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- Gas prices approach record highs May 18, 2013 · 8 comments
- Mother, son to graduate from KU together Sunday May 18, 2013 · 9 comments
- Opinion: Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate? May 15, 2013 · 102 comments
- KU student killed in crash on U.S. Highway 59 May 17, 2013 · 27 comments
- Opinion: Benghazi triggers a major credibility crisis May 18, 2013 · 14 comments
- Budget provision would block state funding for Common Core standards May 16, 2013 · 74 comments
- Senate approves bill banning use of tax dollars to advocate for gun control May 17, 2013 · 45 comments
- Graduation brings a boom weekend for local businesses before the quieter days of summer May 18, 2013 · 1 comment
- Affordable Care Act bringing jobs to Lawrence May 16, 2013 · 73 comments
- Motorcycle accident briefly closes Kansas Turnpike; one person critically injured May 18, 2013 · 8 comments
- KU student killed in crash on U.S. Highway 59 May 17, 2013
- County agrees to save Lone Star Lake Marina May 16, 2013
- KU student arrested after fight sends Lawrence man to trauma center May 17, 2013
- Lawrence High grad Srinivasan nears confimation to federal appeals court in D.C. May 16, 2013
- Past and present Jayhawk athletes set to graduate Sunday May 18, 2013
- KU MBA students examine no-shows at Bert Nash, other nonprofit problems April 25, 2013
- Motorcycle accident briefly closes Kansas Turnpike; one person critically injured May 18, 2013
- Son, father accused of luring girls into prostitution January 22, 2005
- McLemore speaks about AAU coach, agent allegations May 17, 2013
Authorities believe Lana-Leigh Bailey's body was moved to Osage County after killings in Ottawa
He served 4 years which is less than the minimum for the crime he committed. I believe attempted murder allows for a sentence of 5-20 years or thereabouts. That doesn't include sentencing for using a firearm which is supposed to add as much as 10 years to a sentence. I think in this case a judge’s discretion might have acted against the interests of the people. In cases of violent crimes there should be harsher sentences with strict guidelines.
May 13, 2013 at 9:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Wicked Broadband project seeks $500,000 city grant; downtown hotel project seeks adjustment to incentives package; historical society seeks $20k for new exhibit
So you don’t see a difference in asking the city to cut a check and the city simply not demanding a check from him? I don’t see his getting a tax reduction as taking anything from the city as the source of the money is not the city but rather the individual. As part of this project the city will receive infrastructure improvements to the area paid for by the builder. The city gets the benefit of that and the tax revenue that the jobs that are provided and the visitors that will stay there will bring. That in my eyes is a far better “investment” than cutting a check for some Google Fiber wannabe’s folly. I realize this concept is a little hard for some to get their heads around but that’s probably why Lawrence falls so low on the list of places to do business. Too many that think like you…
May 10, 2013 at 4:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Wicked Broadband project seeks $500,000 city grant; downtown hotel project seeks adjustment to incentives package; historical society seeks $20k for new exhibit
Sounds like a great plan but until the snobs in this town stop turning their noses up at jobs that they characterize as not being good enough and stop placing stupid demands on every business that shows an interest in coming here nobody is going to come here and bring jobs. The word is out amongst those that would bring business here and the word is that Lawrence is not a friendly place to do business. People need dishwasher jobs and maid jobs as much or more than tech jobs. You clearly demonstrate that you have no clue how to grow this city.
May 10, 2013 at 4 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Wicked Broadband project seeks $500,000 city grant; downtown hotel project seeks adjustment to incentives package; historical society seeks $20k for new exhibit
I know Compton is the guy that everyone likes to hate, but I can't understand why. Is it envy because his is bigger than yours (bank account of course)? While I have no doubt that Compton does okay for himself I'm betting he isn't a fraction as "rich" as some of the haters out there assume. His project will bring jobs, some short-term and others long-term. The people that get these jobs will be glad to have them even if some of you don't think the jobs are worthwhile.
These are two completely different projects we are talking about here. While the Wicked proposal is essentially a draw from the City's coffers, the Compton project will result in net gains to the city in the form of property taxes. Compton isn’t asking for anything from the city. He is simply requesting to offset some of his costs (some of it city infrastructure around the area) in the form of reducing his property tax costs for a defined period of time. Even during the period for which the property tax breaks occur the gain in property tax revenue to the city will be higher than either of the properties currently brings. Only a fool would look at that as a bad investment from the city’s perspective.
As for shifting business from other hotels I have a couple of things to say to that. That assumes the city will not grow or draw in outside events, etc. With the additional hotel space the city can compete for additional outside events that it would otherwise not be able to compete for. The rooms must come first in order to court these events. As for competing against other hotels, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Bringing in newer facilities will encourage other hotels to provide competitive amenities, services and pricing in order to compete. That’s never a bad thing for the consumers. The more people from outside Lawrence that come here to visit the more that will be spent by them and the more revenue to the city to provide things like the library and other projects.
May 10, 2013 at 3:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
City agrees to create resident-only parking zone on street near KU campus
I'm not a student and I'm not always sympathetic of the students that live in our community especially because of some of the behavior I witness from them, but I am a tax payer. I understand the concern of the residents that live there but they knew the issues when they decided to live there and made a choice. The Commission should be ashamed of itself. Nowhere in the city should public property be reserved for only some residents to use. It's a public street for crying out loud. I know people that live in the area so I am familiar with the issue. As a taxpayer I have a small share of ownership of that 50ft. of street side parking and demand fair use of it as we all should. This is a very bad precedence to set.
May 8, 2013 at 5:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
State officials working overtime to keep up with concealed-carry permits
What about the law. Is that not reason enough? The law specifically states that the process shall be completed within 90 days of application.
May 5, 2013 at 11:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
U.S. Attorney General Holder tells Brownback new gun law is unconstitutional
A union of "States". State is defined: a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory; especially: one that is sovereign (Webster’s). That's right, Kansas is a sovereign state. The federal government's authority to regulate firearms in this country is founded in the commerce clause (many would say that the use of the commerce clause is abused by the federal government). The commerce clause relates to interstate commerce, not intrastate commerce. Intrastate commerce is regulated by the state. While it is apparent that the Attorney General perceives his authority to extend beyond the constitutional limitations, his writing a letter stating his perception of the law does not make it law. If the federal government takes the authority over intrastate commerce then the existence of the State will cease to be. There is little purpose to state boundaries at all.
I implore all of you to read some of the FEDERALIST PAPERS to try to gain perspective about what the intentions of the authors of the Constitution were and why. This overreach is precisely what the citizenry feared when the Constitution was being debated as the replacement to the Articles of Confederation. The intent of the Constitution was to give the federal government only that authority which it needed to meet the objectives of the "unified states" but the intent was very clearly to preserve the supremacy of the State. Federal Supremacy was intended to be exercised very narrowly and was defined very narrowly in the Constitution. The courts have broadened that interpretation over the last century and a half but Constitutional that doesn’t make.
The law Kansas passed pertained to firearms manufactured and possessed within the State of Kansas negating even the most liberal of interpretations of the commerce clause. While today the issue may be guns and many of you don’t like them and feel the need to prevent your fellow law abiding citizen the pleasure of owning them. I caution you that it may some day be something that you value in the cross hairs of the federal government. I’m betting you’ll want support from the rest of us to prevent such government overreach regardless of our personal feelings on the issue. No matter, with a disarmed society the government will have no fear of the citizenry and therefore no restraint.
May 2, 2013 at 12:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
U.S. Attorney General Holder tells Brownback new gun law is unconstitutional
Fast and Furious began under the Obama Administration. A similar program existed under Bush where guns were actually tracked to bad guys and arrests made. After Holder took over changes were made to the program which allowed weapons to flow into Mexico with no means whatsoever to track them until they showed up crime scenes. Don't let the facts get in the way here though.
May 2, 2013 at 12:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lawrence man faces federal prosecution for stolen handgun
Were some of those homicides in London caused by guns? In a country where guns are banned?
May 1, 2013 at 12:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Truancy policies can catch parents by surprise
In my family my children go to school unless they are physically ill (obvious symptoms) or are feverish. They miss very few days with the exception of appointments that can only be scheduled during school hours which are few and rare. I require them to make up any work that they missed to further reinforce the importance of being in school. That being said, as their parent, I! and or my wife decide when our children are excused from school and what is a valid reason for their absence. I generally do not provide enough details about their absences for the administration. Absent obvious signs of abuse or neglect it is none of their business what goes on in my family. If this were ever to happen to me I would pull my child out of the public school immediately to start and escalate from there.
April 30, 2013 at 1:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )