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The Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise, Thursday, June 13, 2002
pole that needs painting on
either military base.
The system works.
Military bases are impor-
tant economic institutions in
Kansas, and every congress-
man in Kansas will vote to
maintain those institutions.
Now it is easy to under-
All Letters to the Editor must be
signed and will be printed exactly
as written. They will be printed in
the order they are received. They
tentlon so highly on this bus
incident? Why were our tax
dollars spent on this case
when many of us believe there
are serious cases of criminal
conduct taking place in our
county that merit his atten-
tion.
We would all agree that it is
important that law en-
forcement officials and prose-
problems, for
keep throwing
Water, I
massive
spent to fix
needed
There will be
of drinking
quality.
Ask what
do not necessarily reflect the tutors send a strong message nated our
stand that residents of towns viewpoint of this paper. Letters to
near military bases have great the Editor are limited to 500 words to the youth • of Wabaunsee changes
interest about what happens per letter. Additional space will be County that criminal activity and
inside the fort fences. And, so charged the regular rate of will not be tolerated; however,statute in the
will their congressmen. Al- advertisement, in the "great bus caper," I be-they do'not art
lieve an over zealous prosecu- honest, g
ways have, always will. That's Dear Editor, tot sent the message that laws sign
politics. Is this justice? Recently will only be enforced on cer-
AtTire gsJJ Oh, and we're still a little three students from Wabatm- tain individuals. How does he *'
by MItrtJll Ha~Ot confused over the issue oi see High School were involved decide who should be prose-
"voter confusion" when a cityin a prank when they entered cuted and who shouldn't'?. Your
is split or a town moved froma WHS school bus, which was guess is as good as mine. I
__.---..-.-..----£-~' "- 'one district to another, unlocked and had the keys in would welcome a reply from ~MONt
Railsters have read the You see, there really isn'tthe ignition. They moved the Mr. Turner. IMANA!
Kansas congressional reap- any confusion. Anyone who is bus a short distance neve~ s/Bill Schwalm
portionment bill a time or twointerested can fred out quickly leaving school property or ******* ~ FO|
and absolutely no place does it which congressional district damaging anything. Dear Editor, d
say that between any two con- they live in. Failing any pre- These particular individu- Many know that l attend INEXT GE
gressional districts there is "election day interest, votersals were caught and, rightfully most legal public meetings of
going to be erected at will quickly learn who their so. forced to face the conse- my City Council, some on my
great---or at any--public ex- choices are when they go to quences of their behavior. Thecouncil portray me and others (NAPS)--He
pense, a wall to separate, say, vote. students were severely pun- who attend as "troublemak- age their finan¢
Fort Riley and Junction City. Handily, each voter is given ished with school suspension ers". I laugh when I hear that, be as big a chal]
No checkpoints. No need one ballot that corresponds totime, suspension from parttc- as if attending meetings, ques- ents fear, if thel
to pass through a metal de- the lawful candidate in their ipating in school events, bath- tioning decisions, or calling and tips.
tector. We understand that place of residence. Folks in room cleanup duty at 7:30 attention to questionable, eth- Most teens
money earned at Fort Riley, inJunction City aren~ going to a.m. for two and a half weeks,ical or legal actions is defined spend money e~
what is likely to be the 2-d get to choose from two piles of and the humiliation of keep- as "trouble-making" under the time job immeu
Congressional District, will be ballots, one with candidates hag a tracking log that moni- U.S. Constitution. I believe the putting it in a c
legal tender for all purposes in for the 1st District and one tored their activities and term is exercising my right asing it to buy ~,
Junction City, which may with candidates for the 2nd v~hereabouts, in and out of a U.S. citizen, to view, inspect Americans for J
wind up in the 1st Congres- District. This isn't a ballot school, for that same period of and reflect upon my govern- (AFS), a nafiOnt
sion~d District under a reap- saladbar, time. I have been informed ment. cated to helps
portionment map being con- Although there's not a that certain school employees So let me state some posi- entrepreneurs
sidered by a panel of federal whole lot of reason to get ex-were asked to "monitor" these tlve issues I support of my professional an
judges this week. cited about the map, we're still individuals to make sure they City. We, as of May 6, 02, have offers these tl
Similarly, though the city going to be watching with in- were fulfilling their requireda legal City Clerk. The Clerksmoney manage~
or Lawrence is split by the terest what happens in Federalpunishment terms, office is making a better at- • Require tee
map that was passed - fairly District Court in Topeka. We'll Sounds like this incident tempt at fulfilling requests for
haphazardly, we'll admit, but be watching to see whether a should have been dropped at public records. I support a ing money by
home.
passed--by the Legislature panel of three federal judges is that point, right? I believe as proposed sales tax in our • Encourag~
and signed into law by Gov. much exercised about the far as the school was con- community, for public im- apart-time job.
Bill Graves, 2nd District westfates of Fort Riley and June- cerned it was dropped, until provements, and hope the
Lawreneers will be given free t.ion City and the rest of Geary our County Attorney, Jack council would give considera- * Help teens
access to 3~d District down- County. Turner, decided to charge tlon to first purchasing a log and create at
town Lawrence. And vice- Somehow, we doubt that these individuals with crimi- storm warning system for our • Insist that J
versa, the excitement is going to rise nal deprivation of property, community. We have a fine money be pla0
Yes, we're having a really to the level if interest in...say, Parents were told by the Police Officer, whose work account.
hard time figuring out just World Cup Soccer. school administration that ethic, integrity and desire to* Assist
what the beef is on the map.
But Attorney General Carla
Stovall maintains that it is
unconstitutional, that it dis-
sects a "community of inter-
ests~ that is held in common
by Fort Riley and the nearby
town where many soldiers and
dependents live and spend
their paychecks.
When congressional reap-
portionrnent started heating
up in Kansas--and that was
just over a year ago---there
appeared to be one widely held
principle that guided the pub-
lie hearings and Statehouse
wrangling: Kansas' two Army
forts were going to be located
in the same congressional
district---the 2nd,
Now, that makes some
sense for some fairly unintui-
five reasons. The 2nd District
U.S. Representative, it's now
Jim Ryun from Lawrence, but
for most purposes, it is im-
material who holds the post,
instantly becomes the con-
gressional delegation's expert
on military affairs. Not big-
picture stuff, like do we buy
tanks or do we buy subma-
rines, but things like whether
the barracks need a new roof,
or whether there is sufficient
on-base housing. Simple,
down-to-earth stuff like that.
And, the generals who run
Fort Riley and Fort
Leavanworth--the other Army
base---generally put their U.S.
Congressman on speed-dial. If
there's a problem, they call the
2-d district representative, and
whoever it is at the time picks
up the phone and talks to him
or her.
Simply, once the 2nd Dis-
trict guy is on the job, he or
she tells the other Kansas
members of Congress what the
problem is, and they all vote to
fix it. Not every congressman
has to know about every crack
in the sidewalk or every flag-
Martin Hawver is publisher of
Hawver's Capitol Report. To see
about that, call (785} 267-5500, or"
visit the website at
WWU~ . hawvernews.com.
One ragweed plant can
release as many as one bil-
lion grains of pollen.
(NAPS)--According to Kurt
Landgraf, president of the Educa-
tion Testing Service, the passage of
the No Child Left Behind Act was a
watershed event in the national
education reform movement. The
new testing regimen will provide
important information that the
American people and policymakers
can use to accomplish significant,
lasting reform.
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they had worked hard to keep
this out of the court system.
Why would the County Attor-
ney waste time and taxpayer
dollars to prosecute a case
where the victim (USD 329)
felt that no damage was done
and punishment was fulfilled?
A similar incident occurred
a few days later that involved
three Wabaunsee High gradu-
ates, who commandeered a
different school bus and drove
it around town, leaving it
parked off of school property.
You would think our County
Attorney would file charges
against these individuals for
the same crime. However, in
this case Jack Turner didn't
file a criminal deprivation of
property charge. Wouldn't you
agree that this ncldent is a
more serious infraction than
the previously mentioned
one? What was the difference
in these two cases? Why the
preferential treatment?
I believe there were in-
equities between each of these
cases and ha how Jack Turner
prosecuted each of the WHS
students. One student, who
was not a minor at the time of
the incident and he'd been in
trouble before, has since had
all charges against him
dropped in exchange for tes-
timony against the other two.
The other two have been found
guilty of criminal deprivation
of property. Wouldn't you
think they would all have
been charged and punished
equally in this incident?
I believe these are two ex-
amples of Mr. Turner's unfair
and inequitable prosecuting
practices. To whRt can we at-
tribute Mr. Turner's unequal
treatment of our youth?
Wouldn't Mr. Turner's time
be better spent prosecuting
cases that involve real "crim-
inal" activity? Why dld the
County Attorney focus his at-
serve is unprecedented in our
community.
I do not support the May 6,
02 adoption of ordinance #
2002-01, Designating certain
streets (all but four) as Main
Trafficways under K.S.A. 12-
685 et seq. (The "Act") and as
part of the master scheme,
adopting Resolution 2002-02
and 2002-03. Resolutions be-
ing used to create $100,000
Bond Debt for Water Im-
provements and $100.000
Street Improvements. The
Council position:~ "we have
found a statute that allows us
to do this, without public ap-
proval", when in truth the
same evening they removed
from the city attorneys con-
tract, the language that he
would provide services for
bond proposals because "John
I~ss(sp) states he will not
work with small town attor-
neys". John, the bond advisor,
whose interest is financial
profit, is who "found" this
statute, at the direction of 2-3
Council members to force un-
precedented tax increases
without petitibn or vote of cit-
izens and utility debt they
somehow have pulled under
Ordinance 2002-01. This did
not happen overnight, or the
two work sessions that oc-
curred only a few weeks, prior
to initiating action, this was
months of planning, outside-
of a legal meeting.
Street bonds, over half will
be spent completely rebuilding
and chip/seallng Sunset Rd.
the remainder will be spent on
chip/seal for all streets but
four, that they will initiate
the same statute next year and
allows them to go after more
bond debt for "re-lmprove-
ments" year after year, raising
your mill levy to pay for it.
The ideology of this council is
to finance a five year old car,
with motor and body
goals for their
short-term
for a new
long-term
for college
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