WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 1, 2004
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Last night's city commission meeting cleared out quickly after two items from the public agenda were discussed.
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One of the items pulled off the consent agenda was mayor Mike Rundle's recommendation to appoint Marguerite Erneling to the planning commission.
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disagree. Individuals appointed to these positions donate a tremendous amount of their time and are often criticized no matter what they end up doing, said David Dunfield, city commissioner. Ermeling is not only capable of intellectually understanding planning issues but also emotionally fit to deal with the pressures of such a position, Dunfield said.
The recommended appointments still need to be approved.
The second item pulled from consent was the recommendation from Loring Henderson, director for Lawrence Open Shelter (LOS), requesting the shelter's permit be extended for
five years and the shelter be allowed to house 30 people. The shelter serves 20 people now.
Maria Martin, director for Downtown Lawrence, Inc., who requested the item be pulled from consent, asked for a deferral by the commission until the report from the Mayor's Task force on Homelessness was available for the public to hear. The report is still being completed.
Instead of granting the five years requested, the commission voted 4-0 to extend the use of the shelter for one year with a review at the end of that period.
Bush's cabinet shrinks again
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Edited by Ashley Bechard
WASHINGTON — Tom Ridge, the nation's first homeland security secretary, announced yesterday that he is resigning after three years of reworking American security and presiding over color-coded terror alerts. He's the seventh Bush Cabinet officer leaving so far.
Ridge oversaw the most significant government reorganization in 50 years. He'll be remembered for his terror alerts and tutorials about how to prepare for possible attacks, including the controversial "disaster kits" that caused last year's run on duct tape and plastic sheeting.
Amid warnings that the country may face increased terror risks around the holidays and the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration,
Ridge acknowledged he could not prove the costly and complex security measures that have been put in place have foiled any terrorist attacks inside the United States, but he said the country is safer today than before the suicide hijackings on Sept. 11, 2001, killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
"I am confident that the terrorists are aware that from the curb to the cockpit we've got additional security measures that didn't exist a couple years ago," Ridge told reporters at the department's Washington campus, which he helped create.
Ridge said he will remain on the job through Feb. 1, unless his replacement is installed sooner.
"His efforts have resulted in safer skies, increased border and
port security and enhanced measures to safeguard our critical infrastructure and the American public," Bush said in a prepared statement yesterday evening.
Ridge sent his letter of resignation to President Bush at midday yesterday, after attending a morning White House threat briefing with CIA and FBI officials. The former Pennsylvania governor thanked Bush for giving him the opportunity to fight back against terrorists. He recalled that the passengers on Flight 93 who forced their hijacked plane down in a Pennsylvania field had also fought back.
"There will always be more to do, but today, America is significantly stronger and safer than ever before," Ridge wrote Bush.
NEWSPAPER: Senate could make use of money
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needed to cover the cost of having the newspaper on campus each year. Because Student Senate discovered a surplus of more than $60,000 per year generated by the fee, the committee decided to put the money to use by offering The Journal.
The benefits of offering the paper to KU students outweigh a 50 cent savings in students
fees, said Molly Kocour, committee chairwoman and Lawrence junior.
In addition to student copies, the proposal accounts for 70 free faculty subscriptions each year.
The committee decided tentatively to offer The Journal in kiosks at six locations on campus;
Summerfield Hall
Watson Library
Anschutz Library
Green Hall
Lewis Residence Hall
The kiosk in Summerfield would hold about 350 newspapers while the kiosks in other locations would hold about 65 conies.
Dunlap said because the newspaper would be in a higher demand among business school students, more copies should be offered in Summerfield.
— Edited by Rupal Gor
kansan.com
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