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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1997
Page
4
Iowa legislators push to end cable TV in state prisons amid a dispute with corrections officials. The 47 to 0 vote in the Senate backed a no cable provision in the corrections spending bill, arguing prison life should not resemble a country club and stricter conditions deter crime.
Linn County officials reduce a 45 mph stretch of Club Road north of Shueyville to 35 mph after a fatal accident two weeks ago. Officials acknowledge signs may not change all drivers but argue the measure provides some comfort to grieving residents and contributes to road safety.
Voters urged a yes on April 22 to fund a $25 million capital plan aimed at eliminating overcrowding across all Linn-Mar schools. The letter argues piecemeal fixes would raise costs and warns that delaying harms all students, property values, and the district’s reputation.
Professor Steve M. Collins warns that a state bill denying home Internet for students could force 24 000 U I students to use campus lines or forgo access. He says campus systems cannot block off campus calls and many students live off campus. He urges Governor Branstad to veto to avoid safety risks and time wasted accessing campus computers.
A reader portrays two Des Moines groups at the Statehouse the poor destitute and pregnant seeking housing health care food and clothing and the wealthy corporate interests requesting 9 billion in subsidies. The governor signals different seating while urging rapid funds. The author cites James 2 urging moral reflection. Cedar Rapids resident Alex Ratkewicz signs.
The Gazette seeks letters up to 300 words and requires the writer’s name street address and daytime phone number. Only the name and hometown will be printed. Send to Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or by fax or email.
The writer argues that more regulation is not a universal fix for fatal crashes and condemns lowering limits as insufficient. They cite a driver exceeding 101 mph on a 45 mph road and question how a 35 mph limit would be observed if 45 mph is not. Linn County Supervisor Lumir Dostal is quoted on knee-jerk reactions.
The author mocks a Gazette presidential poll for excluding Alan Keyes. He cites Keyes’s speechs in Cedar Rapids and delegates backing Bob Dole’s VP slot, then parodies a self conducted poll showing unanimous support for Keyes, calling the newspaper survey garbage and newsworthy.
The Gazette presents readers letters with no fact-checked guarantees or value judgments. It invites corrections or contradictions from other readers to be considered in equal measure.
Henry Keyes questions if a joking word exists to fool others and explores terms like posiferous pucelage pucelle auriferous and puceferous. He suggests pewferous meaning stink and notes pusillanimous as a rarely used meaning ir-resolute.
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