In search of my lost blend

Did you register at the DMV in early September?

Very busy so this is going to be short.Did you register at the DMV to vote in earlyish September? Go to [www.douglascountyelections.com][1] and make sure you are registered to vote. If you are not listed then I need you to email me at kcampbell@douglas-county.com. In said email I will need to know your name, address, date of birth, and when you registered at the DMV. [1]: http://www.douglascountyelections.com

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Electioneering

Alm77 Asked:Keith, I saw this on CNN: [Link to story][1] Are we going to run into issues like this in Kansas??The issue Alm is asking about is known as electioneering and it is against the law in Kansas and we do have one of the stricter electioneering laws in the country. Snoops, CNN and other sites have really created a minor panic amongst voters. This law has been on the books in Kansas since 1974. So, this isn't the first election we have had this law on the books, and I am not aware of any major issues* we have ever had with this law. It is common for voters to show up wearing pins, stickers, hats, and t-shirts of the candidates that they support. Here is exactly what we tell our poll workers during training. If a voter shows up at a polling location with a pin, sticker, or hat of a candidate ask the voter to take them off. If they show up with a candidate t-shirt, or candidate sweatshirt ask them to turn them inside out, or cover them with a jacket. All you need to do is follow the directions of the poll workers and remove the pin, sticker or hat, turn your shirt or sweatshirt inside out or cover it. You do these things and there will be no issues and you can vote. We have had several people come to the counter to do in-person advance voting, everyone has been very nice and cooperative and everyone voted. It is just as simple as that.What this law is really intending to do is to give you a voting environment that is free from candidates and supporters trying to influence, intimidate or harass you while you are trying to get into your polling place or while you are trying to cast your ballot. Can you imagine getting your ballot handed to you and a candidate walking over and asking for your vote? In Missouri, the law allows for candidates and supporters to stand in front of a polling location. Basically this forces you to navigate through a maze of people trying to talk you into voting for their candidate or their issue. I kind of like the way we do it in Kansas, and I think it is nice to be able to go to your polling location unmolested. If you ever do have a problem, just call our office. We can't address a problem we don't know about. * The law requires a 250 feet buffer from the entrance of the polling place. We have a private yards that can qualify, so they can't put yard signs, which doesn't make the homeowner too happy. Here is the law for those who are interested.25-2430 Chapter 25.--ELECTIONS Article 24.--ELECTION CRIMES 25-2430. Electioneering. (a) Electioneering is knowingly attempting to persuade or influence eligible voters to vote for or against a particular candidate, party or question submitted. Electioneering includes wearing, exhibiting or distributing labels, signs, posters, stickers or other materials that clearly identify a candidate in the election or clearly indicate support or opposition to a question submitted election within any polling place on election day or advance voting site during the time period allowed by law for casting a ballot by advance voting or within a radius of 250 feet from the entrance thereof. Electioneering shall not include bumper stickers affixed to a motor vehicle that is used to transport voters to a polling place or to an advance voting site for the purpose of voting. (b) As used in this section, "advance voting site" means the central county election office or satellite advance voting sites designated as such pursuant to subsection (c) of K.S.A. 25-1122, and amendments thereto. (c) Electioneering is a class C misdemeanor. History: L. 1974, ch. 157, § 24; L. 2001, ch. 125, § 3; April 26. [1]: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/10/21/jones.nm.voter.turned.away.mxf.koat

Reply 3 comments from Alm77 Smerdyakov Lori

You are running out of time to Register to VOTE!

The deadline to register to vote in Kansas is Monday, October 20th!Go to [www.douglascountyelections.com][1] and make sure that you are registered to vote and that your address is up to date. And by up to date I mean that your voting address matches the place where you live.Your friends at L.com have information on how/where to register [Here.][2]Ok...time to talk about a common misconception.You have moved, but you haven't updated your Driver's License, so your address on your Driver's License is out of date. But, when you go register to vote you list your voting address as the same address that your outdated license lists. And this is a problem. As an election official I could care less what address is on your Driver's License. You need you to register at the address that you are currently living at, not for you to register at an outdated Driver's License address. Register to vote where you live. Let me repeat this, your voter registration address should be the same as the address of where you are sleeping. Your outdated Driver's License is not the concern of an elections office, but is going to be the concern of the nice officer who pulls you over for speeding on Massachusetts between 23rd and 19th streets.But, you say to me, "I have to show a Driver's License with an address that matches my voter registration in order to be able to vote." And you are wrong. Let's go over this again. Kansas Law requires that if you are a first time voter in Douglas County that you have to show an accepted form of ID. Here are the accepted forms of ID in Kansas:Ever first-time voter in the county must provide valid identification. [KSA 25-2309(b)(18)] "First-time voter" includes any person who has never before voted in any official election in the county where registering. Identification may be provided at the time of registration, prior to the election or at the polling place. Once a first-time voter has submitted valid identification, he/she is not required to provide identification again. Kansas driver's license or Kansas nondriver's identification issued by DMV Bank statement: Checking or savings account statement, interest statement Utility bill: Gas bill, electric bill, water bill, telephone bill (cellular or land line), cable television bill Paycheck: Paycheck stub, notice of electronic deposit, W2 form Government check, Medicare or Medicaid check, SRS check, WIC check, other public assistance check Other government document: US military ID card, college student ID card, passport, nursing home roster if on government form (such as filed with KDHE, Aging), federal/state/county/local government employee ID, pilot's license, hunting or fishing license, gun permit, ham radio operator's license issued by Federal Communications Commission, naturalization document (if it has name and photo or name and address, as stated above), vehicle registration, copy of DMV change of address form. A couple of quick points about the ID requirement:The ID must contain the voter's name and photo or the voter's name and current residential address. Of an ID contains an address, it must match the residential address on the voter's registration record. So, if you are a first time voter in Douglas County and your Driver's License Address is out of date, bring one of the other forms of valid Identification. If you are not a first time voter in Douglas County, just show up with your patience and a smiling face. If you aren't sure, bring a valid form of ID. If you think that every voter should show an valid Driver's Lisence every time they want to vote then contact your Kansas State representatives and ask them to change the Kansas Law.One small change, the County Clerk's Office will be open and we will be accepting registrations until 7:00 p.m. on Monday night. Come by and say hi, and register to vote or update your registration. Sometimes we have to change a polling location. We have 67 precincts, it happens. An example is Precinct 37 (Haskell Coffin) doesn't have Air-Conditioning, so every August election we move Haskell Coffin to a new voting location AND we send a letter to EVERY voter that lives in that precinct. So, when I see the comments in the paper about not knowing that your polling location was moved I know: you didn't read your mail from our office, or that your voter registration address is out of date and you haven't updated it so you didn't get the letter. If you lived in Douglas County, moved out of Douglas County, and then move back to Douglas County, by law you are a first time voter again.
And please don't yell at me because I am not making you show an ID. I am just following the law. [1]: http://www.douglascountyelections.com [2]: http://www.lawrence.com/events/2008/o...

Reply 4 comments from Alm77 Keith Campbell Bill Hoyt

Advance Voting

Just a reminder the last day to register to vote in Kansas is [Monday, Oct. 20][1]!You two options for Advance Voting in Kansas, by mail or in-person. [KSA 25-1122] If you want to try to avoid the lines*, or if you just don't want to wait till Election Day to cast your ballot then Advance Voting is for you. I want to take a few moments to talk about each option.By Mail- Since 1995 Kansas has been a "no-excuse absentee state. This basically means that you don't have to have a "valid" reason in order to be able to request or participate in advance voting. In other words, in Kansas anyone can request to become an absentee voter without qualifying it with a valid reason. Missouri is an excuse absentee state. In Missouri you have to have a "valid" reason to request to become an absentee voter and you have to have your application notarized. I think a lot of people in Kansas are confused by the Missouri laws because _ everyone_ who calls me to request to become an absentee voter goes into very specific details explaining how they will be out of town for the entire month prior to the election. I find this hard to believe, or maybe I am just in the wrong profession. In Kansas you just need to submit an application requesting an Advance Ballot for each election that you want to receive your ballot via the mail. Applications can be found at our website [www.douglascountyelections.com][2] on the election links look for Advance Voting. You can print off an application, complete it and then send it to our office via: mail, fax or as an email attachment. By law we cannot mail the ballots until 20 days prior to an election. [KSA 25-1123(a)] This year they will be mailed on Wednesday, October 20th. Your ballot has to be back into our office by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. DO NOT drop off your ballot at a polling location. By law the last day to apply for an advance ballot is the Friday prior to an election. Don't wait that long. Even though the law allows you to send it on the Friday before, it doesn't mean we have time to process it, mail it, and for a voter to return it by the deadline of Election Day.From the Kansas Elections Standards, "If a voter has been sent an advance ballot before the election but has not returned it to the election office and wishes to vote at the precinct on Election Day, the voter may return the advance ballot to the polling place and vote a provisional ballot. The election board voids the advance ballot. The voter should be allowed to vote a provisional ballot even if the voter fails to return the advance ballot. If the county election officer determines after the election that the voter did not vote another ballot at that election, the provisional ballot should be counted. [KSA 25-2908(c)]"In-Person- In-Person Advance, by law, can begin up to 20 days prior to each election. Each county has a choice of when In-Person Advance starts. In Douglas County we begin on the first day allowed, the 20th day prior to an election. Other counties begin on different days. Show up at an In-Person site, fill out an application, and vote. It is just that simple. In the past In-Person was restricted, by law, to only be allowed in the County Election Office at 1100 Massachusetts. This year the Kansas Legislature, after a 3 year battle, passed a law allowing the option of Satellite In-Person Advance Voting for every county in Kansas. In other words, we can designate other locations through out the county as In-Pearson Advance sites. I love this concept and our office testified every year in favor of changing the law to allow it. I know it will grow to be bigger and better thing in the future, but trying to roll this out, for the first time on a Presidential Election year, is a bit daunting. With that being said here are the locations and time of In-Person Advance voting.Douglas County Clerks Office: 10-15 thru 10-17 8:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. 10-20 thru 10-24 8:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. 10-25 9:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m. 10-27 thru 10-31 8:00 a.m. till 7:00 p.m. 11-1 9:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m. 11-3 8:00 a.m. till Noon (By law it ends at this time)Baldwin City Library 10-25 and 11-1 9:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m.Eudora City Clerk's Office 10-25 and 11-1 9:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m.Lecompton City Clerk's Office 10-25 and 11-1 9:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m. * I think we will have an 80% turnout. The ballot is a long ballot with a lot of candidates and questions. If you go to the polls during busy hours: 7:00 a.m-9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. you should expect that there will be lines. If you go to the polls during those times, please be patient. We are doing all we can to minimize the lines, but there is only so much that we can do. * Absentee and Advance are the same thing. * Address: County Clerk's Office, 1100 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS 66044 * Fax: 785-832-5192 * Email: kcampbell@douglas-county.com * Johnson County, for instance, starts In-Person 14 days prior to the election. [1]: http://www.lawrence.com/events/2008/o... [2]: http://www.douglascountyelections.com

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The Elections Office…the center of activity

I wanted to write about advance voting. At some point this weekend I will write about advance voting, explain your options, how to do it, and how it works. I am a little behind in what I wanted to write about because this is the week that our office was bombarded by phone calls and emails. It isn't surprising that our office became a popular place, but we couldn't help but speculate on why this week. We have been really busy, but this week was exponentially busier than last week. My best guess is that 21 states, including Missouri, had their voter registration deadlines this week. I think voters in Kansas heard about these other states deadlines from the national news, NPR, or from Kansas City television and radio stations and the rush was on. The deadline to vote in Kansas isn't until October 20th. Maybe the rush this week will make next week better.I tell you this because if you are trying to call or email or office please be patient. I promise we answer the phones when we are at our desks and we respond to emails, but with the volumes we are getting you might need to leave a message, or give us a few hours to get back with you via email. There are times that I can take a call and click my receiver and go right to another call. I can do this for a while. I have even dialed the phone on a couple on callers because I picked up the phone and started to dial not realizing that I had picked up a call before it rang.On to another topic, one that may only interest me:I like numbers; I like what they say and what they don't say. I like how it can quantify what we do, and I like the way they can tell a story. Here is a number that interested me, 11.1%. I ran some numbers to see how many voter registrations our office has processed that are: new registrants address changes, and name changes since we reopened the voter rolls after the August Primary election. The answer: 8906*. This works out to be that we have handled a registration for 11.1% of our entire voting population since the August Primary. And this number is going to go up even more; we still have 10 days to register to vote. A teaser: Advance voting begins 10/15 and if you are one of the approximately 4500 Douglas County Residents who have requested a ballot be mailed to you they are mailed on that day. The date is set by Kansas Law.I check for a dial tone now before I dial.
* This isn't a perfect number because it could double count a name change and address change, and it can leave some things off like a straight party affiliation change, a telephone number change and it excludes duplicated registrations, but I think it is very close.
I am not including the registrations in our office that are waiting to be processed. The good news is that right now we are processing registrations we received on 10/8. The bad news is there are about 500-750 registrations waiting to be entered, and we get several hundred new ones per day.The fastest way to check your registration? [www.douglascountyelections.com][1] [1]: http://www.douglascountyelections.com

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See your Ballot…right now.

The LJ World is going to write about this soon:but you can now see a sample of your ballot.You can see a sample of the ballot that you will vote for this General Election. Go to [www.douglascountyelections.com][1] In the middle of the page you will find a voter search. After you enter in your personal information you be redirected to a new page that will list your address, party affiliation, representative information, polling location, map to your polling location and a link to a .pdf of your ballot.For those who are interested our ballot was designed using the best practices set forth by Design for Democracy an organizations according to their website that" applies design tools and thinking to increase civic participation by making interactions between the U.S. government and its citizens more understandable, efficient and trustworthy. Independent, pragmatic and committed to the public good, Design for Democracy collaborates with researchers, designers and policy-makers in service of public sector clients and AIGA's goal of "demonstrating the value of design by doing valuable things." You can read more about Design for Democracy [here.][2] Or you can go to Amazon an purchase your very own Design for Democracy book. I get asked why we don't print a ballot in the LJ World. The answer is that because Douglas County's representative districts, school districts etc are so fractured, and because the number of polling places (67) we have a lot of different ballot faces. In this election we have over 80 ballot styles. In August we had over 250. [1]: http://www.douglascountyelections.com [2]: http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/design-for-democracy

Reply 2 comments from Keith Campbell Matt Armstrong

Registering to Vote in Douglas County

I wanted to spend a few minute talking about registering to vote. Everything I am going to cover is as per Kansas Law. Each state has different laws, deadlines and requirements for registering to vote.What are the qualifications to vote in Kansas? They are: 1. 18 (on or by the election date) or older 2. U.S. Citizen 3. Resident in Kansas. There is no length of residency requirement in Kansas [Kansas Constitution, Article 5, Section1]What are disqualifiers to be eligible to become an electorate in Kansas? They are: 1. Death 2. Felony conviction 3. Court declaration of competent jurisdictionThe deadline to register to vote for any election is 15 days prior to said election. [KSA 25-2311] Applications postmarked by the 15th day prior to the election are acceptable. [KSA 25-2311(e)] Applications received during the 14-day period when registration is closed are not valid for that election. Such applications are processed beginning the day after the election. [KSA 25-2309(f)]After your voter registration application has been processed the election office will send you a Notice of Disposition, more commonly referred to as a voter registration card. This card is your confirmation that your registration was processed and a chance for you to make sure your personal data was entered correctly. The card will also list your representative districts and provide your polling location.Ever first-time voter in the county must provide valid identification. [KSA 25-2309(b)(18)] "First-time voter" includes any person who has never before voted in any official election in the county where registering. Identification may be provided at the time of registration, prior to the election or at the polling place. Once a first-time voter has submitted valid identification, he/she is not required to provide identification again. Forms of valid identification according to Kansas State Law are:Kansas driver's license or Kansas nondriver's identification issued by DMV Bank statement: Checking or savings account statement, interest statement Utility bill: Gas bill, electric bill, water bill, telephone bill (cellular or land line), cable television bill Paycheck: Paycheck stub, notice of electronic deposit, W2 form Government check, Medicare or Medicaid check, SRS check, WIC check, other public assistance check Other government document: US military ID card, college student ID card, passport, nursing home roster if on government form (such as filed with KDHE, Aging), federal/state/county/local government employee ID, pilot's license, hunting or fishing license, gun permit, ham radio operator's license issued by Federal Communications Commission, naturalization document (if it has name and photo or name and address, as stated above), vehicle registration, copy of DMV change of address form.A couple of quick points about the ID requirement: The ID must contain the voter's name and photo or the voter's name and current residential address. Of an ID contains an address, it must match the residential address on the voter's registration record.Common Question : _ Why doesn't everyone have to show an ID when they vote?_ State law only requires first time voters to submit a valid ID. Once they ID "flag" have been removed from a voter state law does not require voters to show ID again in that county. Common Question : _ Why are students allowed to vote in Douglas County? _ The Kansas Constitution allows any person who lives in the state to declare themselves residents of Kansas for the purpose of voting and they are eligible to become a qualified elector starting the first day they reside in Kansas.Common Question : _ If I was convicted of a felony am I permanently excluded from being a registered voter?_ While you are fulfilling the term of your conviction, you are removed from the voting rolls. After you have fulfilled all of the terms of your sentence, including parole, you are eligible to re-register to vote.Common Question : _ Do I need a copy of my voter registration card in order to be able to vote?_ No. You can take it with you to the polls if you want, but you will not be asked to show it and you won't need it in order to be able to vote.Common Question : _ I didn't vote in the Primary Election, am I still eligible to vote in the General Election? _ Yes, once registered, a voter's name may never be removed from the rolls for simple failure to vote. A voter's registration may be canceled only for reasons specified in law, such as moving out of the county or state, or a felony conviction, but not solely because the person did not vote. Common Question : _ How long does it take for the election's office to process my voter registration application and send me my voter registration card?_ Normally this process takes a couple of business days. If you submit your application prior to a Presidential when thousands of people are submitting registrations- it can take much longer. The deadline of 15 days prior allows the office time to enter in the large volume of applications that are received.In Crawford v. The Marion County Election Board the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that an Indiana law requiring voters to provide picture identification did not violate the Constitution of the United States. The Supreme Court ruling has confused some voters about ID requirement in November. This ruling has no impact in the state of Kansas. In May the Governor of Kansas vetoed HB 2019 which would have required that all Kansas residents would have to show photo Identification to vote. Have you gone to [www.douglascountyelections.com][1] to make sure that you are registered to vote? In the middle of the page you will find a voter search. Use it! Make sure that you are registered in Douglas County AND that your address is correct.On a personal note:pleast take the tim to write legible on your voter registration application. When we try to decipher what you wrote on your application it can only lead to mistakes. [1]: http://www.douglascountyelections.com

Reply 2 comments from Keith Campbell Only1voice

Sidebar to discuss Elections and Voting in Douglas County

It has been nearly 3 years since I started writing this blog. My original motives for wanting to write on this site have long since changed. But, I still enjoy writing the occasional post, and reading the other blogs here on Lawrence.com. I have enjoyed blogging because it gave me a chance to create a new identity, a new persona that is a little different that I am in real life. Nothing radical, but many of my close friends have been bemused by some of my posts. Not for what I wrote, but because it was me that wrote it. For example I posted several times about drinking, when in reality I am probably best described as an unfaithful teetotaler. I have alcohol in my home that I am losing faster to evaporation than to consumption. Keith Campbell is my real name, but this site allowed me to be someone a little different. (For the record, I really did love Joe's.) I am not sure this blog has an identity, but I think I want to do something a little different for a while: something a little more serious, a little more important. To do this I may need to lose a little of my anonymity. So here it goes.My name is Keith Campbell and I am the Deputy County Clerk of Douglas County. My specific job in the County Clerk's office is to help administer elections for Douglas County. I am a political appointee and I have been serving this county for 2 ½ years. I have recently completed my MPA from KU and I love history, reading, cooking and am fascinated and in awe of our amazing and wonderful democracy. Now that I have told you a little about myself, here is what I want to do. I know there are a lot of rumors, misinformation, concerns, and questions about elections. My goal is every Monday and Friday from now until November 4th to do a little elections mythbusting. The idea is to clear up common misconceptions, answer common questions, and help you become an informed and knowledgeable voter. Please feel free to ask any questions in the comment section or to contact me personally. If you want a question answered, just ask. I will try to answer every question, or to point you to where you can find your answer.It is important to note that the information I will provide applies to the state of Kansas. Every state has different policies and procedures, deadlines, election standards etc. I think this is where a lot of confusion comes from, people hear stories or news reports from other states* and their procedures and issues and then assume they apply to Kansas. Before we get started, I need you to something. I need you to go to [www.douglascountyelections.com.][1] In the middle of the page you will find a voter search. Use it! Make sure that you are registered in Douglas County AND that your address is correct. You can also check to see who represents you and information about your polling location. You can even see a picture of your polling place with on online map of its location. In the next few weeks the same search will allow you to see a sample ballot of the ballot you will vote.On Monday I plan on covering Voter Registration in the State of Kansas.This goal maybe too ambitious. This is an extremely busy time in our office. Long work hours may interfere, but I am committed to trying. I have already kissed my girlfriend, hugged my parents, shook hands with my friends and told them all I look forward to seeing them at Thanksgiving. I was only partially joking. *Florida and Ohio come to mind.The LJ World ran an "On the Street" question asking if your voter registration was up to date. Of course everyone said that their registration was up to date and then one of the first comments complained that it was a stupid question. I can tell you from experience that it was a valid question and too many people don't keep their voter registration up to date. [1]: http://www.douglascountyelections.com

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2 Live Crew and Sporting Goods

This weekend I was in Dick's Sporting Goods in Topeka shopping for a youth softball glove. I admit that this activity is pretty mundane and not worthy of a blog post except... On the store ambiance music system I heard:_ Ah, me so horny_ _ Ah, me so horny_ _ Me love you long time_Yep, Dick's was playing a little 2 Live Crew to get everyone into the sports buying frame of mind. I wasn't personally upset, a business should have the right to play whatever music it wants to play. However, I found that I was a little uncomfortable trying to keep up an interesting and loud conversation with my girlfriend's preteen daughter so that I could avoid an awkward (and unwanted) conversation discussing the lyrical genius of 2 Live Crew's Luther Campbell. Maybe I have become too sanitized to the standard innocuous music that most public places subject us to. Looking back, I may have avoided an opportunity to have a mature conversation about some very adult lyrics. I didn't know how to start that conversation or what that conversation should be or if I should be the one having said conversation, especially on a seemingly harmless outing to look at softball gloves. Maybe next time I can be a little more prepared and when Liz Phair's "Flower" hits the store speakers.

Reply 3 comments from Ramsfield Bill Hoyt Duplenty Joel Mathis

Rebirth of Keno’s?

It seems, in a true display of Lawrencian spirit, that [Papa Keno's][1] has arisen from the depths of taxman hall to arise again. I waited to make this statement. The last time one of my favorite Lawrence shops [ arose from the dead][2], the rebirth was short lived. Not so much of a Phoenix, but more of the death ashes temporarily swirling around. During my first trip back to Papa's the person who was working the register lacked the skills to actually run the register. They didn't have my favorite pizza topping. They got my name wrong. (I heard them yell it wrong to the cooks, so I knew when Kevin was called that I needed to go claim my pizza.) It took about 25 minutes to get my pizza (even though I was the only person in the place who had an outstanding order) and they got my pizza order wrong. Yep, Papa Keno's is back, and I am happy. Based off the lines of people and cars it seems that the word is out that [ Five Guys][3] national hamburger chain (were #292!!) makes a pretty darn good hamburger. I have nothing against national chain restaurants; as a general rule I prefer to spend my restaurant dollars at locally owned places. I am not sure that Five Guys has a better hamburger than [Henry T's][4] or [Free State][5]. After tying Five Guys a good friend still swears that [Set'em Up Jacks][6] is still the best burger in town. On ½ price Monday's I would agree. Another thing we both agree on is that Five Guys fries may be the best fries in town. Idaho potatoes French fry sliced and fried to perfection. One order is more than enough for two people. Just like another one of my favorite new places:[Lone Steer BBQ][7].I grew up in BBQ heaven, I worship the tomato based BBQ that is Kansas City, but I really do love the Texas style BBQ of Lone Steer. Based off the empty parking lots and the people disguised as empty chairs I have witnessed in my numerous visits it seems that I may be in the minority opinion of appreciating Lone Steer's Texas style BBQ. I admit that I feel like I may be insulting the KC BBQ Gods (Gates, Arthur Bryant's, Jack Stack) each time I go to Lone Steer, but it is a long drive to KC and I am a Lawrence eastsider representing:and I really think the their BBQ is delicious. Now if we could just give Joe's a third chance. That is the charm number right? [1]: http://www.lawrence.com/places/papa_k... [2]: http://www.lawrence.com/blogs/search_my_lost_blend/2006/aug/08/joes/ [3]: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/may... [4]: http://www.lawrence.com/places/henry_... [5]: http://www.lawrence.com/places/free_s... [6]: http://www.lawrence.com/places/setem_... [7]: http://www.lawrence.com/places/lone_s...

Reply 7 comments from Misty Nuckolls Jackie Treiber Ihatejohntravolta Keith Campbell Bugmenot Scary_manilow Terry Bush

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