UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, January 25, 1995
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Three commission seats up for grabs
KU staff members among13 candidates who filed for election
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
Thirteen people have filed to run for three seats on the Lawrence City Commission in the April 4 election, including three University of Kansas faculty members.
John Nalbandian, associate professor of public administration and a current city commissioner; Frank Doden, a graduate teaching assistant in English; and Carl Burkhead, a professor of civil engineering, have filed.
The two candidates who receive the most votes in the general election will serve four-year terms, and the candidate who has the third-highest vote total will serve a two-year term.
A primary election will be Feb. 28. The top six vote getters in the primary then will be put on the ballot for the general election in April.
Inevitably, all candidates will have to address the issue of adding the words "sexual orientation" to the
city's human relations ordinance.
Current commissioners Doug Compton and Nabandian have said they hoped the proposed change would not become the focal point of pre-election debate.
"My biggest fear is I don't want it to become a one-issue election," Compton said. "Even though it is important, it's not the only issue."
Compton said he thought infrastructure, jobs, building a new health care facility and Horizon 2020, the development plan the city expects to receive sometime after the election, would also play important roles.
Compton said Horizon 2020 would be particularly significant because, if adopted, it would be used as a development blueprint for the city through the year 2020.
Candidate Paul Longabach said the debate over the privatization of Lawrence Memorial Hospital would be a main issue in the election, along with the proposed change in the human relations ordinance.
The deadline to register to vote in the primary election is Feb.13. The deadline to register to vote in the main election is March 20. Voters can vote for up to three candidates in both elections.
Commission hopefuls
The following people have filed to run for Lawrence City Commission in the April 4 election;
Bonnie S. Augustine
BONNIE S. Augustine
Executive Vice-President of University National Bank
Josandra Barnes
Josandra Barnes
Owner of Acres Realtors
Doug Compton
Professor of civil engineering, University of Kansas
Lawrence City Commissioner and president of First Management Inc.
Robert S. Cutler
Employee at Johnson Furniture and Lawrence musician
Frank A. Doden
Think A. Doodz
Graduate teaching assistant in English, University of Kansas
Lena E. Johnson
Self-employed architectural and
interior designer
Cargory Wreless
Owner of Papa Keno's Pizzeria
Bill Lee
Salesman at Crown Toyota
Allen L Levine
**Allen J. Levine**
Membership coordinator,
Spencer Museum of Art
**Paul N. Longabach**
Paul N. Longabach
John Nalbandian
Lawrence City Commissioner and professor of public administration,
KU
Leroy Young
Partial owner of Kwality Comics
Wyandotte County sheriff resigns
The Associated Press
Kansas City, Kan. — Wyandotte County Sheriff Bill Dillon, under fire for poor administration of the department, resigned yesterday.
Dillon was given the option by County Prosecutor Nick Tomasic to resign or face formal ouster proceedings.
The sheriff sent a resignation letter to the County Commission, which accepted it during a morning meeting. The resignation was effective immediately.
James A. Stevens Jr., the undersheriff and Dillon's son-in-law, was
appointed acting sheriff until Gov. Bill Graves could appoint a successor.
Dillon was at his cabin at Stockton Lake in Missouri and could not be reached for immediate comment.
"I'm shocked," County Commissioner Richard Kaminski said Monday, as it became known that Dillon probably would resign. "I've known the guy 32 years. I think he put confidence in the wrong people.
"I think it would have been different if he had a different staff."
The County Commission was aware for some time of problems in the department, Commissioner Verdis
Robinsonsaid.
"Every time we had the sheriff in, he would say he didn't know anything." Robinson said. "He said he didn't know anything that went on, that he had to wait and read it in the paper.
"The people deserve better."
Tomasic said the main issue to him was how officers did not receive training as required by state law. Law enforcement officers are required to receive 40 hours a year of training.
Records reviewed by Tomasic and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation showed that 39 of the department's 61 officers received an hour or less of training. Among the 39 was Dillon.
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