Central City Iowa Showcases Main Street Iowa Success
Florence Robertson describes Central City's Main Street Iowa success since 2000. Nine new businesses added and nine expanded, creating 24.5 full time jobs. Over $1 million private investment and $1.3 million Main Street reconstruction. Program facilitator urges continued support.
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Main Street
Iowa
Central City
Pharmacy
Florence Robertson
Fair Tax Act push and public notices mix in letters
Readers urge support for HR 2525 a national sales tax proposal while letters from Cedar Rapids Delhi and Oxford raise civic concerns about city growth road paving special assessments and press privacy in accident coverage.
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House
John Linder
R-Ga
Collin Peterson
D-Minn
Alexander Hamilton
Jan Turnovsky
Cedar Rapids
Political junkie label masks Loebsack career at Cornell College
Leana Stormont of the Iowa Law Student Animal Legal Defense Fund argues that David Loebsack, Cornell College political science professor, is unfairly labeled a political junkie while detailing his roles as scholar educator lecturer writer and activist. She critiques the Gazette editorial on deer management bowhunting and its ethical implications.
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Leach
David Loebsack
Cornell College
Loebsack
Jim Leach
Leana Stormont
Iowa Law Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Iowa City
Opinion columns clash on gun policy and speed laws
The April 3 Gazette features two Red Lake Minnesota school shooting opinion pieces. Robert Myers argues video games and the Internet shape violence and criticizes civilian gun ownership. Ronald Brownstein endorses smart guns and urges police to demonstrate reliability while noting political maneuvering around Smith and Wesson. He avoids listing firearm defense points. The column also proposes raising Iowa speed limits to 70 and fines to 600 dollars to deter speeding and fund road safety, framing revenue as a consideration.
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Gazette
Red Lake, Minn
Robert Myers
Senate
Myers
Red Lake
Ronald Brownstein
Clinton
Smith and Wesson
Brownstein
Lake Delhi area to hear about city incorporation
On April 13 the City Development Board will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. in Maquoketa Valley gym to hear pro and con views on Lake Delhi becoming a city. Residents and property owners are urged to review the incorporation petition available at the Delaware County Courthouse or by calling the board.
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Greg Strauser
Delhi
City Development Board
Maquoketa Valley
Lake Delhi
Delaware County
Development Board
Photograph ethics at accident scene sparks Gazette debate
Letter writers condemn a March 31 story photo of Heather Hibbs for privacy violation. They argue photographers should stage photos only after paramedics and body removal and question the immediacy of capturing the scene.
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Heather
Clear Creek Amana High School
the Gazette
Alexander Mougin
Oxford
Tiffin
Heather Hibbs
Gazette
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