Price of gasoline and taxes rise after budget bill
Editorial notes that gasoline taxes rise five cents effective December 1 and that cigarette, beer, wine, and liquor taxes increase next year. It warns about delayed reporting on timing and links these changes to the budget reconciliation bill passed by Congress.
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101St Congress
Bob Whittaker
Costly progress in Olathe traffic planning debate
Guest opinion argues that delaying traffic flow fixes on Santa Fe and K-7 hurts west Olathe. It warns that granting K-7 access compromises city control and risks future development costs, urging City officials to collaborate with Kansas Department of Transportation for a better compromise.
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Santa Fe
Olathe
West
Reader letters welcome with signatures and addresses
The notice invites signed letters to the editor and requires the writer’s address and a telephone number for verification. unsigned letters will not be published.
Parking Tensions Roil Ottawa Courthouse District
Commentary notes crowded courthouse parking as sheriff and city workers claim spaces near the sheriff’s addition and the municipal lot sits empty. Taxpayers, voters, and jurors alike scramble for scarce spots while officials debate moving workers to the auditorium area.
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Franklin County
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff’s
East Third
Wal-Mart
City of
Ottawa
Municipal Auditorium
Violence and News Fads Stir Aging Rants on Culture
A personal essay rants about liking violence in films, distrust of literacy pushes, coffee myths, and media trends. The speaker complains about editors aiming for ninth graders, mocks wellness language, and jokes about coffee and excess while defending escapism and blunt, loud entertainment.
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Hollywood
Charles Bronson
White House
Saddam compared to Hitler by Bush sparks debate about standards
A dialogue weighs Saddam Hussein against Hitler, debating tyranny and fame, with reference to wars, mass harm, and the idea that leaders need to be cast as superstars of evil. The speakers examine history, oil, and the rationale for war against Saddam.
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Slats Grobnik
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Saddam
Bush
Dirty Harry
Hiller
Roosevelt
Churchill
Joe Stalin
Buster Douglas
Evander Holyfield
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