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The Inside Front
Wednesday June 7,2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
City approves proposal to restrict sex shops
Sex shops in Lawrence could face new restrictions or be forced to relocate if an ordinance under consideration by the City Commission is approved next month.
Under the proposal, stores with 40 percent or more of their merchandise devoted to sexually orientated gadgets and accessories, videos, magazines and clothing will have to be licensed by the city.
Those same stores will have to be located in commercial zones along state highways and at least 500 feet from churches and schools, 50 feet from residential property and 600 feet from another such shop.
Stores containing between 10 percent and 40 percent of sexually orientated merchandise will have to block child access to it with an opaque wall
Stores under the 10 percent mark will face no restrictions under the proposal.
If the proposal becomes law, existing shops — such as Priscilla's, 1206 W. 23rd St., and Naughty But Nice, 1741 Massachusetts St. — will have five years to comply with the regulations.
The Commission approved a draft proposal of the law last Wednesday.
Police hunt for key witness in Burge Union shooting
Police are searching for the former KU football player who was shot at a
fraternity party in January after he failed to show up to testify at the Mav 25 trial of his assailant.
Gregory J. Davis, Denver senior, was shot in the hip at a Jan. 23 party in the Burge Union and testified at preliminary hearings in March against the accused Bvron Kirtdall. 22. Topeka
Days before the trial, police and Douglas County District Attorney Christine Kenney Tonkovich lost contact with Davis — their key witness in the case against Kirtdoll.
Tonkovich said Davis was believed to have left the state and that foul play was not suspected.
The charges against Kirtdoll have been dropped until Davis is located.
Discovery of peepholes prompts 14 tenant lawsuits
Fourteen more lawsuits were filed against the owners of a south Lawrence apartment complex late last month by tenants who found peepholes drilled in their bathroom and bedroom walls.
There are now 21 lawsuits alleging breach of landlord-tenant laws due to the peepholes at Parkway Terrace Apartments, a five-building complex at the 2300 block of Murphy Drive.
The previous suits alleged that coworer Mary Lemosy drilled the holes and viewed tenants from closets. Those suits also alleged that coworer Mary Lemosy knew what her husband was doing.
The Lemesanys declined to comment on the lawsuits.
Phil Cauthon
Douglas County District Attorney Christine Kenney Tonkovich said that no criminal charges have been filed in connection with the peephole allegations.
Kansas Union to raise food prices this summer
The Kansas Union will have a surprise for returning students in the form of higher food prices. Customers of Union food services can expect a two to three percent increase on some food items, said Food Services Manager Jay Glatz.
"The small incremental increases are due to a rise in vendor costs and the rate of inflation," Glatz said, "For a $3 item, the increase will be about 10 cents."
Glatz said this would be the first price increase in the last 18 months. Changes in pricing are usually made between semesters.
"It's not fair to raise prices during the semester," Glatz said, "On the whole, we try to keep our prices comparable to local convenience stores."
The price increases are within the normal range of inflation and rising labor costs, Glatz said. The move is being made to stay competitive.
"People need to compare apples to apples," Glatz said, "You can get something to eat at the store for the same price, but we also provide a napkin, spoon and a place to sit."
Scott Lowe
Poster may prompt ACLU lawsuit
Group may challenge "In God We Trust" on Topeka courthouse wall
The Associated Press
"At this point, it's very likely," said Lisa Nathanson, legal director of the ACLU's Kansas and western Missouri chapter, located in Kansas City, Mo.
TOPEKA — A representative of the American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday that the ACLI probably will file a lawsuit over posters with the motto "In God We Trust" in offices of the Shawnee County treasurer.
Nathanson said the ACLU probably will file the lawsuit by the end of the month.
Nathanson met Monday in Topeka with Shawnee county Counselor Rich Eckert and Shawnee County Treasurer Rita Cline.
Nathanson said she asked Cline to remove the posters from Cline's courthouse office and a motor vehicle annex office at a local shopping mall.
She also said she asked Cline to publicly agree to stop promoting her religious beliefs and to apologize to Mary Lou Schmidt, a Topea woman who filed a complaint with the ACLU.
"The poster is merely a symptom of what we believe can be characterized only as dissemination of her Christian beliefs," Nathanson said.
Nathanson said the posters were only part of the problem. She also took issue with some of Cline's statements, including those made in a terse letter from Cline to Schmidt.
In that letter, Cline questioned Schmidt's patriotism and religious beliefs.
"That poster is more than appropriate," Cline said. "I am required and mandated to collect money. That is on all of our currency. The ACLU has run into one elected official that is not afraid of them."
On Monday, Cline defended her decision to keep the posters.
"That poster is more than appropriate...The ACLU has run into one elected official that is not afraid of them."
Rita Cline
Shawnee County Treasurer
"Rita Cline, as an elected official, is doing what she thinks is right," he said. "She doesn't carry the endorsement of the Board of County Commissioners."
Eckert said Shawnee County taxpayers wouldn't foot the bill for any legal action.
Schmidt called Cline in April to request that the poster be removed from the motor vehicle annex office. A complaint was filed after Cline refused to remove the poster and a similar one at her courthouse office.
Partying at Girls State
Members of Sunflower Girls State hold state party meetings. More than 500 girls attended the conference, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary on campus this week. Photo by Aaron Lindbergh/KANSAN.
Summer 2000 Kansan Staff
Jim O'Malley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editor
BriAnne Hess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editor
Amy Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design Editor
Aaron Lindberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo Editor
Phil Cauthon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Campus Editor
Juan H. Heath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy Chief
Laura Veazey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Online Editor
Scott Lowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reporter
Karen Lucas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reporter
Betsy Schnorenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designer
Kyle Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design/Graphics
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