PUBLIC
NOTICE

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VOL, 1 NO. 3 LAWRENCE, KANSAS MARCH 1976

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For the past several months there has been a steady war of words and nerves going on at City Hall.
On one side, various public employee groups (including, initially, groups from the Fire, Police and
Sanitation Departments of the City of Lawrence) have been steadily pushing for recognition of their
groups as bargaining agents. This recognition was denied them by a vote of the City Commission.
Even after this failure to gain recognition, however, the groups have continued to push --specifically,
they asked the City Commission to investigate charges they made concerning what they felt were
instances of mismanagement. As a result of this, the Commission formed an investigating comm -
ittee. Two of the members of the committee were City Commissioners, Marnie Argersinger and
Donald Binns, two of the members were employee group representatives, Dennis Smith (Sanitation)
and Alvin Samuels (Fire) and two of the members were citizens, Homer "Butch" Henderson and
Murial Paul. The investigation led to an extraordinary conclusion. Unable to agree about the type
of report that should be written, Binns, Argersinger and Henderson submitted one report, while
Smith Samuels and Paul were working on another. Intense controversy has resulted from this split.
Suspicion and mistrust by each side for the other has beea the net effect. In this issue of Public
Notice we interview two workers in the Sanitation Department, a truck driver and a loader, Dennis
Smith and Phil Bohlander. They represent, of course, the employees’ side of the struggle --Public
Notice would be happy to interview, or receive written response from, anyone who would like to
provide rebuttal to what is said here. For our talk with these two men, turn to page 2. And while
you are reading--try a little tenderness. They're as human as us. Write Public Notice Box 114

Or What’s Left of It The Hill THE TWENTY
z EAST LAWRENCE is a good place v- THIRD STREET

to live. Homes can be bought or rent- eae
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ed at reasonable prices. Neighbors
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are friendly --they are black and white, SEE

1d and youn: oor and not so poor.
Goods sod ce are within easy a aeete INSIDE}
walking distance. Unfortunately, these TWO |
qualities are not recognized by the rest
of the community. East Lawrence will
suffer for it..,.SEE PAGE 10.