Cost and benefits of sprawl in the Corridor debate
The Gazette weighs growth in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City corridors. Officials warn sprawling suburbs require costly new roads. infill focus may boost density but faces resistance. NAHB data and ISU skepticism frame the debate as a funding crisis for roads and transit with tax and zoning reform as possible solutions.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Gazette
Iowa
Marion
Robins
Hiawatha
Corridor Metropolitan Planning Organization
Coralville
North Liberty
University Heights
Tiffin
Johnson County Council of Governments
National Association of Home Builders
NAHB
Johnson County
Iowa State University
David Swenson
Real vanilla as a metaphor for public virtue and politics
A reflective essay contrasts real vanilla with artificial flavoring to argue for measured moderation, humility, and work ethic as core political values. It references Obama, Greece in the EU, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, and general middle-class virtues, urging pragmatic patriotism over polarized rhetoric.
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Nashville
Seattle
Honky-Tonks
Wall Street
Lehman Brothers
Bear Stearns
Smolensk
Greece
European Union
Europe
Republican Party
Sarah Palin
Democratic Party
Barack Obama
McDonald’s
Funeral protestors condemned for disrespect at service
A reader thanks Leonard Pitts for criticizing the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka for picketing military funerals. The letter honors a World War II veteran and his unit, notes the soldiers gave everything, and questions the protesters’ motives and place at funerals.
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Leonard Pitts
Renegade Baptist Church
Westboro Baptist
Topeka
Kan
Charles Tuegel
Red Bull
Dubuque
Pitts
Hell
Summer Noise Disturbance Draws Civil Grievance Letter
A Cedar Rapids resident voices frustration over weekend Harley bike noise ruining summer, urging police action and quality of life improvements after floods. The letter also attacks hate groups and calls for community response, signed by Steven Tuegel and Mary Armbrecht.
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Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Mary Armbrecht
Red light camera teaches driver a lesson
Glenda Sharp says she received a notice for a red light camera violation and paid the fine on a fixed income. She urges paying attention and following the rules after the lesson learned.
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Glenda Sharp
Cedar Rapids
Tax dollars fund insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq
U S tax money flows to insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq with bribes and payoffs to stop attacks. War plans and profits span weapons and oil industries, while civilians bear the costs of destruction, unemployment, and lost services.
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U.S
Afghanistan
Iraq
Prosser Honored for Improving Cedar Rapids Animal Shelter
Residents thank Jim Prosser city manager since 2006 for listening to animal concerns. He sought statistics, studied Eastern Iowa facilities, and enabled a volunteer program that enriched stray and animal shelter operations in Cedar Rapids.
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Jim Prosser
Cedar Rapids
Prosser
Iowa
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