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Residents likely will be asked to approve tax increase to fund $30 million project By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
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MELISSA FRANKLIN, 34, AND HER MOTHER, SUE ZUPANCIC, share a moment at Cottonwood Inc. in Lawrence, where Melissa works. Melissa and Sue went to Washington, D.C., recently to meet with lawmakers about workplace issues that disabled Americans encounter. In the top photo, Melissa assembles cargo straps at her job at Cottonwood.
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elissa Franklin always has a lot going on. In the coming weeks there’s sand art class, rumba, a nutrition class, regular meetings of a group that gathers for coffee, socializing and dancing. There’s also a
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trip to the state fair in Hutchinson, a performance of “Mary Poppins” in Topeka, and recently there was the vacation to Branson, Mo., and the trip to Washington, D.C. Of course, the 34-yearold Franklin is like the rest of us, too. Rise and
shine each morning to get to work by 8 a.m. for her shift at a production center. But of all the activities that fill Melissa’s calendar, there is one that stands out to her mother. Please see ADVOCATE, page 2A
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Voters will face a lot of questions in November, ranging from their preference for governor to who ought to fill local posts such as county commissioner. But at Lawrence City Hall there’s one question bigger than all others: Is there one more check in the public’s checkbook? The city is likely to ask voters in November to approve a tax increase to fund a new $30 million police headquarters. Commissioners find themselves in a position a bit like that of the ever-returning CITY offspring who keeps asking his parents for one more in- COMMISSION fusion of cash. In 2010, voters approved $18 million and a property tax increase for an expanded library. Last year commissioners approved $22.5 million in spending for a city recreation center and the Rock Chalk Park sports complex. Several commissioners acknowledge they are concerned that some taxpayers may be growing weary.
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