City agrees to seek consultant to look at high-speed broadband options

Lawrence suffers from a speed standpoint? I'm getting about 25 Mbps download speeds from Knology. The avg US high speed broadband is about 6 Mbps.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/US...

Though some competition would be nice.

December 19, 2012 at 6:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opinion: It's time for Charlie Weis to move on from Dayne Crist

KU's biggest problem is lack of talent. That will take Weis some time (if ever) to overcome. Chiefs, other than QB, has plenty of talent to win games. They are horribly coached.

October 21, 2012 at 8:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Town Talk: More on KU's new twist to the sports complex debate; this and that on curbside recycling and the city's debt guidelines; a chance to dunk City Hall leaders

Chad, great info. Appreciate you staying on top of these "developments". :)

Personally, I find this an exciting opportunity for the city and for KU. Very happy that KU is taking lead position on the property.

September 14, 2012 at 6:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sound Off: How much does the city’s transit system collect in fares compared with how much it costs

The problem is that the public is sold a bill of goods on projects like this. The initial supporters say "It will pay for itself in X years!" Then the rest of us are left paying for it for the rest of our lives.

If the public had been told that by 2012 the bus system would only be generating revenues equal to about 10% of the cost, would the public have supported it? I doubt it.

May 27, 2012 at 7:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Town Talk: Recreation center zoning gets nod from Planning Commission; concept plan for Farmland business park taking shape; Lawrence home sales up in April; city pool to open Saturday

Because that misses the initial point to the rec center. There's no rec center on north west side of town, and a high % of people who use city services (activities) that would utilize a new rec center live in that part of town. (Old post from Chad shows the # of people who utilize these services, and where they live in town. It was pretty clear from the data that the city needs a rec center, and that it makes sense to put it somewhere in the north west part of town.)

I don't think anybody expected the rec center to take off like this, but this would be an EXCITING opportunity for Lawrence to attract regional and national events AND solve the problems with needing a new (and much better) rec center for our youth.

May 23, 2012 at 6:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

NCAA denies hardship waiver for KU receiver Justin McCay

My guess is that a strict adherence to the guidelines requres NCAA to make the decision they made, but the subcommittee is capable of over ruling the original decision. They probably wouldn't have recommended it if they didn't think that KU would have a chance to win. I've never heard what the story is, but hoping the best for both KU and McCay.

April 21, 2012 at 12:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Prep Muhammad taps UCLA

Depends on if you're looking at Rivals or ESPN. He's #1 in one, and #2 in the other.

Just glad he didn't go to Kentucky. :)

April 12, 2012 at 6:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Conner Teahan just ‘lets it fly’

Obviously you're an educated basketball fan. (sarcasm)

April 1, 2012 at 7:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Town Talk: Group hoping to start Lawrence Founders Day celebration, make improvements to Sesquicentennial Point; city to host spring compost sale Friday and Saturday

It's supposed to rain all week. Any chance they'll postpone the compost sale? Seems like it's gonna be a mess. And I need my compost! :)

March 20, 2012 at 6:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

'I'm still here': Tyshawn Taylor’s story marked by adversity

Self stuck by TT even when the fans wanted to run him out of town. Great story Jesse. And proud to watch TT grown up in front of our eyes -- on and off the court.

March 3, 2012 at 10:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )