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To the editor: I read with interest the recent article concerning yet another tone-deaf decision by our local school board. On top of closing Pinckney and Broken Arrow, now they have decided to limit the number of people who can file complaints concerning the content of student ...
To the editor: A very nice thing happened recently, as my wife, daughter and I went out to dinner at our usual Sunday restaurant. The staff there was surprised to see us on a Thursday, but we told them it was our 49th anniversary and we were there to celebrate. The couple in the booth next to ...
To the editor: I’m very disappointed in the direction Lawrence is headed. I have always considered myself to be fiscally conservative but moderately liberal socially. What I see today is a fiscally irresponsible government whose leaders spend a majority of their time spewing out meaningless ...
To the editor: Land grant universities across the country scramble for TV dollars, forming super-conferences offering coast-to-coast TV coverage. Here at KU, we’re planning a $300 million stadium renovation. We don’t lack money. But last week money drove fellow Big 12 Conference ...
To the editor: So, the city commissioners are proposing new uses for downtown parking lots (Journal-World, Aug. 16). Really? Are they trying to totally kill downtown retail? At least one-tenth of the parking on Mass. Street already has been given over to outdoor dining — used only during ...
To the editor: To Lawrence city commissioners, Douglas County commissioners and Lawrence school board members, do not raise taxes. You will cause homeowners to lose their homes. Homeowners need your help. When you ran for office, homeowners were there for you. They put your campaign signs in ...