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Council will discuss its right to take your property |
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Written by Dwight Jurgens
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Nov 29, 2005 at 12:18 AM |
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By Dwight Jurgens HUTCHINSON -- All eyes – well, OK, very few, if history is any indication – will be on the Hutchinson City Council this morning as it discusses the concept of forcing property owners to sell what they own in the name of economic development. It's one of several agenda items on this morning's city council meeting, scheduled for 9 a.m. The eminent domain issue centers on the Wiley Building at Main and First Streets in downtown Hutchinson. In the past some members of the council have indicated they would like to take the title away from the present owner and hand it over to another private developer who would, in turn, clean it up, bring it in compliance with local fire and safety codes and construct high-end apartments. Local economic development forces support the plan as part of an overall effort to make downtown more attractive to residents and shoppers. Write Comment (0 comments) |
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On Morris and McCarville and Donner and Blitzen |
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Written by Dwight Jurgens
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Nov 26, 2005 at 09:19 AM |
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Opinion & Editorial
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Written by Duncan Cover
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Nov 23, 2005 at 09:16 AM |
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By Duncan Cover
I had mixed feelings upon learning of the upcoming retirement of Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder.
As college coaches go, Snyder was one of the best. He took a program that had perennially been ranked as one of the worst in the nation and turned it into a winner. And for that, he deserves all of the praise that is sure to come his way.
But, as I wrote in an earlier piece about Air Force Coach Fisher DeBerry, we all tend to judge people based on the way they treat us. And Snyder may have been the most cantankerous, disagreeable old cuss ever to step before a bank of microphones.
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No More Taxpayer Money for Underground Salt Mine Museum |
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Opinion & Editorial
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Written by Dan Deming
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Nov 23, 2005 at 12:05 PM |
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By Dan Deming HUTCHINSON, KS. -- Those STAR bonds that seem destined for final approval at city hall and with the State Department of Commerce present both an opportunity to finish the long-stalled financing of Hutchinson's Underground Salt Mine Museum and a potential challenge for city and possibly county taxpayers. Few can argue the benefits of accessing $5 for every $1 in local sales tax revenue in an east side district that consists of 11 restaurants, five hotels, four retail stores and some vacant land ... all between 11th and 17th along the K-61/Lorraine Street corridor. Write Comment (0 comments) |
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