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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I would say that the sprawl question
does indeed involve the County Commission. First, it's their
agricultural or natural lands that are being degraded, and
secondly, the County Commission must vote to allow their land to
be annexed into the City.<br>
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Michael<br>
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On 07/13/2018 09:00 AM, Dustin Stumblingbear via Electronic-lan
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<div dir="auto">The sprawl question seems more in line with a
city commission race versus a county commission or state house
race. Douglas County has multiple municipalities that
determine their own standards for expansion. The county limits
are not going to expand any time soon. </div>
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<div dir="auto">If we are going to send questions to a group
called the “Voter Education Coalition” might it be a wise move
to keep questions focused on what the candidates will face as
elected officials in a particular office. Throwing in unrelated
questions to the policy that would be formed at the various
levels of government serves only to confuse and misinform
citizens rather than intelligently inform them. Which I see as a
direct contradiction to the mission statement of the VEC. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Are we knowledgeable citizens who want our fellow
citizens to be intelligently informed?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Perhaps a rewording of the question would be more
ideal, Do you see urban sprawl as beneficial or detrimental to
expanding the tax base of the local area and why?</div>
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<div dir="auto">How do you see continued urban sprawl impacting
the needs of the county government in the next 4 or 8 years? </div>
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<div dir="auto">Other rewrites are possible but let us make sure
the questions are focused on the actual seat being discussed as
opposed to distractions and red herrings. Our community has
endured enough of that ignorance these last few years. We can
and should seek to do better. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 8:29 PM Carol Bowen via
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<div dir="auto">Like this question. </div>
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<div id="m_-2394880527554123011AppleMailSignature">~ Carol</div>
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On Jul 11, 2018, at 2:51 PM, Richard Heckler via
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<div> On Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 5:55:24 PM CDT,
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<p
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and all –</p>
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<p
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the forum on <b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt">Douglas
County Commission <u>Democratic
Primary</u></span></b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt">, District
1<br clear="none">
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<p
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update to Horizon 2020 calls for
discouraging sprawl by redirecting
growth of real estate development away
from the perimeter of Lawrence and
toward more intensive use of existing
vacant land which will help to
revitalize older neighborhoods. Such
a plan will only work if the County
Commission is willing to say “No” to
development proposals in the urban
growth perimeter of Lawrence,
redirecting that development back into
the city.</p>
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<p
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a County Commissioner, will you be
willing to support this plan and make
it work?</p>
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<p
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the best,</p>
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<p
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<p
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and Jeannie McClure<br clear="none">
707 Tennessee Street<br clear="none">
Lawrence, Kansas 66044-2369<br
clear="none">
785.842.8968<br clear="none">
<a
href="mailto:mcclurefamily@sbcglobal.net"
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style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From:
</b><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect"
href="mailto:electronic-lan@lists.ku.edu" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Melinda
via Electronic-lan</a><br
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<b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 10,
2018 2:58 PM<br clear="none">
<b>To: </b><a rel="nofollow"
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target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">LAN Email
List</a><br clear="none">
<b>Subject: </b>[Electronic-lan]
Candidate Forums this weekend...do
you have anyquestions for the
candidates?</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Please
share with your neighborhoods.
Thank you.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">The
Voter Education Coalition is
hosting three candidate forums for
the upcoming primary election,
which is August 7th. Information
has been shared to the LAN
Facebook page, and details also
follow below. If you have any
questions you'd like to submit to
be considered for a forum, please
email them to: <a rel="nofollow"
shape="rect"
href="mailto:vecdgks@gmail.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">vecdgks@gmail.com</a>
as soon as possible. Candidates
participating in the forums are
only for elections in which a
primary is required. All forums
will be held at City Hall in the
commission chambers. Additional
candidate information can be found
on the VEC Facebook page: <a
rel="nofollow" shape="rect"
href="https://www.facebook.com/vecdgks/"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.facebook.com/vecdgks/</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Details:</span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:13.5pt">VEC
Candidate Forum: <b>State House <u>Republican</u></b>
Primary Candidates<br clear="none">
Saturday, July 14 at 3 PM - 4:30
PM<br clear="none">
House Republican candidates: (HD =
House District)<br clear="none">
Jim Karleskint (HD42)<br
clear="none">
Lance Neelly (HD42)<br
clear="none">
Cynthia Smith (HD45)<br
clear="none">
Ronald Thacker (HD45)</span> </p>
<p
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style="font-size:13.5pt">Maps of
the districts can be found here:</span></p>
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style="font-size:13.5pt"><a
rel="nofollow" shape="rect"
href="http://kslegislature.org/li/m/pdf/district_maps/district_map_h_042.pdf"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://kslegislature.org/li/m/pdf/district_maps/district_map_h_042.pdf</a></span></p>
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style="font-size:13.5pt"><a
rel="nofollow" shape="rect"
href="http://kslegislature.org/li/m/pdf/district_maps/district_map_h_045.pdf"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://kslegislature.org/li/m/pdf/district_maps/district_map_h_045.pdf</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">VEC
Candidate Forum: <b>State House <u>Democratic</u></b>
Primary Candidates<br clear="none">
Saturday, July 14 at 5 PM - 6:30
PM (HD=House District)<br
clear="none">
House Democratic candidates:<br
clear="none">
Mike Amyx (HD45)<br clear="none">
Steven X. Davis (HD45)<br
clear="none">
Aidan Loveland Koster (HD45)<br
clear="none">
Boog Highberger (HD46)<br
clear="none">
Ben Ferlo (HD 46) <i>Unable to
attend forum<br clear="none">
(Please be advised that this
race does not have any
Republican candidates, so the
primary election will decide the
winner of this race, unless an
Independent Nomination Petition
is received by noon on August
6th.)</i></span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:13.5pt">Maps of
the districts can be found here:</span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:13.5pt"><a
rel="nofollow" shape="rect"
href="http://kslegislature.org/li/m/pdf/district_maps/district_map_h_042.pdf"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://kslegislature.org/li/m/pdf/district_maps/district_map_h_045.pdf</a></span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:13.5pt"><a
rel="nofollow" shape="rect"
href="http://kslegislature.org/li/m/pdf/district_maps/district_map_h_045.pdf"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://kslegislature.org/li/m/pdf/district_maps/district_map_h_046.pdf</a></span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:13.5pt">VEC
Candidate Forum: <b>Douglas
County Commission <u>Democratic
Primary</u></b>, District 1<br
clear="none">
Sunday, July 15 at 3 PM - 4:30 PM<br
clear="none">
Douglas County Commission District
1 Democratic candidates:<br
clear="none">
Patrick Kelly<br clear="none">
John Magnuson<br clear="none">
Leslie Soden<i><br clear="none">
(Please be advised that this
race does not have any
Republican candidates, so the
primary election will decide the
winner of this race, unless an
Independent Nomination Petition
is received by noon on August
6th.)</i></span></p>
<p
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style="font-size:13.5pt">A map of
the district can be found here: </span></p>
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style="font-size:13.5pt"><a
rel="nofollow" shape="rect"
href="http://kslegislature.org/li/m/pdf/district_maps/district_map_h_045.pdf"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.douglascountyks.org/sites/default/files/media/depts/voting-and-elections/pdf/county-commission-district-map-lawrence.pdf</a></span></p>
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