“The Lawrence City Commission has increased the city utility rates each of the last five years and are planning substantial increases for the next three years, too,” Holly Krebs writes in this column.
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“The (Lawrence City Commission’s) 2026 debt decisions are particularly important because our community will pay for this debt for the next 25 years,” Holly Krebs writes in this column.
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“Two city commission seats are up for election this year, and these new commissioners could help change our local government’s culture to be more collaborative and community-oriented,” Holly Krebs writes in this column.
“Our coalition believes our community deserves the opportunity to provide more substantive feedback about our priorities for the city’s 2026 budget,” Holly Krebs, of the Coalition for Collaborative Governance, writes in this column.
“Because we believe our community would benefit from more public discussions about these important issues, our coalition will independently host a community conversation about the Lawrence city budget,” Holly Krebs, of the Coalition for Collaborative Governance, writes in this column.
”Our petition’s 1,764 signatures, our supporters’ 75 letters, and our research into the extensive flaws in the (pool renovation) community engagement process all indicate that the previously proposed plan did not reflect public opinion,” Holly Krebs writes in this letter to the Times.
”Our community did not request a dramatically smaller swimming pool in the feedback they provided the city. Our community requested water spaces to swim in,” Holly Krebs writes in this letter to the Times.
