Douglas County

Yes, it is.

And so if you're in Douglas County, you can go during the week, workday hours and beyond till 6 p.m. this week.

And then the week before the election, the Douglas County election office is open till 7 p.m. And then on Monday, the day of Monday, November 2nd in the morning.

So anybody can go in and just get her done.

So thanks for listening.

This is the consequences of a long history and very disconcerting.

And one of the things, and we'll talk a little bit about Horizon Tour Plan 2040 with a landmark nomination, but one of the items in our comprehensive plan for Lawrence and unincorporated areas of Douglas County is to try to look at, identify, and implement programs of financial assistance for properties that are needing some types of aid.

And we're going into it tonight because we have a super long agenda.

But there is a housing bill that passed at a national level that is also looking at some of what many of us think are the answer to affordable housing as far as reusing historic building stock from the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, but giving those property owners opportunities through help with financing for upgrades to the property for energy code or repairs that need to be done or accessibility items.

So when it gets sold or however that works, those funds can be recouped.

Because, again, my other legal question is why this property did not have a foreclosure, what do you call it, a foreclosure lawsuit?

Well, and you would need to work with Douglas County, the appraiser's office on that, but they do try to work as hard as they can with people, and that's not an immediate.

You miss it one time, you're on the tax sale.

people are migrating from rural areas to the city all the time.

Why Douglas County? Around here, the loss is more than 10% in enrollment, and Lawrence is the biggest town in Douglas County.

Why? What don't I know about what's going on in Douglas County? Because in our area, other than Atchison, that's where the biggest drop is.

The lowest drop is obviously in Johnson County.

913-586-7780.

You can't stand living in Douglas County anymore? Is KU firing people? I don't know.

Well, so that's part of my wonder is, is there something happening at KU?

Yeah.

Members of the public will be limited to three minutes for comments.

And our work session is from our fine Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health on Tobacco Retail Licensing Program.

Jonathan?

All right.

Morning, Commission.

While we get this pulled up here, um, as mayor said, my name is Jonathan Smith.

I'm the executive director at Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health.

Um, because there's no I in team, I'm not here by myself.

Brittany Jones from the Kansas Family Voice will join us here in a few minutes to bring us the latest.

While we've all been enjoying the cooler weather, up in Douglas County, the liberal bastion up there in Lawrence, a judge has been hearing arguments over Senate Bill 244.

That's the restroom bill.

You know, it says the trannies can't get, you know, you got to go to the one that actually matches your gender, your violent, you know, science.

Turn off their attack ads, reject their fake narratives, and remember the truth.

Adam Hamilton is entirely, unequivocally unfit for office.

We'll take a quick break, and then when we come back, Brittany Jones from Kansas Family Voice will bring us the latest from Douglas County, where a judge is hearing arguments over Senate Bill 244, which regulates restroom use on government property and gender markers on state identification documents.

Just where we want this case to be held, Lawrence, Kansas.

From the

heart of the country in Douglas County, Kansas, this is View from 100, a behind-the-scenes look at law enforcement, community, and the stories that shape our county.

It's an honor and a privilege to serve not just the community, but my community.

I mean, I was born and raised here.

But today I have a very special guest, somebody I think has a lot of very good answers to a lot of weird questions that I've had over my time, so I know everybody else will too.

But I've got Sarah Plinsky here with me, born and raised LFK-er.

And she's going to tell us what we need to know and don't know or should know about what a county administrator does, especially the one here in Douglas County.

So thank you so much for coming.

Donald Trump's attacks on postal voting are failing, but he has other ways to snarl the midterm elections.

Jamie Hsu, the chief election officer in Douglas County, Kansas, took queries recently from anxious counterparts in other countries, in other counties.

Did he have a barcode guy? His is the only county out of 105 in Kansas that prints unique barcodes on all postal ballot envelopes.

That put him in compliance with a rule issued last month by the United States Postal Service, the USPS.

Welcome everyone to the September 21st Douglas County Planning Commission meeting.

Before we get started, Becky, if

you could go over our

We spent more than a minute on the minutes.

On to committee reports.

Any report from the Lawrence Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board? All right.

Any report from the North Lawrence Comprehensive Corridor Study? All right.

Moving right along.