Father of slain toddler grieves in Missouri jail

SO glad yours is the first comment here Lisa. Bravo and thank you.

May 16, 2013 at 8:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Editorial: Planning vision

This is a pretty good movie about city design that commission members and citizens might benefit from watching:
http://www.amazon.com/Urbanized-Sir-N...

April 28, 2013 at 12:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Editorial: Planning vision

That's so insulting and ridiculous. People who live in a neighborhood or are raising children in the community have plenty of "skin in the game"...even if they don't have massive checkbooks. Good planning involves getting all stakeholders involved in the process. That's not "anti-everything", it's people actually wanting to be involved in shaping their communities. That's "why bother".

April 28, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Editorial: Planning vision

I would like to see Lawrence bring the neighborhoods and citizens to the table more progressively in the beginning part of planning processes instead of making big plans behind closed doors with the developers etc....and presenting them to the people of Lawrence as something to support or oppose.

April 28, 2013 at 12:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Amyx, Farmer, Riordan win election to Lawrence City Commission

Maybe so. Too bad we couldn't just vote on the rec center instead of trying to read people's minds. It DOES appear that his lone opposition to it as a sitting member was the vote getter for a lot of people...but you are correct that it's easy to think that when one is opposed to the rec center deal. I actually would love to see more opportunities for recreation for families...I just think it's crazy to make everyone drive across town to do it...this is 20 year outdated planning. So many communities have built massive centers that were modeled upon suburban planning where people don't mind getting in the car and driving to do...well anything other than walk to the mailbox. Everyone else in the world is waking up to how stupid that is and planning AWAY from that. Sold a house several years ago and the main selling point was how the grocer, the theater and the park were all within walking distance.

April 3, 2013 at 10:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Amyx, Farmer, Riordan win election to Lawrence City Commission

I hope the commission receives the obvious message behind the Amyx support ...namely that the rec center deal has nothing at all to do with what is good for Lawrence citizens and everything to do what what is good for the Lawrence ol boys network. I hope the new commission acts accordingly.

Keep it up Mike! and congrats!

April 3, 2013 at 9:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

City Commission primary: Amyx, Farmer, Riordan, Chestnut, Criqui, Soden qualify for April election

Anti-progess? She is for all kinds of stuff that is way more forward thinking than the typical stuff that is touted as "progress"...(cough couch more cronyism and crappy minimum wage jobs).

Green district and job training centers sounds very pro-progress, REAL progress to me.

February 27, 2013 at 1:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Candidate Leslie Soden hopes to generate more community input as part of City Hall process

Leslie, best of luck to you. Sounds like just the kind of change Lawrence needs in City Hall.

February 11, 2013 at 12:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opinion: Taxes pose human question

This was supposed to be a reply to optimist. LJW is glitchy.

January 30, 2013 at 5:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opinion: Taxes pose human question

The above argument seems to embody the current GOP mantra...and the weirdest thing about it is that people keep buying it even though it totally ignores the fact that most of us actually are raising kids here and live here and therefore are the biggest stakeholders with the most to lose if we continue to allow the slide to third world social conditions and wealth inequality. NEWSFLASH: Businesses main focus is the bottom line and that has nothing to do with creating opportunity or jobs for the future of this country or any other.

And yes...government, for several decades now goes out of its way to help business at the expense of the people who live here work here and raise our children here. Why do you think business invests millions of dollars on "lowering burdensome regulations and taxation"? Do you really believe that it's because they want everyone to "share the ownership" of our country or the economy? It's because it's the BEST investment for their money!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvgt1X...

January 30, 2013 at 5:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )