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City seeks further review of rental inspections By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
A plan to conduct safety inspections of thousands of rental units across Lawrence is still moving forward at City Hall, but not before the plan gets a more detailed inspection of its own.
A majority of city commissioners on Tuesday said they still were interested in creating a new rental registration and licensing program for all 18,000 rental units in the city, but first they directed staff members to further review the proposed ordinance and per-
haps trim the list of possible violations a landlord could be cited for. “I’m looking forward to trying to improve the housing stock in town,” Mayor Mike Dever said. “I feel like these inspections, though, really need to be about life safety issues.”
The list of violations landlords could be cited for includes a host of major life safety violations but also more minor issues such as dirty furnace filters, broken light switch covers and poorly fitted doors. The proposed ordinance drew nearly an hour’s worth
of public comment, including from landlords who raised concerns ranging from costs to civil rights issues. “We’re going to see rent increases as a result of this,” said Brandy Sutton, a Lawrence attorney who has repPlease see CITY, page 8A
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THREE-YEAR-OLD MAX LARRICK AND HIS LHASA APSO, McMuffin, are pulled Tuesday on a wagon tour to the Kansas River trail by Max’s dad, Cody Larrick, of Lawrence.
Band Day parade punted this year By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
Everybody loves a parade, except, apparently, the television network executives who set the kickoff times for Kansas University football games. KU officials confirmed Tuesday that they have canceled the annual Band Day parade through downtown Lawrence, which was set for Sept. 21, because of an early start time for KU’s football game that day against Louisiana Tech. “We’re very disappointed,” said Sharon Toulouse, assistant director of bands for KU. “We would love to
do the parade, if we could.” Toulouse stressed that the traditional Band Day performance during the halftime of the Sept. 21 football game will continue, but the parade was scrapped after the announcement was made the football game would kick off at 11 a.m. Toulouse said the early start time for the ballgame doesn’t leave enough time for the bands to conduct onfield practice for the halftime show and to arrive in downtown Lawrence for a pregame parade. Toulouse said it was determined that the only way to fit both events in
— Reporter Ben Unglesbee can be reached at 832-7173.
KU Endowment breaks record for fundraising By Ben Unglesbee bunglesbee@ljworld.com
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MEMBERS OF THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY BAND march down
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Renters, beware: Real estate scam resurfaces A HOUSE at 803 Moundridge Drive has been the subject of an old Craigslist scam, where people who don’t own the property post that it’s for rent online, tricking unwitting renters into wiring money for a deposit. A note has been posted on the front door to warn people of the scam.
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Please don’t try to rent this house on Moundridge Drive. It’s a nice house, sure. And it certainly sounds like a rare deal: a 1,290 squarefoot home, with two beds and two baths, advertised to rent for $500 per month. It sounds too good to be true. That’s because it is. The house is for sale, not for rent, and the online listings offering the house for that $500 monthly rent are bogus, operated by an anon-
ymous con artist who might be in California or Siberia, for all the authorities know. Some prospective renters have already been cheated out of a $250 deposit that they will never get back, while the actual owners, neighbors and real estate agent have been driven to distraction by all of the misled house hunters who have stopped by to peer through the windows. It’s an old scam, but it still works today much as it has for several years. A scammer “scrapes” the informa-
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The KU Endowment announced Tuesday that total donations for fiscal year 2013 were $174.2 million, an 11 percent increase over last year’s total of $156.5 million and a record for the association. The year’s fundraising marks the sixth in a row that the endowment has broken a record made by the previous year’s fundraising The funds, given by KU Endowment alumni, businesses, President Dale foundations and other Seuferling university support- credits the ers, will go to pay for university itself scholarships, profes- with driving sorships, facilities, the fundraising research and other success. programs at Kansas University and Kansas University Hospital. Along with big ticket items, funds also go toward funding student travel, field trips, fees for lecturers, research equipment and other expenses. Please see FUNDS, page 7A
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Kansas University pushed ahead by a few nose lengths in the 2014 U.S. News and World Report rankings of the best public universities. KU announced Tuesday that it had moved to the 47th spot in the rankings, up from the 51st spot in last year’s list. This year the university shared the 47th spot with Iowa State, North Carolina State, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Oklahoma and University of Tennessee. In rankings for national universities, KU was in an eight-way tie for 101st, up from 106th in last year’s list, according to U.S. News and World Report spokesperson Lucy Lyons. KU remains the top-ranked university in the state. The rankings are based on the high school performance of students who attend, graduation rates and other data. U.S. News and World Report recently tweaked their methodology to give more weight to graduation rates over colleges’ selectivity in their admissions.
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Pumpkin permit The owners of a pumpkin farm in southeast Douglas County are seeking a permit to host events this fall that are each expected to draw more than 100 visitors at a time. Page 3A
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