Bill DeWitt, of Hays, named assistant principal and athletics director at Lawrence High

Good to see he has some experience coaching soccer which I hope means he'll give it some attention and support.

April 5, 2013 at 2:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Brownback wants to keep higher state sales tax; Democrats say that proves his income tax policy isn't working

Progressive thinker is on the right track. Corporations wouldn't exist without the definition provided by government. Corporations provide protection to the individual, insulation from specific liability for corporate errors or misdeeds. The structure allows for the acquisition of capital which would not be attainable by an individual. And, as correctly described by progressive, corporations use, consume and abuse what is produced by government and society. Shouldn't corporations have an obligation for their existence, for their protection, for their consumption of societal products?

Why should they receive a "break" from their contribution in the form of forgiveness from taxes? Corporations in Kansas have now become the moochers.

Unfortunately, IKU operates against his own individual welfare. Unless his income is all saved and he consumes nothing, he'll be paying more every time he makes purchases. His income tax savings will be devoured by increases in sales and property taxes. Perhaps, IKU doesn't spend money to maintain his life; maybe he doesn't have any taxable property. Maybe, he's simply a corporation.

March 30, 2013 at 9:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Senate advances bill giving private health clubs property tax break

Why?

March 26, 2013 at 7:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bill seeks to set police guidelines for eyewitness identifications

I don't trust this legislature to devise any statute that is reasonable, fair and just. Simply doesn't seem to be part of their collective character.

March 25, 2013 at 8:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Income tax cuts approved in House

Cant is the only maker around, he's never been a "moocher". And, he doesn't know that "empT" is now the "T". Be careful because he'll start wanting elimination of "social leech(es)". Cant is always so negative.

March 22, 2013 at 10:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sides clash in hearing on bill that would repeal in-state tuition for undocumented students

In agreement with voevoda. In fact, finding a primary English speaker in London, UK, is sometimes impossible. Rather, you'll run into Chinese, Thai, Spanish, French, Farsi, Romanian, Polish, Russian, Portuguese (Brazilian or Portugal), Indian sub-continent dialects, Arabic, Italian, German and others. I've run into all of these languages, just within a section of the city. Most of these speakers have an understanding of English, not American.

Learning a foreign language is something Americans have tried to get away from in past decades. It should be emphasized in public education, but alas, can't do that when funding is decreasing rather than expanding. I have heard, not confirmed, that in order to receive a high school degree in Netherlands, you must be competent in English. Too bad that requirement isn't in vogue here. Competency in English, I mean.

March 21, 2013 at 3:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sides clash in hearing on bill that would repeal in-state tuition for undocumented students

Do they get credit for the $60 billion (plus or minus) that Social Security has which is attributed to bad social security numbers from illegals? Or, withholding paid in on these same social security numbers?

March 21, 2013 at 10:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sides clash in hearing on bill that would repeal in-state tuition for undocumented students

I agree with your conclusion, but would argue that most of the kids who go to school here, speak English as their language outside of the home and don't really need the focused language instruction by the time they get to high school. Because many haven't had formal training in Spanish, they would suffer tremendously if they would return to their parents' country of origin. I have met several young people who are in this category. They are Americans, culturally, linguistically and socially. One even earned an athletic scholarship at a Kansas university.

March 21, 2013 at 10:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sides clash in hearing on bill that would repeal in-state tuition for undocumented students

Can't name a Spaniard who signed the Declaration of Independence, but I can name many communities settled by Spanish / Mexicans, long, long before Kansas ever was. You might have heard of some such as St. Augustine, Florida, San Antonio, Texas, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, California, and many more.

Long before Kansas was a state, these locations thrived, although, often subjugating the Native American population, other times forcing religious conversion. To ignore this contribution is to ignore US history. The founders knew well the Spanish / Mexican presence in the Southwest. President Jefferson even purchased horses from Santa Fe, New Mexico in the early 1800's. (Can't figure out how he got them to Virginia, since the interstate highway was still under construction, so to speak.)

Oh, and as to language, there are many locations in the US where English isn't the dominant language. Cajun Louisiana, Chinese communities in San Francisco, Little Cuba in Miami, SE Asian communities throughout the US, to name a few. Why be afraid of this? Americans fear languages when in fact, US diversity should be embraced. Heck, my father's first language, even though he was second generation born in US, was German. Grandpa gave sermons in German until 1936 when he had two churches and didn't want to write one in English and other in German every Sunday. If you can't speak Spanish or another language besides English now, then try to learn. Then, you can watch Univision and understand, possibly.

March 21, 2013 at 10:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lawrence man reports guns stolen in burglary Sunday

Ha, so long as it isn't automatic, you forgot to say that. You might want to fully describe and disclose what you mean. You try awful hard, Mustang.

March 19, 2013 at 2:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )