Monday, April 2, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Election 2001: Lawrence City Commission Voter's Guide
Scott Bailey
Scott Bailey is a health care executive with the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care in Topeka.
Bailey said the city needed to help homeowners as property taxes continued to jump annually and make the process of
Bailey; wants clearer property valuation process
preservation.
He supports the three-person limit for unrelated residents in single-family neighborhoods as a tool for neighborhood
property valuations clearer.
He supports landlord registration and inspection of homes in single family neighborhoods, and eventually all neighborhoods.
He said he thought tax abatements could provide important revenue to the city, but that any tax abatement should have the overwhelming support of the community. Bailey also has said that four out of five City Commissioners should have to vote to approve an abatement.
He said that the Planning and City Commissions should follow development guidelines in Horizon 2020 and that all commissioners should refuse developers if the development wasn't in the long-term interest of the community.
Bailey said he would not vote to approve development in the floodplain.
David Dunfield
David Dunfield is an architect running for re-election to the commission.
He said he wanted Lawrence to lead economic development
Dunfield voted to change the number of unrelated people who can live together in residences
so that the city could grow in sustainable ways.
Dunfield; supports tax abatements in rare circumstances
zoned for single families from four to three. He said the ordinance was a step toward main
taining community for families in those neighborhoods that were zoned for families.
He supports landlord registration and the inspection ordinance for single-family neighborhoods.
He said he would support tax abatements in rare circumstances and only for companies that were "technologically, socially and environmentally progressive."
He would support a living wage as a condition for granting tax abatements.
He said police officers spent too much time doing bureaucratic work that took time away from their working in the community. Their jobs needed to be streamlined, so officers could concentrate on community work.
Dunfield has voted against developing in the floodplain.
Adam Mansfield
Adam Mansfield is the manager of Louise's Downtown.
Mansfield said he would promote a city-wide recycling program, build bike lanes every
where in town, and oppose tax abatements if elected.
He said he did not support the new housing ordinance and said the ordinance was the wrong
Mansfield: would promote city-wide recycling program
way to solve housing problems in neighborhoods. He said he opposed the city defining what was and wasn't family in the ordinance.
He said the costs to the city for hiring new building inspectors and enforcing the licensing ordinance would make the housing ordinance expensive.
Mansfield said the city had not produced statistics to show that tax abatements provided the jobs, wages or revenue for the community that they are intended to provide. Until tax abatements are proven effective, Mansfield said he would not support them. He said Mayor Jim Henry's task force on tax abatements was a step toward community involvement in the process.
He said a shortage of police officers could be solved by making sure the officers the city employed were familiar with the issues in their neighborhoods.
Mansfield said he would not vote to allow development in the floodplain.
Sue Hack is a ninth grade civics teacher at Southwest Junior High School.
Sue Hack
Hack supports coordination among the state, county and
Hack: supports integration of KU and city bus systems
city to share the costs of building maintenance and supplies in order to help schools facing limited budgets.
She said she supported the threeperson limit
housing ordinance. She said that as a rental property owner, she felt it was important for all property owners to make sure their property was kept up. She supported the registration policy in order to make public information more available. She said the city should continue to explore options for enforcing the three-person limit.
She said she would support the integration of the KU on Wheels and Lawrence Public Transit. She said she supported completion of the South Lawrence Trafficway south of the Wakarusa River and improvements on 31st Street.
Marty Kennedy
She said she would support the city giving tax abatements. She said that Mayor Henry's task force on tax abatements was a step toward a comprehensive tax abatement policy that commissioners could use to make development decisions.
Marty Kennedy is the general manager and co-owner of Kennedy Glass Inc. and is running for reelection to the Commission.
Kennedy: favors partnerships between city and school district
He voted for the 3-person limit housing ordinance and has supported all four of the housing ordinances that apply to neighborhoods zoned for single families.
He said the city needed to
make sure there was no demolition by neglect of houses in older neighborhoods. He said maintenance of the infrastructure of the older neighborhoods was one of his priorities.
Kennedy said that there was a place for tax abatements and that they should be given to responsible businesses with an investment in the community.
Kennedy said the Planning Commission had done a good job of working with the planning guidelines in Horizon 2020.
He said he favored partnerships between the city and the school district to cut costs and put services where the people were.
Erv Hodges
Erv Hodges is a retired businessman and Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps who is running for re-election to the commission.
Hodges said he supported the completion of the city transportation system.
He voted to reduce the number of unrelated people who could live together to three. Hodges said he supported landlord registration and registration of homes in neighborhoods
Hodges: schools should double as community centers
zoned for single families as a way to revitalize older neighborhoods. Hodges said the city should provide branch libraries in schools around the city that lack
the money to provide a wide selection of books. He said he would support mobile book vans to visit those schools.
He said that the Planning Commission had brought more land into the city through annexation than he thought was necessary but that the commission did good work.
Hodges said schools should double as community centers and recreational centers to pool city and school board resources.
Hodges said the city should expand and improve 31st Street because it was a main thoroughfare in south Lawrence.
This information was compiled with the help of the Student Legislative Awareness Board.
— Edited by Leita Schultes
Police search for missing student
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Pool said. "Her car is there.
Everything is there except her and her keys to her apartment and car."
Richard Gostautas, a graduate student in civil engineering, said he knew Cayce through his fiancée, Dawn Roberts. He sent an e-mail to John Gaunt, dean of architecture, yesterday asking him to send a message to the school listserv in case anyone knew Cayce's whereabouts.
Roberts, Overland Park junior, said Cayce had lived with her during the summer. She said Cayce had no concerns about living on her own.
"She likited it to be quiet to study," Roberts said. "The thing that really worries me about her is that she would go on walks late at night by herself."
She said Cayce usually walked to Marvin Hall, the last place friends and family think she went.
Hubbel said police would investigate the case, talking to friends and neighbors and checking on Cayee's mail and phone records as well working with the KU Public Safety Office to check the computer in Marvin Hall. He said the case would be assigned to the detective division today.
Anyone with information can call crime stoppers at 843-TIPS.
Edited by Courtney Craigmile
Students hit streets to help city
By Sarah Smarsh writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The Center for Community Outreach hopes to gain student volunteers this week for its third annual Into the
The philanthropic project, an assort
ment of events in support of community issues such as hunger, homelessness and illiteracy, is intended to reveal societal issues to students — and inspire action
Streets Week.
"It's to introduce students to thoughtful community service, like understanding why there are homeless in Lawrence." Cline said.
Mellissa Cline, co-coordinator of the event, said CCO's main goal was not simply to offer volunteer opportunities but to educate students about the issues.
She said one of the best aspects of the event was its inclusiveness, drawing assistance from many types of students.
Courtney Smith, a Topeka freshman and regular volunteer for CCO's Intergenerational Program, played frisbee with the residents. She said her goal was to brighten an elderly person's day.
Into the Streets Week began Saturday with the Intergenerational Party at Brandon Woods Retirement Community, 1501 Inverness Drive. Volunteers threw a Hawaiian party, complete with leis and a barbecue, for elderly residents.
Throughout the week, volunteers plan to become involved in the lives of children, battered women and the homeless community. They will plant flowers, read to children, hold a soup sale and write letters to government officials.
"I hope when I'm older, there will be people who care and want to be involved in my life." Smith said.
The week will conclude this Saturday with a new event, the 5K Run/Walk, to benefit the Heartland Community Free Medical Clinic, 619 Vermont.
Edited by Leita Schultes
INTO THE STREETS WEEK
Today GROW Garden Project, 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence, 1520 Haskell
Ave. Focus on environmental issues by helping
create a flower bed and build a compost bin.
Tomorrow; Read-Outs, 9 to 11 a.m. — KU professors and coaches will read to children at the Hilltop Child Development Center. 3:30 to 5 p.m. Students will read at the Ballard Community Center, 708 Elm St. Diversity Dialogue, 7 to 9 p.m., Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. The event, co-sponsored by the Multicultural Resource Center, encourages students to explore diversity issues through discussion.
■ Wednesday: Empty Bowls Luncheon, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Stupper-Flint Lawn, Buy a ceramic soup bowl, painted by volunteers at Sunfire Ceramics, for $8 to benefit Jubilee Cafe. Clothesline Project, 11 a.m. to 3 p., Stupper-Flint Lawn. Sexual assault and domestic violence survivors will display T-shirts designed to express their feelings.
■ Thursday; Write-A-Thon, 3 to 5 p.m., fourth floor of Kansas Union. Write to government officials about justice issues. Mural Project, 3 to 9 p.m., United Way, 2518 Ridge Court. Help paint a mural on a United Way building wall.
Saturday: 5K Run/Walk, 9 a.m., Used Center parking lot. Enter for $15 and walk for the Heartland Community Free Medical Clinic.
Friday: Hameless Sleepout, B p.m., Burcham Park, Second and Indiana Streets. Brave a night of cold to support homeless issues.
To volunteer, contact Melissa Cline or Maureen
Soferwithin at 864-4073.
KU PRE-LAW SOCIETY
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Big 12 Room Kansas Union
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TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2001
8:00PM
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Bridget Jones's Diary
Free Preview: Blow April 4, 8 pm
Free Preview: Bridget Jones's Diary April 3, 7 pm.
Oh Brother, Where Are Thou? April 4,10 pm April 6 and 7,7 and 9:30 pm
Tunes at Noon Friday, April 6 noon to 1 pm Kansas Union Plaza
Bruce Humphries Everything I learned in Graduate School Resulted In a Big Head Mar 26 to April 12, Kansas Union Gallery, 4th floor, Kansas Union
All movies at Woodruff Auditorium, 5th floor of the Kansas Union. Tickets/Movie passes sold half an hour before movie times, in front of Woodruff. Preview vouchers are free and are passed out the day of the event at the SUA Box Office.
The SUA Box Office is located at the 4th floor of the Kansas Union. Please call 864-SHOW for more information, or visit www.ukans.edu/~sua.
The International Film Series
Ceux qui m'Aiment Prendront la Train
Monday, April 2, 7 pm
Woodruff Auditorium, $ 2.00
Brown Bag Classics
Wednesday, April 4, 12:30 pm
Alderson Auditorium
Featuring Julie Mealiff, Piano
Bring your luch, drinks are pro
Afternoon Tea Thursday, April 5, 3-5 pm, Traditions Area Free tea, sweets and conversation