To the editor:

Now that the city has taken up the thorny issue of Lawrence’s $12-plus hourly wage rule, why stop with the janitors? Make the rule effective for all city jobs: Eagle Bend, parks and recreation, in fact, for all agencies within the city that receive city funding. Whether it’s the hospital, Bert Nash, Just Food, or the homeless shelter, why should anyone who is supported by the city pay less?

Moreover, the city should impose its wage requirement on all city contractors, the school district and, yes, Kansas University. After all, our city experts have declared that $12 per our is the lowest wage anyone can get by on in Lawrence.

Surely such an increase is only a little cut in services or, more to reality, a substantial increase in the tax burden that Lawrence businesses and residents will pay. Nothing to worry our little heads about.