Local newspaper leadership lineup announced
d F. Hladky Jr. chairs the board of directors while Joe Hladky III serves as president and publisher. Ken Slaughter holds the vice president and treasurer role. Dale Larson is vice president and general manager. Jerry Elsen is editor of editorial with Mark Bowden as editorial board chairman and managing editor.
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D F. Hladky Jr
Joe Hladky III
Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Jerry Elsen
Quality not quantity marks Iowa's 1994 Legislature
The editorial lauds a mixed Republican House and Democratic Senate for restraint and competence in resolving Iowa's budget gap, implementing generally accepted accounting principles, and avoiding rushed policy. It highlights Corbett and Murphy for bipartisan work, passage of ICN measures, health care tweaks, juvenile justice steps, and restraint on tax tinkering while urging prudent pacing ahead.
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General Assembly
Republican House
Democratic Senate
Iowa
ICN
Washington
A Few Too Many to Drive Why a DUI Stop Stirs Thought
A driving under the influence scenario explains why officers stop drivers for weaving speeding or faulty tail lights. It discusses tests field sobriety breath analysis and the dangers of refusing tests. It notes penalties license revocation and the advantage of taking a cab to avoid jail and court delays.
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Linn County Correctional Center
Iowa
Letters to the Gazette Critique of parking subsidies
Stan Eilers of Cedar Rapids argues that city subsidies favor drivers over bus riders and bicyclists. He questions funding for MCI parking, road expanders, and the Cedar Lake trail, urging support for alternative transit and reduced car use.
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Cedar Lake
Collins Road
Blairs Ferry Road
Marion
Sting sting reproach and praise in Cedar Rapids notice
A Cedar Rapids reader thanks authorities for a prostitution sting while urging equal enforcement on buyers and offenders. She acknowledges potential harm from STDs and criticizes concern for buyers, praising the Department of Public Safety the Cedar Rapids Police Department and the Linn County attorney for their actions.
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Department of Public Safety
Cedar Rapids
Traffic Woes On Blairs Ferry Road Prompt Iowa Driver Letter
Dawn I DeWitt of Cedar Rapids criticizes growing congestion on Blairs Ferry Road NE citing reckless driving, ignored signals, and unsafe lane changes. The letter urges more police patrols and improved infrastructure while sharing a personal jab at Iowans as "Idiots Out Wandering Around."
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Blairs Ferry Road
California
Iowa
Beef up roster in opinion section
Reader Jason Rush urges The Gazette to broaden its opinion page with more conservative and liberal voices. He suggests adding Sowell Buckley Snow Roberts and Charen on the right and Malveaux Mathis Reno Lewis Rosenthal Shields Kinsley Quindlen on the left, with daily columns.
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Cal Thomas
George
Thomas Sowell
William F. Buckley Jr
Tony Snow
Paul Craig Roberts
Robert Novak
William Rusher
Mona Charen
Julianne Malveaux
Deborah Mathis
Robert Reno
Anthony Lewis
A.M. Rosenthal
Mark Shields
Michael Kinsley
Anna Quindlen
Public call for alternative therapy groups and personal health choice
Jean Begalske from Cedar Rapids advocates for alternative therapies and doctors against government and established medicine. She cites NHF in Monrovia California and PMS in Allentown Pennsylvania as avenues for individuals to pursue health care choices outside traditional reform.
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America
National Health Federation
NHF
W. Foothill Blvd
P.O. Box
Monrovia
Calif
and/or Peoples Medical Society
PMS
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Mark Bowden
Iowa General Assembly
Ron Corbett
Larry Murphy
Owl
Sheriff's Department
Bill Croghan
the Gazette
Stan Eilers
Dawn
I. DeWitt
Jason Rush
Swisher
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