Proposal to consolidate Franklin County law enforcement
Editorial argues consolidation could save 150000 to 200000 in admin costs, allowing more officers on the street. Cites staffing shortages at Ottawa Police Department and Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, notes legal suits between city and county, and references Manhattan Riley County board model as potential framework for governance and budgeting.
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Franklin County
Franklin County Commissioners
Ottawa City Commissioners
Ottawa School Board
Raymond Carey
Rex Bowling
Carey
Ottawa Police Department
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
OPD
Riley County
Manhattan
Riley County Commission
Herald editorial challenges Brownback on church state role
The Herald argues moral values claimed by Brownback and Americans United are contradicted by historical wrongs and says right wing religious influence harms public schooling and morality. It cites crime, discrimination, and hypocrisy as evidence against church led morality in society.
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the Herald
Brownback
R-Kan
Aericans United
Church and State
The
Herald
Popoff
Bakker
Brace
the Pallotine Fathers
Tulsa
America
Kansas
Americans United For
Separation of Church and State
John McCain
Political Contacts Mixed in Erratic OCR List
A garbled OCR list presents names and addresses of national and state officials in Washington and Topeka. The fragment includes President Clinton, Senators Sam Brownback and others, plus offices in Hart, Cannon, and state capitols with phone numbers and websites.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Washington
D.C
Whitehouse
U.S. San
Pat Roberte
Hart Senate
Pat
Roberts
Quality of life as a community anchor in Ottawa ideas
Dorothy Nichols argues Franklin County’s heart lies in the Washburn building and proposes converting the former middle school into a county community center. She cites aging departments, potential ground-floor access, and space for schooling, offices, and retail to boost opportunity and quality of life in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Washburn
Fifth & Main
George Washburn
Mother Nature
Bob Marsh
Doug Loyd
Chamber
Coffey-Osage-Franklin Counties Department of Aging
Senior Nutrition Center
South Main
OMS
County
Department of Aging
School Board
City Park
Carnegie Arts Center
End of Land of Blahs show marks shift at Kansas Statehouse
The Land of Blahs Charity Show, a decade long Kansas Statehouse satire event raising tens of thousands for charity, ends as organizers cite time constraints and preparation demands. Emcee Jim Maag of the Kansas Bankers Association and participants teased lawmakers, lobbyists, and officials in songs and sketches, with the Entz & Chanay law firm earning a $27 million tobacco settlement contract.
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Kansas
Entz & Chanay
Jim Maag
Kansas Bankers Association
Bankers
Statehouse
Ethics Commission
Maag
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Editorial
BM Graves
State Capitol
Topeka
Wpo
Dicte
Robert Tygon
Sate Tenner
State Epee
New KS
Faverborn
Te Iheae
Old Middle School
Dorothy Nichols
House
David Adkins
R-Leawood
Chicago
Adkins
Blahs
U.S
Senate
Martin Hawver
Hawver
Martin
Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
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