Lawrence Journal-World 08-03-2016

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Wednesday • August 3 • 2016

CITY COMMISSION

PRIMARY ELECTIONS

Budget, .53 mill tax hike approved

COUNTY COMMISSION

Chahine, Derusseau, win races in 3rd District BY ELVYN JONES • ejones@ljworld.com

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Bassem Chahine:

1,104 VOTES Jim Weaver:

944 VOTES

emocrat Bassem Chahine and Republican Michelle Derusseau will vie in November for the 3rd District Douglas County Commission seat after prevailing Tuesday in their respective primaries. Derusseau, of Lawrence, led against Jim Denney throughout the night as votes from the 39 west Lawrence and western Douglas County precincts in the 3rd District were tallied in the Douglas County Courthouse. Derusseau, who is active in a number of Lawrence community service agencies and law enforcement support organizations, earned 56.3 percent of the vote in defeating Denney, a former University of Kansas director of security, 1,312-1,018. Lawrence businessman Chahine earned 53.9 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, defeating Jim Weaver, of rural Lecompton, 1,104-944. > COUNTY, 5A

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Auditor, arts director positions retained; library funds granted Michelle Derusseau:

1,312 VOTES Jim Denney:

1,018 VOTES

KANSAS LEGISLATURE

Ballard, Sloan coast; O’Brien loses to moderate opponent Sam Brownback, trailed her more moderate challengLawrence Reps. er, a former school Barbara Ballard superintendent, by and Tom Sloan 66 votes, 48-52 percoasted cent, the to easy unofficial primary returns victories Inside, 5A showed. Tuesday l Conservatives O’Brien n i g h t , lose a number of r e p r e while un- key races. s e n t s official the 42nd returns H o u s e showed that Rep. District, which Connie O’Brien of includes parts of Tonganoxie had Leavenworth and lost to challenger Douglas Counties, Jim Karleskint. including the city O’Brien, a con- of Eudora. servative ally of Republican Gov. > LEGISLATORS, 5A By Peter Hancock

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By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday saved a few jobs, raised the property tax rate a bit, and learned the Lawrence Public Library has more legal muscle than once thought. Commissioners at their meeting unanimously approved an approximately $240 million budget that increases the property tax rate by 0.53 mills. The property rate increase will cost the owner of an average $170,000 home about an extra $10 per year in city property taxes. “This is a compromise budget,” City Commissioner Stuart Boley said. “Sometimes compromise is seen as a bad thing, but I see it as a coming together of the community. This budget provides structural balance.” Commissioners resisted calls by some members of the public to dip into city reserve funds to pay for items. Instead, they raised the property tax rate.

> BUDGET, 2A John Young/Journal-World Photo

BARBARA BALLARD VISITS WITH TOM SLOAN while waiting for election results on Tuesday evening at the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St.

42ND DISTRICT

Connie Jim Karleskint: O’Brien:

52% of48% the vote

of the vote

45TH DISTRICT

44TH DISTRICT

Jeremy Pierce:

Barbara Steven Ballard: Davis:

of the vote of the vote

of the vote of the vote

Tom Sloan:

70% 30%

82% 18%

This is a compromise budget. Sometimes compromise is seen as a bad thing, but I see it as a coming together of the community.” — City Commissioner Stuart Boley

CONGRESS

U.S. Rep. Huelskamp ousted by physician challenger By Roxana Hegeman and John Hanna Associated Press

Hutchinson — A doctor backed by agriculture and business groups ousted U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp Tuesday in a Kansas Republican primary race that focused on the tea party-backed incum-

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bent’s battles with GOP leaders and criticism that he was too cantankerous to be effective. Great Bend obstetrician Roger Marshall won the tough contest against Huelskamp in the 1st District, which spans western and much of central Kansas. Huelskamp is one of only a handful

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of House members to be ousted in this year’s primary season. Rep. Renee Ellmers fell to fellow North Carolina GOP Rep. George Holding, and Virginia Republican Rep. Randy Forbes also lost, victims of

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