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hometownlawrence .com Interactive map allows residen ts to track building permit act ivity JUNE 20, 2014
permit was issued. “The more information people have the better,� hose wanting easy said Kurt Schroeder, access to current assistant director building permits of Planning and in their neighborhood Development Services and throughout the . “We want to make sure community can now that neighborhoods consult an online, interactive map provided continue to be nice and continue to be safe.� by the City of Lawrenc e’s The city issues Development Services approximately 2,000 Division. This new building permits yearly interactive map, which for new construction, can be found at The city of Lawrence’s Developme demolition, remodeling, www.lawrenceks.org/ nt Services Division’s interactive can be found at www.lawrenceks.org/ map addition s, repairs and pds/building-permits/ pds/building-permits/map accessory buildings such map, allows the user in an area or at a specific to as sheds, decks and know about construction. view current building location. pools, said Schroeder. Sometimes contractors permit information “People are curious Each will call us if they see week Schroeder’s at specific addresses, about what is happeni ng something without office fields an average including the contract a in their backyards,� said or, of 12 to 15 calls from permit that probably a description of the Schroeder. “We get calls people inquiring about needs one. Now, anyone project and when the from neighborhood building permit activity can go online and find associations wanting to general information
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about active building permit projects.� In addition to information on current building permits, this interactive map has a “Citizen Access� link that allows the user to look up a specific property address and see a record of all permits issued at the location — both active and closed — since October 2003. Schroeder said that the information provided through the Citizen Access link of the interactive map could be useful to both realtors and potential home buyers because it helps ensure the integrity and safety of any work that has been done to a house
over the last 10 years. “If there was work done on a home, it should be there,� said Schroeder “If not, this might raise a red flag because this means the work was not inspecte d. This could mean that somebody who isn’t licensed installed something. There could be an addition to the home that looks good today, but after 5 years, the footings may be sinking.�
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Borrowing $675M reignites fierce economic debate
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Pristine home in the Villas at Alvamar and main level living. You’ll love the ! Open floor plan, granite kitchen counters and jetted tub. Large living spaces enclosed lanai and the deck. Walk-in shower and a huge unfinished basement The oversized wet bar in the basemen for storage. care, snow removal, access to the t is great for entertaining. HOA covers lawn of the home. Easy access to I-70, club house and some of the exterior maintenance the new Rock Chalk Park and City Rec Center.
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By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
Topeka — Gov. Sam Brownback and legislative leaders on Thursday approved borrowing $675 million from idle funds to shore up the state general fund over the next fiscal year, setting off a sharp political debate over the direction of the state’s fiscal condition and economy. That amount is more than double the $300 million in
“certificates of indebtedness� the state issued for the current fiscal year, which ends LEGISLATURE June 30. And it is closer to the record $775 million borrowed in fiscal year 2009 during the Kathleen Sebelius administration, just after the beginning of the Great Recession. Please see FUNDS, page 6A
Kansas to allow concealed guns in Statehouse
Demetrio brand tequila is one of several ventures for Marion Mariathasan, above, and his brother. By Stephen Montemayor Twitter: @smontemayor
Each bottle of tequila sold outside of Mexico bears the inscription of two cities’ names. The first is from the Mexican state of Jalisco, the only place where the spirit can be produced per Mexican law. The second is the location of the importer who brought the bottle across the border. Three bottles produced by a young brand called Demetrio now bear Lawrence’s name.
By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
Legislative leaders on Thursday tacitly agreed to allow people with permits to carry concealed handguns into the Statehouse. The Legislative Coordinating Council — a group of Republican and Democratic leaders from both chambers — met Thursday and, by not taking action to prohibit concealed weapons in the building, according to a law passed
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in 2013, the group effectively agreed to allow them. “Those who carry concealed, they feel like that’s an enhanced Wagle measure for the safety of everyone, and we agree with that,� said Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita. “There will be no Please see GUNS, page 2A
Lawrence artist’s work acquired by Metropolitan Museum of Art Lawrence artist now has a per-
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guished professor in 2004, has gained
manent and sizable presence
Masterprint No. 6 through Ori-
international recognition for his art that tells
in New York’s famed Metropolitan
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of the experiences of Japanese-Americans.
Museum of Art.
were hand-printed by Shimomu-
As a young boy during parts of World War II,
Twenty screen prints by Lawrence artist Roger Shimomura recently “Oriental Masterprint No. 15� by Roger Shimomura
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studio from 1974 to 1976.
family were confined to work camps for
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The first-degree murder trial originally set for August for Sarah Gonzales McLinn has now been moved to January. Page 3A
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