Ottawa and Franklin County Eye extra holidays on certain Tuesdays
City and Franklin County consider granting a second paid day off when Christmas falls on a Tuesday or Thursday. The county and city already added Dec 26 as a holiday this year, with pay rules differing for those who work. Officials weigh automatic inclusion as one of floating days, amid payroll and cost considerations.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Scott Lambers
Vicki Cummiskey
Lambers
Scott Bird
John D. Montgomery
Government Contacts For State Officials In Topeka
A list of contact details for state officials including Gov. Bill Graves at the State Capitol in Topeka with complete address and phone numbers for the Governor Attorney General and Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius with corresponding offices and numbers for public inquiries.
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Bill Graves
State Capitol
Topeka
Garth Stovall
Judicial Center
Kathleen Sebelius
Southwest 9Th
We no longer value human life in America
Kathleen Parker argues that society has shifted to devalue infants and vulnerable people. She cites cases from a babysitter’s manslaughter to babies found in toilets and dumpsters, condemning the partial birth abortion debate and judicial outcomes. She warns the next generation will question why the baby sitter faced little punishment.
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Disney World
Florida
Louise Woodward
Matthew Eappen
Hiller B. Zobel
Woodward
Matthew
Congress
Physicians
Coalition For Truth
Wall Street Journal
Michael Durfee
National Center On Child Review
Durfee
Saddam Hussein
Paula Jones
Robert Bornstein
Gettysburg College
Pennsylvania
Reader Forum on U S Trade Deficits and Elite Goals
A Reader Forum letter argues U S trade deficits reflect deliberate government action to benefit foreign partners and fund a global elite. It cites trillion-dollar gaps, Japan and China investments, and fears of a One World Government, urging signed submissions to The Ottawa Herald.
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U.S
United States
America
Washington
Japan
China
Congress
New World Order
One World
Federal Reserve
K Street
Wall Street
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald
Doublespeak: Orwellian Language Threat to Society
The piece argues that doublespeak endangers language, democracy, and culture, citing Orwell and Lutz. It notes political euphemisms and deliberate vagueness, cites Rubin on traditional authority, and critiques media and government usage, including race and sex discrimination debates, as classic doublespeak.
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George Orwell
Orwell
William Lutz
Harper- Collins
Lutz
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert Rubin
Congress
Rubin
Ernest Hemingway
Bill Lan Lee
Clinton
Senate
California
Lee
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Tribune Media Services
Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
Doonesbury
Rere
Lacey
CAF
Eran
Mallard Fillmore
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