Council keeps public comment TV limits at Cedar Rapids meetings
Cedar Rapids officials will continue to restrict televised public comment to the agenda item period, with a separate uncaptured session for general remarks. Mayor Lee Clancey and commissioners said the policy, in place since 1993, balances input and decorum.
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Sazette
Cedar Rapids
Carol Martin
City Hall
Lee Clancey
Martin
Clancey
Lyle Hanson
Dale Todd
David Zahn
Hanson
Todd
Cedar Rapids Youths Plant Trees on Arbor Day
First grader Madison Olesen helped plant 14 trees near Bowman Woods Elementary as Cedar Rapids marked Arbor Day with city workers. Forester Mark Vitosh praised tree planting as education and Cedar Rapids’ 23rd straight year as a Tree City USA with plans to add 320 more trees this spring.
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Cedar Rapids
Mark Vitosh
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Vitosh
Tree City USA
National Arbor Day Foundation
The
Association of State Foresters
Bowman Woods Elementary
Bowman Woods Park
Elderly Iowa City woman loses 8000 in Pigeon Drop scam
An elderly Iowa City woman lost eight thousand dollars in a Pigeon Drop scam after a caller claimed to be from her bank. She cashed two checks for 4500 and 3500 and delivered cash to the suspect in a parking lot. Police describe the suspect as a white male in his 30s, 6 feet tall, about 180 pounds, with light brown hair.
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Sgt
Mike Brotheron
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Brotherton
State backs Linn board on opposition of route
Linn County Conservation Board wins backing from the State Preserves Advisory Board in opposing a planned 86 million Highway 100 extension near Rock Island Preserve in Cedar Rapids. The state board called the Linn board’s position in line with preserve management principles and cited environmental concerns including noise and water pollution.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
Cedar Rapids
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State Preserves Advisory Board
Linn Conservation Board
State Board
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Phillips
State Preserves
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Hanging Bog
Rock Island Preserve
Dick Heft
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Rock
Island Preserve
Heft
Edgewood Road
Brad DeBrower
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