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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1997
Page
2
A House committee floated a plan to nearly double compensation from 18 588 to 35 697 including office travel and living expenses. Critics call it payback for lifestyle perks after past reform efforts and lobbyist hospitality bans. They urge recognition of legislators as public servants, not profiteers.
A compact directory of national and state officials with contact details. Includes President Bill Clinton at The White House Washington DC, U S Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback in Washington and Kansas offices, Representative Jim Ryun, Governor Bill Graves, Attorney General Cada Stovall, Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius. Provided phone numbers and office addresses for citizen inquiries.
In Salina Kansas readers show apathy toward Clinton campaign fund-raising controversies. They link money to power and question reform. Editorial writer George B. Pyle notes Kansans view political success as tied to money, while remaining balanced against personal integrity.
Readers argue Vermont's true right to carry should guide all states, reject HB 2159 and SB 21 as overbearing. They warn attempts to restrict gun rights threaten the Second Amendment and Bill of Rights, urging legislators to back genuine concealed carry laws and resist misnamed gun control.
Kathleen Parker argues Megan's Law creates a double edged dilemma as residents, police, and a convicted molester clash over privacy and public safety. The piece weighs rights versus protection, noting high risk of reoffense, limited rehab success, and calls to reform or repeal notification rules. It cites Landau, parole officers, and community fears driving the firestorm.
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