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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2006
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to set clear objectives to draw down forces. One of the reasons for that, he said, was because rotating troops from their home to Iraq was costing America a lot of money. He said
the focus needed to be on getting Iraq up to speed quickly and to increase the size of armed forces so they were not being rotated so often.
Moore would not like to set public objectives. He said he thought a public deadline
Iraqi people from Iraqi people."
Health care is an important issue for Moore and Ahner. Both would like to see the cost of health care decrease and have more people
"I think we've done militarily what we can do in Iraq because we can't save the Iraqi people from Iraqi people."
was counterproductive, but he would like to see someone like Colin Powell go privately to Iraq to negotiate an exit strategy with its leaders.
REP. DENNIS MOORE Incumbent for the 3rd district
"I'm glad Saddam Hussein is gone," Moore said. "But I think we've done militarily what we can do in Iraq because we can't save the
covered under a health insurance plan.
Moore said Congress needed to do two things when it came to health care. He said affordable health care was a huge problem because
employees relied on employers to give them insurance.
First, he introduced H.R. 2002, the Small Business Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2005, which is in the beginning stages of the legislative process. He said his bill would provide a tax credit toward the purchase of
health insurance for businesses if they provided insurance to their employees.
Second, his info-tech bank would give non-profit groups medical-record banks so everyone could control their information and would provide immediate access to records for health care providers. He said it could save $160 billion per year if a system like that was in place. It would provide correct information and reduce medical errors for doctors.
Ahner said he was interested in health care because malpractice reform could reduce the cost of health care in general. He said college students have to pay for malpractice insurance when they get their first jobs. He said there were ways to ban together and get cheaper plans for small companies.
Kansan staff writer Erin Castanea can be contacted at ecastanea@kansan.com.
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New sandwich shop opens
LAWRENCE
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
The newest restaurant in Lawrence, Jersey Mike's Subs, has partnered with Lawrence Education Achievement Partners as part of its grand opening today. By cutting out a coupon in The University Daily Kansan and making a $1 donation, subs will be on the house.
LEAP is an organization that matches Lawrence businesses or organizations with the Lawrence school system for the sharing of business and expertise with school children, said Julie Boyle, director of communications for Lawrence Public Schools.
Local businesses provide volunteers for events, pen pals and tours for children, Boyle said.
Monica Cronin, marketing coordinator for the chain, said Jersey Mike's always did a charitable campaign when opening up a store.
"We want people to try our subs, but we want people to donate as well." he said.
The new Jersey Mike's, 1601 W. 23rd St., is one of 400 stores open and in development "coast to coast," Cronin said. It is the third store in
Owner Jamie Bossert worked at one of those other locations in Topeka while she finished her psychology degree at Wasburn University. Instead of pursuing a master's degree, she decided to open her own business.
Kansas.
"There's some anxiety," Bossert admitted. "But mostly I'm just excited."
The 22-year-old, after all, is opening up a sub shop on a street where five other sandwich shops reside between Louisiana and Iowa streets, but that won't deter her.
Sub shops fit the Lawrence atmosphere well, Bossert said, citing the college crowd's love of pizza and subs.
Lawrence restaurant managers would probably agree. The Subway on 23rd Street has been at that location for the past 12 years.
"I'm really only expecting it to affect my business for the first two or three weeks," manager Adam Elwell said. "Like every new restaurant in town, they'll be busy for a little while."
Yello Sob has been on 23rd Street for 17 years. Manager Don Keen,
who's been at the shop since it opened, isn't excited about the new sub shop moving in across the street from him, but says there's nothing he can do about it.
Keen added that he didn't think Jersey Mike's would have an affect in the long run, but said that "more competition in town makes it thinner for everybody."
Jimmy John's manager Sara Heckman said Jersey Mike's opening would make their business go down for a short time, but because Jimmy John's was a college-oriented restaurant with late night hours and delivery, they would be fine.
"We get fresh meat every semester to expose to the goodness of Jimmy John's," Heckman said referring to incoming freshmen.
"I firmly believe once they try our sub, they'll come back," she said.
Bossert isn't too concerned about her store's proximity to the other sub shops on 23rd Street.
Kansan staff writer Jack Weinstein can be contacted at jweinstein@ kansan.com.
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sion was taking too narrow a view of the zoning.
"They have failed to recognize the effect of inflation on retail sales that causes them to grossly estimate what the retail increase will be." McClure said.
"Can the city absorb this without harm to the city? When you look at the market analyses, the answer is no."
McClure said the city was already dangerously over developed and no good could come of adding more commercial land at this time.
north, where there is little urban development. She said most people would turn south, which would create what she said would be issues with the Lawrence Free State High traffic.
Lawrence resident Gwen Klingenberg vehemently said there were large flaws in the traffic claims by Wal-Mart and the commission should deny their request to begin development. Klingenberg said they were expecting people to exit to the
Lawrence resident Susan Chi said she was also concerned with traffic because the traffic study was conducted during the first week of June, after Freestate had been released for summer vacation.
Others raised similar concerns about the traffic. Several mentioned concerns about students being struck due to increased traffic around the high school.
Commissioner Sue Hack said she wasn't as concerned with the traffic issues.
"I honestly don't think people are going to try and wind through neighborhoods, even if they have to wait for another light," Hack said.
Thompson, the Wal-Mart attorney, said the school hour was not the peak hour of use, so Wal-Mart stood by its original traffic study.
The main building would comprise 99,840 square feet with 6,147 used for an exterior garden center. The pavement of the parking lot would be recessed six feet below the line of sight from Wakaraus and Sixth.
The remainder of the land would be used for green space and the housing of other businesses, or "pad sites."
Kansan staff writer Mark Vierthaler can be contacted at mvierthaler@kansan.com.
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