Ottawa district finds savings in bond refinancing plan
The Ottawa school board approved refinancing existing bonds used to fund Ottawa Middle School, projecting about 535 675 in savings or just over 5 percent on repayment. They also discussed storage space needs at Lincoln Hawthorne and Garfield elementary schools and debated delaying new storage facilities in favor of a potential bond issue.
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Ottawa Middle School
Lincoln
Hawthorne
Garfield
Jan Collins
Jack Bushman
Ottawa council mulls high speed internet plan with Allegiance
City officials meet Allegiance Communications about buying the Cox cable franchise and expanding high speed internet via city lines. Proposals include using power lines for service, with a trip to Manssas Virginia for modeling. A Feb 18 public hearing on the comprehensive plan is scheduled alongside a scouts proclamation and bond refinancing cautions.
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Lee
Weldon Padgett
Allegiance Communications
Cox Communications
Allegiance
Padgett
Ottawa
Manssas
State sells used cars in centralized sale to cut costs
Kansas plans a centralized sale of domestic cars, trucks and vans to save money, with vehicles priced at National Automobile Dealers Association values. Listings show a 1999 Ford Taurus with 95,376 miles for 3975 dollars and a 1995 Cavalier with 81,767 miles for 2725 dollars. Local governments and nonprofits can buy from Jan 5 to Feb 5, then public sale Feb 5 to 19 before remaining units go to auction.
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Don McNeely
Kansas Automobile Dealers Association
Anderson
National Automobile Dealers Association
Asher
Kansas
Democrats Press for Probe Into Iraq War Intelligence Failures
Democrats Demand investigations by the Senate Intelligence Committee or a commission into the administration's role in intelligence failures before the Iraq war. Sen. Lieberman backs hearings on intelligence seen by critics, while Vice President Cheney and Attorney General Ashcroft defend or justify the war stance amid questions on prewar intelligence.
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Senate
Tom Daschle
Senate Intelligence Committee
Administration
Iraq
Sen
Joe Lieberman
Dick Cheney
Rome
Silvio Berlusconi
Cheney
Kerry
CIA
John Ashcroft
Vienna
Austria
Panel cites pre 9 11 coordination gaps in immigration system
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States reports limited cooperation among immigration and intelligence officials before September 11. Customs agent Jose E. Melendez Perez testified that Atta may have been blocked for visa flaws and that al Qahtani was halted at Orlando and later held at Guantanamo Bay. The panel notes visa verifications and data sharing weaknesses and previews further hearings on aviation security vulnerabilities.
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Commission
Jose E. Melendez-Perez
Mohamed Atta
United States
al-Qahtani
Florida
Orlando International
Melendez-Perez
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
al Ghamdi
Khalid al Mihdhar
Hani
Hanjour
Ziad Jarrah
Mary A. Ryan
Department of State
Ryan
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Bird
Kansas Department of Administration
Caleb Asher
Istration
Shawnee County
Steve Neske
Kansas Department of Revenue
Neske
Topeka
Congress
Atta
National Commission On Terrorist
The
Itp
Dlililiu Balk
Ray
Eesti
Sie
Taurus
Samzae
N. Main
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