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Laws are joke
By Kevin Kelly - Lawrence
March 17, 2010
Are traffic concerns a nonissue for the police department? I’ve seen several patrol cars watching blatant violations and doing nothing.
Vote questioned
By James Skridulis - Lawrence
March 17, 2010
I cringe with irritation when I get robo-calls from Lynn Jenkins, identifying herself as “my” representative. Ms. Jenkins’ votes in Congress certainly do not represent me in any way.
Cal is correct
By Donald Moss - Lawrence
March 16, 2010
I read with some surprise Cal Thomas’ column titled “Phelpses’ speech shouldn’t be protected” (Journal-World March 13).
Haiti help
By Carol H. Graham - Lawrence
March 16, 2010
Does the world know that, according to BBC reports, French-speaking Senegal offered a plot of ground to each Haitian family willing to move there?
Palatable plan
By Kelly Jones - Lawrence
March 15, 2010
On Tuesday night, Lawrence school board members admirably created a consensus on how best to deal with the current Kansas Legislature-induced $5 million budgetary shortfall.
Sanitized term
By Katie Krider - Lawrence
March 14, 2010
As I began to read the first in the series of articles about Lincoln, Nebraska’s initiatives to combat high-risk drinking among college students (Journal-World, March 9), I was taken aback by some terminology in the sidebar “About this story.”
Potholes galore
By Stu Shafer
March 14, 2010
Suggestion for Lawrence public works department: Replace the pothole report form Web page with a NO pothole report form. People could report any street in Lawrence that is actually free of potholes.
Thanks due
By Jessica Beeson - Lawrence
March 13, 2010
The recent community-wide discussion regarding public education has been a long, arduous road filled with moments of unity, moments of divisiveness, high anxiety and finally, a bittersweet calm. SONS was simply one layer of how the community engaged with this process. Neighborhood associations, KU, downtown businesses, the City Commission, pastors, teachers, students, retirees, west side and east side residents all came together to talk about K-12 education. To everyone who was outspoken and to those who quietly played a role behind the scenes, thank you.
Respectful rivals
Alyssa Dees, Lawrence
March 13, 2010
I wanted to commend the men of the Kansas Jayhawks basketball team for their outstanding show of class and respect during their game against the Kansas State Wildcats. I have been a Jayhawk fan all my life, so I must acknowledge that bias, but I was impressed by the behavior of our Kansas Jayhawks that night.
Light offenders
By L. Fitzgerald - Lawrence
March 12, 2010
I wanted to add to the letter about the stoplights and their meaning. While it would mean taking away some privacy, I truly believe that putting up cameras above the traffic lights would bring an alarming surprise to how much the system is abused.
Real investment
By Edward Quick - Lawrence
March 12, 2010
The dire choices facing Kansas were vividly outlined by Gov. Parkinson last week (Journal-World, March 5). Hard choices are likely to continue in the next few years, and if you believe that research and technological innovation will lead to “growth” that will make tough choices disappear, you must believe in the tooth fairy.
Sentencing gap
By Gabriel Robles - Lawrence
March 12, 2010
I recently read two stories in the Lawrence Journal-World that made me say, Hmmm? They were both rape cases that were, of course, heinous. What troubled me besides the obvious was one rapist was a Latino illegal and one was a white college student. Although the white rapist was extremely brutal and was sentenced on more charges (I am assuming both had clean records) the Latino was sentenced to more time? (165 months plus deportation v. 106 months)
Vital services
By Bob Beebe - Lawrence
March 12, 2010
I’m writing in regard to the article that was published in the Lawrence Journal-World on March 2. Having a traumatic brain injury myself, I can relate to how important the services that Communityworks Inc. provides to 80 people here in Lawrence, Kansas, really are.
Caring acts
Dick Walker, Baldwin City
March 11, 2010
Of recent it seems that every good deed is attributed to Christ or Christianity. A few days ago, the Journal-World published a story about a group in Eudora which was preparing food packets for those devastated by the earthquake in Haiti. One of the participants described it as “the Christian thing to do.” What if the group had been Jewish or Muslim? Would it have been a “Muslim” thing to do, or a “Jewish” thing to do? Or, forbid, what would you call it had the group be comprised of agnostics? An “agnostic” thing to do?
Self-destruction
Randy Hershey, Lawrence
March 11, 2010
Our country faces critical budget shortages, and virtually every state is cutting education, medical care for the disabled and so much other vital public infrastructure that will result in all Americans living in a deteriorating social environment. Yet we are allowing our government to bankrupt us on wars that make us less secure.

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