Delicious/Nutritious: Crazy for cranberries

I hunted, but could not find your recipe for cranberry pudding cake. Sounds delish! Please point to recipe. Thanx!

November 12, 2012 at 2:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Francisco wins re-election to state Senate

Yep, Bozo, Marci works well with so many lemons!!!

Congrats, Marci!!! And congrats to your hard-working team. Yay, Joe!

November 7, 2012 at 8:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Dems hold their own in county

Endorsement by Dolph = Kiss of Death!!! And we're not talking close losses here, we are talking SMACK DOWNS!!!

November 7, 2012 at 8:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Dems hold their own in county

Not only did TeriLois support Erica, but she also supported Frank Male. With friends like that. . . .

Hope that she's getting the message that she does not have the support to run for any office in 2014!

November 7, 2012 at 8:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Administration drops one-third of people on waiting list for physical disability services

That's how I read it, too, dulcinea47. I hope that HHS and DOJ will add this to their list of things to investigate. And there was funding on July1 to provide services to additional people and it has taken them this long to now start providing services??? Unbelievable!!! But that seems to be the mode that FlimFlamSam and his lackeys operate in.

November 5, 2012 at 1:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Editorial: Other choices

To borrow from Sports Illustrated, this editorial belongs in the "Sign of the Apocalypse" column. Are you serious, LJ-W editorial board??? Have you talked to these Republican candidates or listened to their comments in candidate forums? And I guess it doesn't concern you that all of the Republican candidates that you list all have direct or indirect ties to the Koch brothers, Americans for Prosperity, Saltgrass Action Alliance, and etc.

By the way, you left out the State Board of Education race, which also has a Democratic incumbent. Surely you don't support the Republican challenger, Jack Wu, who hangs out with Fred Phelps at Westboro Baptist Church. Even Brownback has said he does not support him.

I believe that the vast majority of Douglas Countians will weigh factual information and base their voting decisions on candidates' qualifications, affiliations, experience and accomplishments and thus will not be voting a straight Republican ticket.

November 2, 2012 at 6:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas House candidate John Wilson chats on LJWorld.com

Edit on question #1) You have participated in very few public forums and yet you mention on your website that listening to and representing the people in your district is important to you.

November 1, 2012 at 3:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas House candidate John Wilson chats on LJWorld.com

I would urge opponent Erica Anderson to find the time to do a JW online chat. Here's my questions for her. 1) You have participated in very few public forums and yet you mention on your website that . If you are elected, how will you assure those whom you represent that you will be in Topeka every day of the legislative session? 2) From June - October, contributions to your campaign = $1,100 as follows: $500, Koch brothers; $500, KS Chamber of Commerce PAC; and $100, Stand up for Kansas PAC. Why did you accept money from these 3 PACs? Why haven't you put forth a local, grassroots effort to raise contributions from people who actually live in the district that you say you want to represent? 3) Who exactly will you be representing if you are elected?

November 1, 2012 at 2:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Your Turn: Every vote is important

To all League members: Thank you for your time and efforts in service to our community!!

October 30, 2012 at 1:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Douglas County Commission, District 2: Thellman vs. Male

From the article: Male has also been critical of increased spending by the county for certain social services, including the Lawrence Community Shelter. “It’s my opinion that the county has done more than its fair share,” Male said. “I’m fine with funding it at the base of $15,000 like we had in the past. But I think a better funding stream, the city gets revenue from an alcohol tax, and it seems there would be a nice correlation between a homeless shelter and an alcohol tax.”

And how exactly does the challenger plan to convince the City to allocate more alcohol taxes to the Shelter? Has the challenger done any research to know that the City has an appointed Social Services Funding Advisory Board that reviews agency requests for those funds and then makes recommendations to the City Commission? Does the challenger know that the City's 2012 budget allocates $565,161 of City-collected alcohol tax funds to 9 agencies, one of which is the Shelter?

Since the challenger lives in Eudora, it would be important for him to know something about Lawrence City government policies and processes and how City and County elected commissioners interact.

This is just ONE example of the challenger's lack of knowledge of how government works, both at the city level AND the county level.

Re-elect County Commissioner Nancy Thellman!!!

October 28, 2012 at 2:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )