Ottawa mulls golf course plan amid financial doubts
Editorial notes a Flatt Golf Services study finding a championship public course on Fogle Quarry land near Ottawa likely cannot be self-sustaining on golf fees alone. The piece urges careful budgeting of tax impacts and notes broader development potential, warning taxpayers against gambling on the project without clear economic gains.
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Ottawa
Flatt Golf Services
Overland Park
Flatt
Fogle
Dan Fogle
National Golf Foundation
Kansas City
Lawrence
John D. Montgomery
Ottawa dreams of golf boats and Letterman home office
A humorous, meandering proposal imagines a new recreation economy for Ottawa Kansas. It jokes about an 18 hole compact golf course along the Prairie Spirit Trail, a riverboat casino on the Marais des Cygnes, and a mobile information center. It riffs on laconic tourism boosts and even David Letterman relocating his home office to town.
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Princeton
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Cousteau
David Letterman
David
Canada
Bob Dole
Letterman
White House
Dole
Sirloin
the Heartland of
America
Calvin Chess in business a guide to beating mega rivals
Don Taylor argues business now resembles Calvin Chess where rules change. Focus on instant decisions, fast execution, and protecting king customers. He urges small firms to reinvent practices, serve better with less, and stay adaptable to win against Wal-Mart scale.
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Calvin Ball
Bill’ Watterson
Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin
Tiger Pal Hobbes
Calvin Chess
Wal-Mart
David Glass
National Retail Federation
Henry Ford
Walt Disney
Don Taylor
Amarillo
Medicare reform through fat taxes for health and cost control
A Framingham study links high cholesterol to heart disease and argues for federal action. The author proposes truthful cholesterol guidelines, a tax on saturated and hydrogenated fats in foods and beverages, and using tax proceeds to bolster Medicare, asserting wellness would stabilize Medicare FICA funding as elderly health improves.
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Framingham
Mass
Congress
Law-abiding Kansans urged to allow concealed carry
Norton calls on Kansas lawmakers to permit law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms for self defense. He argues criminals already carry, cites federal agencies, Ruby Ridge and Waco, and says local police should register people not weapons. He notes Kansas lacks a concealed carry statute and urges passage.
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Kamsas
Kansas
F.B.E
K.B.I
F.D.A
U.S
Ruby Ridge
Waco
Texas
Norton
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Slamner
Dave
Prairie
Suzuki Strings
Paul
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