Lawrence social worker helps patients live their own lives

Agreed, ugottabekiddin. Where do you think those referrals come from?

May 16, 2013 at 2:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

City Commission to consider giving Lawrence's city manager $10,000 raise

This is obscene. Plus, it is interesting that it is published on election day. Since it is time to vote - take note of who approved this and change 'em out.

April 2, 2013 at 10:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lawhorn's Lawrence: Three decades of defending and judging those in Lawrence's justice system

So is a humorless cop who thinks getting tapped with a plastic hammer by some idiot in a Bam-Bam costume is "assault on a police officer" - which I would imagine was the charge.

March 17, 2013 at 6:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sound Off: Snow throw

How about grass clippings when I mow? Can they blow into the street?

March 10, 2013 at 4:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Police to add more utility vehicles to patrol fleet

That's "Crown Victoria" - not Victory. The model name goes back to the 50's in Ford's line up and I think was available as a hardtop convertible. A Chevy Malibu is kid of flim flam as a patrol vehicle. It is a nice little family car but hardly up to this kind of use and abuse.

Front, four and all wheel drive vehicle handle differently in high demand situations. (I strongly oppose the idea of police chases except for the most exceptional circumstances - but they need a capable vehicle. The Taurus vehicles have more weight than a Malibu. These things make a lot more sense than the pick up trucks many police departments are using.

Should be able to buy off a state bid - and then, the local dealer could match it if they want the business. In my previous experience buying vehicles for a government entity, they were not interested in doing so. Or, their bids indicated that they weren't interested. I hsve picked up several at Shawnee Mission.

March 9, 2013 at 1:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sound Off: School bus

Sounds like a parking problem to me. The average parent doesn't think the "Buses Only" signs that are often posted around schools apply to them dropping of or picking up a child. I have driven a school bus for many years as a second job. They are large, difficult to maneuver and people just park without regard to the need of a busdriver to get into the appropriate line. The answer is very carefully worded to avoid any responsibility. I wonder how a bus is supposed to get past a line of cars without encroachng the opposite lane?

March 8, 2013 at 8:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Menards files plans to build store east of Home Depot near 31st and Iowa

Menard's offers lots of sales in the form of rebates. The hitch? The rebates are merchandise cards for Menard's. I seem to buy more from Home Depot - but prefer Lowe's as they do seem to have a knowledgable sales associate in each department - even during evening and weekend hours.

February 21, 2013 at 10:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

High-speed chase ends with suspect's vehicle on fire east of Perry

It is a question of risk assessment: does the reason for a chase warrant the dangers involved? A suspect fleeing a person crime - like murder, rape, serious assault, etc. - needs to be stopped - NOW. A license plate offense doesn't meet muster on this account; There are other means avaialable to apprehend short of racing through populated areas and down heavily traveled highways. Communications can keep multiple units aware of the area a fleeing suspect is in or heading for; traffic and other surveillance cameras can track a vehicle; aerial surveillance is a possibility.

There are very few reasons that warrant 100+ mile an hour chases. There are some. But an obscured license plate and dark windows are not among them.

February 13, 2013 at 12:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

High-speed chase ends with suspect's vehicle on fire east of Perry

More stellar judgment on the part of law enforcement. They got their adreneline rush and endangered the public over a 15-20 mile course. For all of the comments that suggest that it is justified because of what they ultimately found - hogwash. They didn't know. Fortunately, no innocent citizens were injured or killed, the driver survived, and none of our heroes were injured or killed either. Damages seem to confined to property damage. This high-speed chase nonsense needs to stop.

February 12, 2013 at 7:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes march on; many looking to Kansas

Nothing much more terroristic than assaulting a helpless, defenseless human being in a mother's womb and snuffing out life before it really has a chance.

January 23, 2013 at 8:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )