Letter: Wrong concept

Frankie,
I'm sorry to be the one to have to report this to you. You are talking out of your rear.

There are plenty of "old buildings" that get torn down without anyone hearing about it. Some of them were built so poorly as to hold no value. Some of them have been allowed to degrade to the point that everyone agrees they are not economically feasible to rebuild. And some of them get demolished simply because they're in the way of someone's idea of progress.

There are no stories in the paper about many of the buildings that get torn down. But just because there aren't doesn't mean it's not happening. I'm not saying that's not fine... in some cases, tear away. But you and similarly minded folks cherry pick a couple of instances here and there when really you couldn't be more out of touch with what's really going on. Seriously, do some homework, it will make you a more informed LJW commenter.

May 16, 2013 at 4:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Contentious issue of lighted tennis courts near LHS to be discussed again by city commissioners

And so Mr. Schumm is already seeing the folly in the ridiculous rec center: a whole lot of building with a whole lot of stuff built out of town where no one can conveniently access it. Baffling.

May 8, 2013 at 11:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Letter: Trail network

Clark,
This is a great letter and exactly the sort of thing our city should be working on. However, the city commission has opted to tie up 20 years worth of recreation dollars into a giant rec center outside of town that aims to be both a local gym and a regional gym but will likely stumble over itself and fail to do either well.
I hope you're young enough to enjoy the paths we'll be enhancing in 20 years because that's where the money is going until then.

I do hear there will be a trail out by the rec center so I suppose in the meantime you could drive out there to go for a walk!

March 28, 2013 at 9:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Editorial: Bond reservations

You refer to the previous school board members and are correct that there were some dubious folks running the show. However, I've been nothing but impressed with the current school board and they have my full confidence. The prior school board neglected the elementary schools for years, I'm glad to see that's being addressed.

March 24, 2013 at 10:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Business-oriented political action committee gets big donations, endorses Chestnut, Farmer, Riordan in City Commission race

Gross.

March 19, 2013 at 9:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Compton says he thinks convention center would be good addition to downtown Lawrence

The 80's called, they want their comment back.

January 22, 2013 at 5:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Fritzel entity, not KU, will own stadiums and facilities at proposed Rock Chalk sports complex

Actually, I just thought it would be a funny thing to say. Are you people reading these comments for something other than entertainment?

December 14, 2012 at 1:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Fritzel entity, not KU, will own stadiums and facilities at proposed Rock Chalk sports complex

Thank you for your comment Mrs. Fritzel.

December 12, 2012 at 7:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

City stiffens terms but agrees to $50K settlement over Varsity House dispute

Anyways... nothing to see here folks, move along.
Onward and upward to the 25 million no-bid recreation project!!!

What could go wrong?

November 21, 2012 at 2:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Editorial: Strings attached

Okay, I'll say it again.
Dear Wilbur,
The debate over bringing that house back is over and has been over for over a year. And... when they tore it down it was really, really over. That is no longer the point - no one cares what you or anyone else thinks about the house. The issue is that the developer has broken a deal with the city. Not only was this a deal regarding the legal site plan, but in this case literally a face to face handshake sort of deal on top of it made directly with a city commissioner. Said developer is now attempting to make this go away so that he can focus on the millions of dollars he's about to make at the no-bid recreation project that city tax payers will be funding. In my opinion, it's a weak attempt but like yours, my opinion is not worth very much.
Regards,
spiderd

November 20, 2012 at 9:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )