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Police to aggressively enforce seat-belt laws in 2013 Click It or Ticket campaign

I want to see a return on the investment in police and administrative time and resources used to "remind" people to wear their seat belt. What is the objective here? Sounds like we have criminalize even more people by adding failure to wear your seat-belt to the criminal code. The city police might pull over a handful of cars in an evening and make contact with a handful of people. They lecture the occupant, and write a ten dollar ticket and say we gotcha. I think we can do equally as well to improve seat-belt usage by using communication that actually works. Try Facebook and throw in a few pictures of mangled vehicles covered in white sheets and be far more successful at reaching the target audience. We can also take satisfaction that we have stopped using "The Law" to violate even more of our rights. Instead share with the target audience the results of their actions and letting them decide for themselves if they want to wear a seat-belt. We can go about our business the police back to the serious tasks already on their plate, and get far better results.

May 17, 2013 at 9:16 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Ad campaign accuses Kansas schools of low academic standards

Its so darn obvious that on average public schools are not doing well. The comment that the money they receive is shrinking is laughable and clearly anyone who says this is the case simply is being spoon fed that information and hasn't read up on the amount of money going into Kansas schools. One thing is for sure they are not getting less money. They simply won't say when they have enough. I would really like someone in the school system tell us what is enough money to educate our kids. The bottomless pit approach isn't working with the tax payer. Not enough money for schools, not enough for day care, not enough for SRS, not enough for foodstamps, not enough for insurance, not enough for food pantries, not enough for colleges, not enough for student loans and on and on. Why isn't there enough, because the tax payer is broke.

May 6, 2013 at 8:28 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

About 100 people rally against policies of Brownback and legislative majority

I can't wait for Paul Davis make a run as governor. His finger prints are all over the Lawrence economy. How much fun would Governor Brownback have with ad's extolling the virtue of living in the single worst economy of any metro in the United States. A city and county with virtually no economic growth and huge government spending that will saddle the county with taxes on the poor for decades to come. Can't wait for the headlines, "Davis defends hometown economy"........

May 5, 2013 at 9:02 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

U.S. Attorney General Holder tells Brownback new gun law is unconstitutional

Who's afraid of the big bad wolf, the big bad wolf? Dealing with Kansas is one thing dealing with 30 or more states is horse of another color. Funny how the "attorney general" see's the fight in Kansas as possible litigation. He would be wise to think twice should he think Kansas will hide under our beds as they did in Boston when the police came to illegally search homes with impunity. The next step for like minded states should be a self defense agreement. Holder knows how that will work. An attack on any freedom loving state is an attack on all freedom loving states.

May 3, 2013 at 6:40 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

It’s official: Brownback signs bill saying life begins at fertilization

thank you governor.

April 20, 2013 at 4:02 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

KU outlines significant cuts if Legislature cuts higher education funding

KU's response is comical. It is so predictable they suggest the sky is falling. If KU decides to drop nursing and medical students so be it. Those students can go somewhere else if KU insists. The single biggest threat to middle class and poor not receiving a higher education is the nonstop increase in college budgets. Every employee at KU watches daily as the school brings on more and more administrators, and the ridiculous pay for the chancellor. We continue to hear we have to pay these high salaries to get the best. We can settle for good. But if we don't cut these college budgets and reduce the cost of education the middle class and poor can simply forget going to college. Leaving college students with $40- 50 thousand in debt for a bachelors degree is ridiculous and the whole higher education industrial complex is an obvious nation wide conspiracy to fleece the taxpayer and legislature of billions, and leaving the nation holding the bag on a trillion dollars of student loan debt.

April 18, 2013 at 7:05 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Kansas sets another record for concealed-carry permits

Great new for liberty, individual freedom and self protection. Violent criminals are in for a rude awakening I suspect.

April 4, 2013 at 6:39 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Protection from quarantine for HIV, AIDS patients is discriminatory, state senator says

Seems reasonable to me that there should be no exclusions to a quarantine law.

April 3, 2013 at 3:48 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Letter: Due process?

Conservatives need to break free of the John McCain and Lindsey Graham, Obama mentality that the whole world is a battle field. We need to join our libertarian friends and demand that the constitution and bill of rights are the law of the land. Democrats and the media are silent on the issue of drone attacks, and indefinite detention of Americans . Obama and his administration support both. Democrats follow Obama like the pied-piper at the cost of their own lives and liberty. They do this because they realize he isn't who they thought he was but they can't admit it even at the cost to their own freedom. With that said the old republican guard such as John McCain, and Lindsey Graham, Bob Dole and other familiar names are also playing the part of the pied-piper convincing republicans that the whole world is a battle field. Like Obama they all are enemies of freedom the constitution and bill of rights. Rand Paul illustrated this beautifully in his senate filibuster where he came under attack for questioning the constitutionality of killing, or detaining Americans without due process. Rand Paul's point is the government will expand the killing and detention of Americans beyond Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan to include a new battle field, the United States where many will be swept into unlawful detention and possible assassination. Curtis needs to realize the motives of Obama and the current democrat and republican leadership is to convince you that they are killing our enemy. They believe they have the right to label any American an enemy and kill them or detain them not because they are a threat to our nation but a threat to their control on power. The constitution and bill of rights is the only deterrent. Obama, and the current leadership in Washington DC would wipe their asses with the constitution if it allows them to maintain their power and privilege. Out of pride or fear and the promise of security, it seems 1/2 of Americans are willing to wipe their own asses as well. I hope Curtis isn't one of them.

March 22, 2013 at 7:34 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Letter: Postal plan

I can comfortably state that I haven't mailed 5 letters or packages through the USPS in the past 2 years. I receive junk mail by a 6:1 ratio. Of the junk mail I don't read any of it. I have no issue with closing the postal service 2 days a week.

March 21, 2013 at 7:40 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

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