mike_blur (Mike Blur) says: Taxman, if you're going to include KU students in the 88K population of Lawrence, then you must include the KUPD as well. Figuring in the numbers of KUPD on patrol, you'll come to realize that Lawrence has one of the best per capita police-to public ratios of any city in America.

-----AND don't forget about Mil-Spec! They do such a lovely job. I love their gay little wanna be cars. Does anyone know why they have light bars on their cars? They aren't even allowed to legally use them! Haha

When Merrill no lnoger depends on the internal combustion engine to make his living, I will consider granting thetininest bit of credence to his absurd cut-and-past posts.

You see, Merrill wants us all to return to a lifestyle which would approxiamte that of about 1850, while he happily and mindlessly throughout the day which rely on the very dirty two-cycle engine, which tools are hauled around by anicent vehicles in dire need of service; most of which have had their "Check Engine" lights on for years or have simply had those warning lights disconnected.

As Merrill makes a living his equipment pours CO2, unburned hydrocarbons and spillage into the environment on a daily basis.

Merrill has athe credibility of a fox in a henhouse.

taxman66044

Do you think we could take the $80K-$100K corporate welfare check the City Commission hands to the C of C every year and use it to hire some more cops?

merrill (Anonymous) says: "More crime Ahhhh yes the hidden costs of growth = more and more expense."

Yes merrill we shall seal off the borders immediately and only allow those that you personally approve of to live here. Can you tell us the point in your life when living in a growing and thriving community where people choose to come and make their lives and contributions became such a bad thing in your confused mind?

Does it take much mental effort to ignore the fact that most of this crime has been caused by people who live in KC and Topeka, not Lawrence? Now feel free back to shouting at the kids who walking on your lawn and complaining about those infernal horseless carriages. You are such a twisted angry moron.

More crime Ahhhh yes the hidden costs of growth = more and more expense. Perhaps we're at the point where Lawrence citizens do not want to expend more tax dollars for the sake of growing yet still not getting ahead.

Impact Fees - In order for the city to have orderly growth, developers need to be responsible for a certain amount of the infrastructure. Most builders understand impact fees are for a purpose that improves their development.

"If residential growth paid for itself and was financially positive, we would not be in a budget crunch," Scruggs said. "But with increased numbers of houses you have increased demand on services, and historically the funding of revenues generated by single-family housing does not pay for the services, they require from a municipality."

So long Mr. Jackson you miserable excuse for a human. This jerk has been bad news for a long time. Prison will make him worse so why let him out, ever?

He'll get out one day and kill someone...else...

What the heck has been going on in Lawrence this past month...Homicide at the Brookwood Mobile Homes, armed robbery w/ attempted murder at the Shell Station, three attempted homicides at Last Call, kidnapping/robbery of a woman at Kohls, carjacking and car chase in downtown, three drive-by shootings (not reported by the LJW), robbery w/ a machete/handgun on 7th Street, and the list goes on and on...

I am not a big fan of tax increases, but I think the City needs to revisit the number of police officers we have on our police force to get our City back to being safe. Hell, I have neighbors who fear going out anymore.

I called the police dept and asked how many police officers we have patrolling our streets on any particular shift and was amazed to learn we have between 9 to 12 officers patrolling the entire City. To me that is unacceptable.. I did a little research and learned the avg. (preferred) officer to citizen ratio was a minimum of 1.6 officers to 1,000 citizens. If we have a population of 88,000, that means we should have a minimum of 14 officers working each and every night. (Overland Park has an officer to citizen ration of 2.37 officers per 1,000 citizens)

If this sounds like a call for more police officers on our streets..you are reading it correctly. Something needs to be done now, not later.

The City Commission and the Police Department were not working against one another regarding Last Call. In fact, I would submit that it was a coordinated effort not to have police presence at this club for the dubious reason of allowing this club to get out of control. This way the police can complain about the club and the City Commission can take the high ground and do it for the safety of the "entire" community when in fact it is for the safety of the Hobb-Taylor residents.

I would suggest that the Bottleneck turn down those amplifiers after 10 p.m. and certainly don't play music which might attrack people of diverse backgrounds as they can be scary.

We don't need for laws and regulations. Just enforce the ones that are on the books already.

*Commissioners have been asked in a variety of venues if before substantial measures are taken would the situation wait until a serious shooting occurred? Guess taxpaying citizens have their answer. Isn't this how the word irresponsible is defined?

• Dennis Steffes is another way to define irresponsible.

• Just because patrons are irresponsible does that mean that business owners and local government should be likewise?

*The cost of having police officers called in to quell a disturbance should not be billed to the taxpayers.

*Taking action against property owners is acceptable in this case due to long history.

• Should the City Commission also be reprimanded for dragging its' feet?

*Has any commissioner interfered with law enforcement? I am simply amazed at how long this has been allowed to continue.

*Will the entertainment license ordinance have teeth in it?

• An ordinance without substantial "teeth" will not be enforced.

*Why include those establishments who monitor "their" crowds closely and ask some not to return? It is my contention these establishments do exist.