Simons' Saturday Column: Tax breaks for college athletic ‘charity’ spur scrutiny

Can we assume, then, that Mr. Simons has never taken any tax deductions for contributions to KU athletics?

March 16, 2013 at 9:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

New owner looking for restaurant tenant for former Joe's Bakery location

Speaking of work done on places that are closed, we noticed some activity at the old Pachamama's restaurant location near the 23rd St. HyVee. Is anything locating there?

March 1, 2013 at 11:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU-themed Valentine's cards could be great for procrastinators, which we know you are not

You can also find KU valentines here:

http://www.funstuff.ku.edu/valentines...

February 14, 2013 at 8:05 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Curbside recycling committee recommending city sign contract with Hamm Companies for local recycling center; question of whether to accept glass still undecided

"At least those of you without HOAs won't get yelled at if you have to keep it outside."

I don't know too many townhomes that aren't rentals that don't have HOA's. But I'd be curious.
Anybody here in a townhome they own that doesn't have an HOA?

February 8, 2013 at 3:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Curbside recycling committee recommending city sign contract with Hamm Companies for local recycling center; question of whether to accept glass still undecided

cellogirl, I did not mean my comment to sound like I thought you were an elitist, and I apologize if you took it that way. You are lucky to have a place that is concealed. But many of us do not and do not have other options.

February 8, 2013 at 3:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Curbside recycling committee recommending city sign contract with Hamm Companies for local recycling center; question of whether to accept glass still undecided

That's great that you have a side of your house to store a couple of huge plastic carts. There are a great many people in Lawrence in townhouse complexes who have no side to their house, nor any personal space in front of their house for another cart. Not everyone who owns a home in Lawrence is in a single-family dwelling.

February 8, 2013 at 10:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Curbside recycling committee recommending city sign contract with Hamm Companies for local recycling center; question of whether to accept glass still undecided

We may have to pay for this, but we will be opting out and will not accept a 95 gallon cart. We don't have a place for it. Why can't they allow different size carts, as they do for the garbage carts, particularly if the city is doing the pickups? We could deal with one more smallest size cart in our tiny garage, but 95 gallons is out of the question. So is the current medium-size cart. Such poor, poor planning by the city.

February 8, 2013 at 10:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Is solar energy a viable long-term alternative energy source?

Interesting article published last week on new record efficiency for solar cells:

http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem....

January 23, 2013 at 9:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

City gets proposals for citywide, curbside recycling; proposed rates come in between $2 and $5 per month

No, no, no, no, and no.
Getting the 65 gallon trash cart into our small townhouse garage was hard enough.

A second 95 gallon cart is impossible. There is no place to put it.

Don't tell us to put it beside the garage because we don't have a "side" to our garage.
Don't tell us to put it in the yard. We don't have a yard.

But most importantly, we can handle our recycling just fine on our own and we don't need a second mandated monstrous cart to do it. A 95 gallon cart would hold our recycling for several months. Who came up with this size? Surely not someone who recycles.

January 18, 2013 at 1:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

For some, campground is home, even in winter

It looks like a very cold place to be even in the best of RV circumstances and I can't imagine someone living there in a tent at this time of year. The story doesn't mention what the fee is to park overnight in the park in the winter. Is it less than in the summer and, if so, what's the difference? Though Clinton Lake is close by we seldom drive around in the park at any time of the year because of the daily fee to get in. Is that waived if you are camping or if it is in the winter when services are evidently reduced?

December 28, 2012 at 3:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )