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Will of the people
Elizabeth Black, Lawrence
May 21, 2013
“Is Lawrence going to be like Dodge City in the days of the OK Corral?” asked Thursday’s editorial in response to the new Kansas law allowing concealed carry even in city buildings and on the Kansas University campus. Oh, that it would resemble Dodge City of the 1880s or Tombstone, Ariz., in the days of the OK Corral!
Letter: Revenue figures
John Novotny Jr., Lawrence
May 21, 2013
There has been a lot of coverage in the last few days regarding the lower-than-expected bids to complete the Rock Chalk Park recreation center. Many on the City Commission seem to be ecstatic but not sure why the original estimates were so far off.
Letter: Serious issue
Melinda Toumi, Lawrence
May 21, 2013
Defeatist comments about concealed carry on Kansas university campuses, from Kansas Board of Regents Chairman Fred Logan Jr., are cause for alarm. The financial implications of the exemption expiration are too great to ignore.
Letter: State of vagueness
Sven Erik Alstrom, Lawrence
May 21, 2013
A recent editorial by the Lawrence Journal-World took aim at the decision-making process involving the proposed Rock Chalk Park & Bliss Concession endeavors out on the sprawling edge of town to the west.
Letter: HIV testing
Dr. Robert Moser, secretary, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
May 18, 2013
A May 12 Journal-World editorial titled “Shirking state” omitted important information regarding changes to HIV testing operations in Kansas. Douglas County continues to have a publicly funded HIV testing site.
Letter: Sweet deal
Eric Bloom, Lawrence
May 18, 2013
Lawrence is one of the few communities in Kansas that is served by more than two Internet providers. Unlike Topeka, Wichita, Salina and Manhattan, Lawrence has a local Internet provider that isn’t the phone company or the cable company.
Letter: Follow money
Pat Roszel, Lawrence
May 16, 2013
Taxpayers taking hit with Fannie Mae
Letter: Wrong concept
Jim McCrary, Lawrence
May 16, 2013
Designating historic sites in old East Lawrence will not damper economic development.
Letter: Upgrade needed
Mike Silverman, Lawrence
May 16, 2013
City Commission should back fiber internet projects in Lawrence.
Letter: Unfair aid
Ken Meyer, Lawrence
May 14, 2013
It’s bad enough that the city bought a bill of goods in giving inexpensive access to city facilities for Lawrence Freenet, with the dubious promise of providing Internet capabilities to those who could not afford it, but to consider giving the morphed company, Wicked Broadband, a $500,000 grant and a competitive advantage over other local Internet providers is too much.
Letter: Misguided
Christy Kennedy, Lawrence
May 14, 2013
In his May 8 letter, Steve Willson, DVM, says the May 5 Journal-World article about a concert fundraiser for Operation Wildlife (OWL) “encourages the creation of serious public health problems.” He then gives a brief tutorial on rabies and one line about the dangers of approaching great blue herons. Eh?
Letter: Rabies data
Mike Caron, Lawrence
May 12, 2013
Local veterinarian Steve Willson claims the Journal-World “encourages” the spread of rabies by reporting an upcoming concert for Operation WildLife. My daughter and I volunteer there. We’re trained to handle animals safely. Nobody wants rabies.
Letter: Moral choice
Michael K. Kelly, Lawrence
May 12, 2013
Should we have surrendered to Japan because nuclear war is too horrific? Unlike ersatz moralist Joe Douglas (“Missile message,” Public Forum, May 4) I do not think the Polaris missile display in Centennial Park symbolizes misguided patriotism. Mr. Douglas committed a false choice fallacy when he described the incontestable devastation of Hiroshima. He failed to recognize the vastly larger cost of any other course of action open to Truman.
Letter: Firepower
Craig Tucker, Lawrence
May 11, 2013
I heard Wayne LaPierre remark at the NRA convention that the only way to stop a bad man with a gun is with a good guy with a gun. How about making an effort to prevent bad men from acquiring firearms in the first place! I’m not naïve and I realize bad guys will probably acquire a weapon if they really want one, but why make it easy for them? I’m a gun owner and I even approve of having a concealed weapon if you are a law abiding citizen. But I don’t have a problem with expanded background check. If it would save just one life, it is worth the effort.
Expanded T
David Speakman, Lawrence
May 11, 2013
The Lawrence Transit System recently announced a plan to begin operating 24 hours. The plan, as described, is nothing more than a glorified taxi service. I propose the T run a pilot program this summer expanding all applicable routes to 24 hours a day, seven days a week, running on the hour from midnight to 5 a.m., to determine potential ridership.

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