Rude’s County Card Use Sparks Review And Resignation
Linn County officials reviewed Lois Rude’s county credit card use after personal charges totaling about 3,500 dollars plus cash advances and late fees. Rude repaid all charges and said she had no misappropriation. The county contemplates procurement cards to tighten limits and tracking. The policy lacks disciplinary consequences for violations and the card was closed at her request.
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Iowa City and counties weigh charge card options
Linn County is negotiating with Bank One MasterCard to implement a charge or procurement card system, similar to Cedar Rapids which began in January. Iowa City uses a procurement card program with strict controls for five years, while Johnson County already uses credit cards. Auditor Stockett supports procurement cards for the county. Cedar Rapids school district has only a preliminary look at such a system. Iowa City public schools rely on preauthorized purchase orders and two superintendent office credit cards for travel, with no current plan for procurement cards.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Erin Herting
Johnson County
Tom Stockett
Leslie Finger
Unauthorized use of school logos leads to legal actions
Investigators traced non licensed merchandise to American Family Products after a Will County probe. A October 21 2003 search of the company and Bruno's home yielded warrants and seizures of items bearing logos from Heineken Indiana University Jack Daniel's Distillery and West Virginia University. Authorities pursued four civil actions to halt licensed logo production. UI officials noted more than 500 firms hold UI logo licenses and cooperated with the inquiry.
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Will County
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U.S. plans mobile brigades in Iraq amid abducts and clashes
The United States refused to specify troop levels or stay duration in Iraq while seeking a strong mobile combat arms capability of two brigades. Seven American contractors and two soldiers are missing after a convoy attack west of Baghdad. Russian and Chinese hostages reported, with over 40 abducted in a week. Fallujah cease-fire holds for a third day as Marines expand presence and Muqtada al Sadr withdraws militiamen from Najaf.
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Solon parents worry about 1.6. man in Iraq
Solon families fear for loved ones amid violence as civilians like Chris Higgins, 38, of Iowa City, working in Kuwait and embedded at a Middle East base, juggle risk and duty. Higgins, a Rock Island Arsenal military intelligence employee and Army Reserve major, expects to rotate home in June after a January deployment.
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Iowan Marine Speer killed in Iraq grew up in Kansas
Cpl Michael Speer 24 moved from Kansas to Davenport before enlisting in the Marines less than a year earlier. He died Friday in Al Anbar Province becoming the 12th Iowa service member killed in Iraq. Speer, born in Fort Scott Kansas, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines, based at Camp Lejeune, NC. Uniontown High School principal Tracy Smith recalled Speer as a quiet leader.
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Memo Officials Report Different Anonymity For Memos
Officials say senior executive memos and the president’s daily intelligence briefings differ in audience. Some lawmakers fear the memo may have left Congress with an incomplete view of the domestic terror threat one month before 9 11. Administration stressed no forecast of the attacks came from these memos and that access to briefings was tightened during the Clinton to Bush transition.
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Police presence fades as Cedar Rapids schools lose regular officer visits
Cedar Rapids Prairie High School and others no longer receive routine police visits. Principal Dan Bubon says the changes remove opportunities for building positive officer relationships and the visible police car. In 1999 officers gave 2,540 classroom presentations, down to 1,140 last year. In Coolidge Elementary, Officer Bracy called himself Police Pal Ken and spoke on personal space and safety, while Iowa City schools lack assigned officers.
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Ken
Coolidge Elementary
Cedar Rapids
Twi Wiley
Iowa City
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