Lawrence Journal-World 01-30-2017

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Sidewalk inspections to start prior to repair policy draft By Rochelle Valverde

A MAP DEPICTING EIGHT ZONES into which City of Lawrence staff has divided sidewalks for inspection.

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The City of Lawrence is starting its first round of sidewalk inspections in preparation for what is likely to be a lively debate on how the repairs will be enforced. As part of a push to enforce the city’s longstanding sidewalk repair policy, which puts the responsibility for repairing sidewalks

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on the adjacent property owner, city inspectors will begin marking deficient sidewalks and inputting their condition into a city database today. “They’ll just walk and when they find a defect, they’ll document that defect and take a picture of it,” said Mark Thiel, assistant public works director. “And it all gets done through our Geographical Information System, so it’s in real time.”

Any further action, such as sending notices to property owners, is contingent upon the City Commission’s pending decision on exactly how it would like the policy to be enforced. Several ideas have been proposed, including a loan and/or grant program to cover repairs for low-income residents. Some commissioners have also said they are

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‘UNHEARD’ Justice Matters vows to take on issues including overincarceration, racism BY ELVYN JONES

Lechtenberg, Justice Matters recording secretary. “But by comejones@ljworld.com ing together as a large group of people — and s it looks to there were more than its fourth year 1,700 of us at the Lied since its formaCenter at our founding tion, the Lawconvention — we can rence interfaith make a difference.” group Justice Matters Since its founding in points to victories won 2014, the group of 22 through its mobilizaLawrence congregations tion of “people power” with 10,000 members and vows to carry on has scored successes in the fight for advances the three action issues on local issues its mem- selected during its first bers have identified. year: expanding local “None of us as mental health services, individuals or as affordable housing and faith groups have the child welfare, Lechteninfluence, the clout or berg said. It has since the money to really affect change,” said Pat > JUSTICE, 2A l l l

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JUSTICE MATTERS HAS TAKEN ON THE ISSUES OF access to mental health services, affordable housing, childhood welfare, overincarceration and racism since it was founded in 2014. From left, the interfaith group’s executive committee is: bottom row, Judy K. Lewis, Brent H. Hoffman, Justin Jenkins; back row, Verdell Taylor Jr., Pat Lechtenberg, Kathy Williams, Eric Galbreath, Mary Newberg Gale and Ted Moser.

Trump’s presidency both unites and divides women in Kansas child care and a host of other issues, which many activists say are under threat in the new Trump administration. At the same time, however, Trump’s presidency is also highlighting a sharp division that has existed for years among many politically active women over one of the most contentious political issues of modern times: abortion, which was the focus of a huge march Friday in Washington.

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Topeka — Donald Trump’s presidency has galvanized women’s political groups in Kansas like nothing ever before, leaders of those organizations say. That was evident on Jan. 21, when women’s groups staged massive marches in Washington, D.C., and cities across America, including Topeka, to voice support for equal pay, affordable

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ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS RALLIED at the south steps of the Kansas Statehouse last Monday to mark the 44th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Roe vs. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. Some have said the issue of abortion is dividing politically active women who otherwise agree about many topics.

In fact, one Texasbased group called New Wave Feminists claimed last week that it was excluded from the women’s march because of its stance against abortion. Elise Higgins, who lobbies in Topeka for Planned Parenthood Great Plains, said that was not the case in Kansas. But she did not deny the division exists. “I am not aware of any restrictions on

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