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City eyes $1M loan guarantee for broadband project By Chad Lawhorn @clawhorn_ljw

The broadband battle in Lawrence is heating up. At their meeting this evening, city commissioners will consider providing a $1 million loan guarantee and other financial incentives to Lawrence-based Wicked Broadband to bring

Decision in Wicked’s favor could cause other provider to scrap plans the same super-fast Internet service to downtown and East Lawrence that Google Fiber is bringing to Kansas City. At the same time, a Baldwin City-based firm is seeking new agreements with Lawrence City Hall that

would pave the way for it to bring gigabit Internet service to Lawrence, but the leader of that company said he’ll likely scrap his plans for Lawrence if the City Commission provides the requested incentives to Wicked Broadband.

“As a private provider, there is no way I can compete with the financial backing of any municipality,” said Mike Bosch, CEO of RG Fiber, which is in the process of bringing high-speed Internet service to Baldwin City.

Lawrence residents, meanwhile, appear torn on whether the prospect of high-speed Internet, which will allow for everything from greater video streaming to high-tech business Please see CITY, page 2A

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The long view of Lawrence

Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo

A SKY FULL OF CUMULUS CLOUDS HOVERS OVER DOUGLAS COUNTY as seen looking north Monday from Wells Overlook. At left, U.S. Highway 59 is visible, and in the distance at center is Mount Oread and the Kansas University campus.

‘Shark Tank’-style Town Talk School volunteer appointed as seventh member of board business event coming to town By Elliot Hughes

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e’ve been telling you that Lawrence is working harder to become a capital for innovation-based businesses. Well, did I sure get a lesson in innovation this weekend. I went to the Kansas State Fair, where innovation is almost everywhere you turn. I saw a canoe made out of scraps from a wooden fence, I saw intricate figurines made out pis-

tachio shells, and I saw a “one-man band” complete with cymbals on his head, a base drum on his back, bells on his shoes and a harmonica hanging from his hat. I also saw an old man on an electric scooter nearly run over the one-man band. Fear not, I’m confident he would have kept playing, but he probably would have sounded a little flat. (If I had a cymbal on my head, this is the point at

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The Lawrence school board appointed Marcel Harmon, an active volunclawhorn@ljworld.com teer on the local school scene, as the board’s sevwhich I would provide a enth member Monday. Harmon was chosen rim shot.) from among 14 applicants Regardless, you don’t to replace Adina Morse, have to go to the state fair to see innovation on who resigned in August to serve as the executive display. I can’t promise director of the Lawrence pistachio shells, but a Foundation, unique innovation-based Schools Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo which provides funding LAWRENCE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Rick Doll, left, shakes event is slated for the Lawrence Public Library for the district. Harmon, 46, works for the hand of Marcel Harmon, chosen Monday evening to fill an empty seat on the school board. Please see SHARK, page 2A

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A man connected to Sunday’s Topeka police officer killing was supposed to be sentenced in another case Friday in Douglas County but didn’t show. Page 3A

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