Imagine Iowa Future tour starts tonight across ten cities
A 10 city two month tour named Imagine Iowa's Future kicks off tonight to discuss the 2010 plan from the Governor's Strategic Planning Council. Iowans for a Better Future coordinates the event with a May 11 Cedar Rapids stop and nine station network broadcasts.
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Owans For
Iowa
Governor’s Strategic Planning Council
Cedar Rapids
People of Vision
WMT
Paramount Theatre
Readers weigh in on education policy and concert critique
Letters address retention and social promotion in schools, arguing for research-based strategies over the proposed third grade retention law with an $8.3 million cost. The section also covers a negative review of a Sandi Party concert and a critique of U S land mine policy. Wayne Osborn, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City write-ins.
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The
Gazette
the Gazette
Iowa
United States
U.S
Wayne Osborn
Iowa Una
Iowa City
Nurses Reinstatement Urged After University Hospitals Layoffs
Letter argues nurses at University Hospitals should have jobs returned after being dismissed for alleged medication recycling. Calls for policy review and potential changes to allow transfers between patients. Also criticizes rising health care costs and advocates for national health care reform.
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University Hospitals
Robert Stallman Jr
Amana
Richard Clarke Hero or Arrogant Whistleblower
The piece argues Clarke is a national paradox brave enough to reveal pre September 11 secrets and pay a personal price. It compares his motives to Britains resignations and questions whether he is a hero or profiteer. It recalls Curt Flood and Ernest Fitzgerald as precedents for dissent.
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Matt Mitchell Hiawatha
Ichard Clarke
Great Britain
Tony Blair
Robin Cook
Clare Short
U.S
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
United States
Platte
Bryan
Clarke
Karen Hughes
Richard Clarke
White House
Public Service
George Stephanopoulos
James Carville
Bill Clinton
Curt Flood
Pentagon
Ernest Fitzgerald
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WHO Radio
Des Moines
WMT Radio
Jerry Kelley
Iowans For A
Sandy Patti
Sandi
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
World Vision
Gladyce Maas
Richard Reeves
Universal Press Syndicate
Mark Bowden
Doug Neumann
Dave Storey
Scott Swenson
Kim Hefley
Peg Schmitz
Gazette Communications
Joe Hladky
Chuck Peters
Ken Slaughter
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