Editorial calls for careful Taylor Elementary plan after flood
The Gazette argues Cedar Rapids should rethink dispersing 252 Taylor Elementary students into other schools. It warns that moving students risks harming disadvantaged children who rely on the school as a community center, urging a compromise that preserves ties while addressing space needs.
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Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Talk Radio
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Starry Elementary
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
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Obama inspires Iowa students with hope and action
In Cedar Rapids, a reader lauds Barack Obama for speaking to youth and inspiring belief in personal impact amid a call for leadership and accountability from local officials addressing flood relief. The letter also criticizes Cedar Rapids leadership and Flood aftermath management, urging compassionate, proactive responses and scientific judgment.
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Cedar Rapids
Kay Halloran
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Evert Pearson
Iowa sales tax holiday faces $2 million revenue loss
The piece weighs whether Iowa's annual clothing and shoe tax holiday, occurring Friday and Saturday, delivers enough consumer and business benefits to justify a roughly $2 million hit to state revenue.
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Linn County Tax Abatement Proposal Amid Flood Damage Debate
Readers discuss taxing moves after floods urging tax relief for homeowners and some business relief. A columnist references officials, funding cuts, and Roosevelt quotes while weighing a six month 10 percent abatement balanced by cuts elsewhere.
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Johnson
Franklin Roosevelt
Pickens energy plan could cut oil reliance via wind and gas
Hedge funder T Boone Pickens proposes a 20 percent wind electricity target by 2030 using the central wind corridor from North Dakota to Texas. He argues natural gas fueling and a $58 million publicity push could reduce foreign oil by about $300 billion annually, while a Texas Panhandle wind farm advances.
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