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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 2005
Page
5
In a voiced plea from the Rock Island State Preserve inhabitants the bees birds butterflies snakes and residents argue their home is not for sale and urge builders to locate Highway 100 elsewhere citing their self grown food daylight playgrounds and desire to stay living amid nature.
A letter from a union veteran argues the April 6 report on two union leaders receiving large raises raises ethics questions. The writer warns of a back door to higher administrator pay, improper fund distribution, and fiscal irresponsibility amid tight budgets and rising taxes.
Laura Bush offers a large grant to a distant school while local districts struggle with mergers. Longer bus rides force earlier departures and later returns for students. Some teachers supplement supplies with their own money.
A reader from Marion voices concern about the U S president's education funding and tax policies. The letter argues the administration favors the wealthy, harms the poor and middle class, and neglects U S schools and children.
In 2004 northeast Iowa faced extensive floods along the Turkey River blamed in part on farm policy. Subsidies to corn and soy create erosion and runoff while payments to large operators total about 24 billion dollars, with critics calling for curb on subsidies and protection for conservation programs.
Rep John Linder proposes a 23 percent national sales tax to replace personal and corporate income taxes payroll taxes capital gains gift and estate taxes and AMT. He argues it would free minds boost production and tax everyone equally with rebates for the poor and no penalty on saving. Don Fenno Washington Iowa backs the idea but says lobbying will resist.
Tom Thomas argues for castration as a quick cheap permanent method to stop sex offenders. He asserts thousands of children are kidnapped yearly, cites cases of Jetseta Gage and Jodi Huisentruit, and claims law enforcement and medicine have failed. He calls for immediate action despite civil rights opposition. West Chester
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