poorer districts, invites vouchers, and stresses that educated youth sustain the economy and future Social Security. He urges constituents to pressure lawmakers.
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Kansas
John C. McArthur Topeka
Stop helping the bear in rural Kansas policy view
George B. Pyle argues that government policy keeps agribusiness powerful and drives low commodity prices. He cites Graves proposals as insufficient to curb monopolies, urges anti trust enforcement, transparency in cattle pricing, and research focused on independent farms. He calls Kansans to push state action to curb market concentration and support small farms.
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America
Kansas
Bill Graves
Iowa
Nebraska
California
New York
Kansas State University
George B. Pyle
Prairie Writers Circle
The
Land Institute
Salina
pyle@landinstitute.org
National service seen as un American threat to individualism
Alex Epstein argues that the national service movement promoted by policymakers threatens American individualism and freedom. He contends compulsory programs compromise liberty, likening them to totalitarian duty and urging defense of the right to pursue happiness. He cites Bush administration ties and calls for voluntary public service instead.
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America
National Service
Bush
John McCain
Evan Bayh
AmeriCorp
Red Cross
Leslie Lenkowsky
Corporation For National Service
Robin Gerber
University of Maryland
David Brooks
McCain and Bayh
McCain
Robert Litan
Brookings Institution
Land of the Free
Adolf Hitler
Alex Epstein
Ayn Rand Institute
ARI
Marina del Rey
Calif
Ayn Rand
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