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OMAHA (AP)—A proposal that would al
low First Data Resources to pay $10 million
more to develop AKsarben land but provide one
\ fourth the jobs anticipated has some Douglas
County Board members crying foul.
But Douglas County officials say the draft
of First Data development deal for the county
owned land is far from final.
Commissioners Mary Ann Borgeson and
Bernice Labedz said the plan had diverged so
» much from the original plans that the County
, Board and the public should have been in
i formed.
Board Chairman Clare Duda said the County
Board has not had access to draft agreements,
- but members could have asked for progress re
ports from the County Attorney’s office.
i “FDR is operating in good faith,” he said. “I
i think all parties are. The whole community
wants to see this happen.”
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Under the redevelopment plan, the land not
i used for the project would transfer to a new
r nonprofit entity, AKsaiben Future Trust.
In die proposed draft, First Data Resources
promises to create at least 500 jobs if the
AKsarben development goes forward, one
fourth the number the project’s supporters have
touted, an unsigned legal agreement indicates.
In the same draft agreement, to be signed
by First Data, Douglas County and others, the
company also says it will pay $7.5 million to
buy the northern third of AKsarben’s property.
The price tag commonly discussed was $10 mil
lion.
Borgeson said she is worried about the
changes from the original concept to the cur
rent proposal.
‘It concerns me that we’ve deviated off the
original concept,” Borgeson said. “What we
signed off on July 16 has changed drastically
from what we see is happening today. It should
have been brought to the board and made pub
lic.”
Overall, First Data says in the draft agree
ment, it will spend at least $50 million for land
and new construction. That represents a $10
million increase from the figure the company
and project backers have consistently cited.
Duda said further changes may be in store.
“These are ongoing waiting documents,” he
said. “They are not the finished product. They
are not the whole picture and can be taken out
of context.”
By Matthew Waite
Senior Reporter
The trial by jury is a crucial and irreplace
able part of the American judicial system, U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said
Monday morning, but it is not above reform.
Kennedy, who gave the keynote address,
“Jury Trial Reform,” at the inaugural session of
the Roman L. Hruska Institute for the Adminis
tration of Justice, said the U.S. Constitution was
brilliant in its design, but it was not self-sus
taining.
Of die three sections of governmental pow
ers —the executive, legislative and judicial —
the judicial system is the weakest link, Kennedy
said. He said the judiciary survives only with a
constitutionally responsible and committed
Congress.
Kennedy gave the more than 250 people at
tending the address a history lesson o^jury tri
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The jury is the way we have to reconcile the
necessity of order and. the passion of liberty”
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als. They started with Norman conquerors in
England. Whenjury trials came to America, they
soon became a method of fighting English law.
After a jury trial case in colonial America
undermined British authority, they removed it
as a right. When the colonials declared inde
pendence, the lack of jury trials was one of the
specific grievances.
Now, service on a jury is almost as impor
. tant as voting, said Kennedy, who has been
called the most influential member of the court.
Saving on ft jay is a citizen’s chance to be a
part of the sanctity of law, he said.
“The substance of our work has beat de
fined and will be defined by juror participation,”
Kennedy said. “I cannot overemphasize this
lasting... this visible link between the jury as
an institution and the law itself.”
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Hearing date set for Ohio man
charged with psychiatrist's death
MADISON (AP>—An Ohio man told po
lice he wanted to shoot as many people as he
could and he drove around the area before he
entered a Norfolk mental hospital and shot a
psychiatrist to death, the county attorney said.
John Keylor, 69, of Toronto, Ohio, was
charged MondayWith first-degree murder in the
death of Dr. George Bartholow of Omaha and
second-degree assault in the wounding of an
other employee at tee Norfolk Regional Cen
ter. He also was charged with two counts of
using a firearm to commit a felony.
At least 10 shots were fired Friday before
center employees tackled and restrained Keylor,
Madison County Attorney Joe Smith said. Two
pistols, 20Q rounds of ammunition and several
12-inch road flares were recovered.
Keylor was in shackles during his brief ap
pearance before Madison County Judge Philip
Riley. He did not respond when asked if he un
derstood his rights and the charges against him.
Keylor was assigned a public defender and a
preliminary hearing date of Nov. 19. Keylor Is
being held without bond.
A daughter ofBartholow’s, Deborah Loucks
of Omaha, said she had been told Keylor might
have been one of her father’s patients years ago
in Omaha at a Veterans Administration facility.
Keytar’s ex-wife, Yvonne Keylor, 68, of
Girard, Ohio, said her former husband had been
treated for mental illness and that he suffers
from schizophrenia and manic depression.
Smith said police had taken blood samples
to determine whether Keylor had taken drugs
or medication before the shootings.
The incident sparked concerns about secu
rity at the center and changes were made, in
cluding the installation of guards.
Gov. Ben Nelson said after a meeting with
hospital staff on Sunday that die hospital would
heighten security more but he declined to be
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