Iowa parks need 15.3 million to fix state parks
Gazette argues for using spare cash to fund a 15.3 million appropriation from the General Assembly to complete necessary repairs at 74 state parks. The editorial urges immediate action before adjournment, highlighting Fort Atkinson Backbone Pleasant Creek Macbride Palisades Kepler and other nearby parks as key beneficiaries. It criticizes tax cut debate and favors safer, cleaner parks as better value for Iowans.
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General Assembly
DNR
Iowa
Governor Branstad Eyes Final Approval for Tech Education Fund
Branstad plans to sign a bill that threads 150 million dollars into Iowa tech education over five years. The package will be televised via the state fiber network and aims to expand school computer use while highlighting ads showing growing computer demands in banking clerical and engineering roles.
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Iowa
Branstad
Murder questions on abortion and punishment policy
Chicago columnist Eric Zorn examines why few pro life voices advocate criminal penalties for women who have abortions. He quotes Al Salvi and others, notes the moral gray areas of late term abortions, and explains how political convenience and victimhood language shape the debate between pro life and pro choice stances.
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Eric Zorn
Chicago
Illinois
U.S. Senate
al Salvi
Salvi
Bob Dole
Illinois Pro-Life Action League
Joseph Scheidler
Andrew Burnett
Advocates For Life Ministries
Portland
Ore
Burnett
Education critic misreads Cedar Rapids schools in letter
A Cedar Rapids teacher rebuts Rosanne Freeburg’s April 6 column, arguing that progress is ongoing with early goal setting and parent conferences. The letter defends student and teacher collaboration, current meals programs, and upkeep of school facilities, while noting limits of single computer per room and opposing accountability pay.
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Rosanne Freeburg
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids donors urged to fund school athletic facilities
A reader advocates redirecting private gifts toward Washington and Kennedy High School athletic campaigns. They argue all weather tracks and baseball rights would benefit students, middle schools, and local residents, noting daily walkers and joggers need safe, year round spaces.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington and
Kennedy High Schools
Gazette letter policy and contact details
The Gazette accepts letters up to 300 words and requires name street address and daytime phone. Only name and hometown appear with the letter. Mailing address is Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Fax and email contact are provided.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Unkind Grassley remark during Ron Brown crash death
Betty Dale of Cedar Rapids criticizes Senator Grassley for a tacky comment about Ron Brown’s death. She says the inquiry into Brown’s finances should proceed, and laments political ugliness at a time of tragedy.
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Croatia
Ron Brown
Sen
Charles Grassley
Sen. Grassley
Betty Dale
Cedar Rapids
Tree graffiti sparks civic spat in Facade Seasons
In Shallow City residents voice anger at a corporate graffiti project titled Tree. They accuse officials of pandering to developers with free land subsidies and dismiss the display as a vanity metropolitan stunt. Citizens call for looser art restrictions and greater community input.
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Facade
Infrastructure word debate shows limits of clarity
A Benton County reader questions the term infrastructure its definition and overuse while noting a story on street and sewer projects. The piece cites a $9 378 town project and explains chert spelling notes from Maxine Looney and Webster.
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Benton County
Robert M.L. Johnson
Maxine Looney
Maxine and
Webster
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