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travelinggeek

Last login: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

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As city prepares to bid recreation center, officials still waiting to receive cost numbers from Fritzel on infrastructure

First off, the process of selecting the lowest bidder is absolutely the worst. I work for the federal government, and every building I have ever seen go up has had so many problems after occupancy; all because you have the lowest bidder building it. They bid low and then take all kinds of shortcuts to save money so they can still make a bundle. It's horrible. Building something w/o any kind of bid or limit to what it can cost is totally assinine. I will not vote to re-elect anyone who voted for this rec center. it is being built in the wealthiest part of town which will limit it's use to those who live out there for the most part, and if KU really needs it, let them use some of the money they get from sports to build it. This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen and I for one think all of the commissioners who voted for this need to go away at the next election.

May 14, 2013 at 9:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Report: McLemore’s AAU coach took agent money

How is a university suppose to control what a former coach does? Of course a player will give some of his free tickets to a former coach; nothing nefarious in that. I just can't believe how stupid these NCAA rules are. Punish the AAU coach; don't allow any of their players to play in the NCAA for a year or certain number of years. KU or any university cannot possibly control what a former coach does.

May 5, 2013 at 7:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lawrence ranked second-worst-performing small metro area, according to new national economic index

Most of their growth is probably due to the Army's "Big Red 1" , the 1st Division, moving back from Germany a few years ago. I believe they are still building homes to catch up with all the folks who need it still. I'm not sure they will continue that kind of growth when they have caught up. Only time will tell.

April 30, 2013 at 11:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

"Why I Left the Republican Party" -- 03/16/13 at Lawrence Arts Center

because she saw her own party sabotage not just her, but many other moderate republicans just to give the Brownie full control and the ability to do whatever the heck he wants. I'm sure you all have read that he signed in to law a bill that will do drug testing on all people getting aid from the state. Where is your outrage at that? That is going to cost us, the taxpayers, more money by far (probably about 95%) than what we are going to save. The testing is extremely expensive and only about 2% of folks getting aid are using drugs. The other states that have already done this have found out that it costs much more money than it saves. Apparently our Gov doesn't believe in doing research

April 19, 2013 at 11:05 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Offbeat Occupations: Glassblowing a delicate, sometimes dangerous spin

I know everyone has to retire, but I hope they aren't retiring anytime soon. I love their work!

April 16, 2013 at 12:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Local men at center of local 'K2' synthetic marijuana controversy brought up on federal drug charges

This is why we need to legalize marijuana. If MJ were legal, then there would be no need for the synthetic crap. As to blaming a parent, as much as some of us may try, there is no controlling your kids. You have to lead by example and even then, some kids will just fall off the path. You would hate to have the one time that they fall off be the last time due to something stupid like synthetic drugs that get them killed. These guys knew what there were doing was illegal, so I say they deserve whatever they are going to get.

April 4, 2013 at 8:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Are you going to vote in the city elections?

voted early. I agree, I would like to see a special election session BEFORE the early voting starts, that compares all the candidates, maybe asks them questions (same questions to all candidates) and shows all of their answers. The Leavenworth Times use to do that before an election when I lived in Leavenworth. it was one of the few papers that I had ever seen that did that. It makes it much easier to make a decision about people or issues you probably know nothing about.

April 2, 2013 at 4:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Two pedestrians, including child, 3, suffer minor injuries after being struck by car on Iowa Street

great pictures and post. Also, if the car was coming from behind, the child may have stumbled, or stopped to pick something up or anything else (or it could have been the adult too) and if they didn't see a car behind them, and the car thought they were going to continue to walk....well, that is another way it COULD have happened. All speculation, but its also another reason why a car shouldn't even begin the turn until the crosswalk is clear. I hate "creepers", who just keep inching forward, within inches of the pedestrian. They don't know you are going to stop. Some people are just inpatient and always in a hurry.

April 2, 2013 at 4:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Two pedestrians, including child, 3, suffer minor injuries after being struck by car on Iowa Street

Mr. Mertz hit the nail on the head. He isn't saying it is the pedestrian's responsibility at all. BUT, it is excellent advice. We have taught our grandkids to always make sure you have eye contact with a car if you get a crossing light and a car is approaching. Not because it would be their fault if they got hit, but because in a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian the vehicle wins. EVERY TIME! Would you rather be dead right than cautious? It's just common sense.

April 2, 2013 at 4:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )