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In Kansas, many legislators have for years worried the state hasn't spent enough on health care TOPEKA, Kan. — Picture a lion settlementwith Big Tobacco is shaping up across the nation. Peo- ple full of good intentions are Thebattle is especially intense in Kansas, where anti-tobacco ad- help fund local health departments. “The idea of pitting us against each otheris wrong to begin with,” said John Pepperdine, wholobbies Asurveyreleased this month by the National Conference of State Legislatures showsthatat least 12 states plan to use at least some of a popular choice for states; forty: four plan to spend settlement dol- After the 1998 national settlement, the initial expectation was that most of the money would Anti-smoking advocates argue Kansas is forgetting why it sued tobacco companies — to recoup the cost of medical care for poor Kansans with smoking-related moneyto back up their rhetoric — nearly $81 million of the state's share to help balance the budget nothing to do with preventing smoking. That frustrates Kansas’ antitobacco activists. comingcriminals. But they couldn't find the until the tobacco settlement. Kansas legislators diverted children — most of which have lars on anti-tobacco programs. prevent youngsters from developing serious health problemsor be- themselves to spending mostof the state’s $1.77 billion share on programs that provide services to and Still, programs designed to prevent people from smoking remain for children, early childhood education or other such programs. They have argued such programs state’s next budget takes effect on July 1. But they have committed children 23 onelderly care and 100n helping tobacco farmers. to health — deficit reduction, for the American CancerSociety. Kansas legislators haven't yet decided exactly which programs will get tobacco money when the for adolescents. illnesses. So far, however, health advocates are getting little sympathy and deal with other financial problems. 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The FBI's on-scene commanders also did little to prepare for the possibility of fire despite Attorney General Janet Reno's directive that they be ready for all emergency contingencies,theplaintiffs said as part of their wrongful-death lawsuit against the government. They point to a memojotted down in the FBI's Washington commandcenter10 daysbefore the siege’s fiery end, advising that the two on-scene commanders governmenta Soviet T-55 combat tank reconfigured as armored firefighting equipment. Flamechek’s owner, Mira Slovak,told plaintiffs’ lawyers in a deposition last month that he called an FBIoffice in California a week to 10 days before the specifications but never heard back from the FBI. equipment. Theyalso argue that the FBI commanders . that the firefighters could be hit by Davidian gunfire or exploding ammunition. 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THE FURNITUREIDEA siege’s fiery end to offer the remote-controlled equip- ment, Slovak said he followed up the bureau’s request for more information by providing brochuresand tank had decided “there would be noplan to fight a fire should one develop in the Davidian compound.” More than 80 Branch Davidians died during theinApril 19, 1993, several hours into an FBI tear-gassing FR) Norwalk NORWALK’ and Saturday, April 22" were derelict in not exploring other options such as water cannonsorhelicopters with water buckets. “The mostfitting assessmentof the FBI’s pathetic performance onthis issue remains the comment of Stuart Gerson, acting attorney general before the con- firmation ofJanet Reno:‘Think aboutfire next time,’ ” the motion says. 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