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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 2017
Page
5
The Gazette Editorial argues keeping the current district based supervisor plan is best to balance rural representation as the board shrinks to three. With 9,300 voters cost about $250,000 and roughly six percent turnout, the editorial warns ongoing distrust and turf battles hinder cheaper paths.
A community letter advocates anonymous military polling on transgender policy and criticizes top‑level cuts to services, tuition hikes, and poor mental health rankings in Iowa. It cites groups like Iowa Student Action and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement. The author also details a lengthy, delay‑filled quarterfinal baseball game at the Iowa Cubs field in Des Moines, blaming organizational delays for extended wait times and late finishes.
Ron Corbett, former Cedar Rapids mayor, accuses Kim Reynolds of copying Chet Culver's budgeting mistakes while campaigning in Iowa. He criticizes the rainy day fund use, touts a flat 3 percent income tax funded by eliminating deductions and a one cent sales tax hike to fund water quality. Corbett warns voters Reynolds faces scrutiny over tax reform and budget honesty.
Walter Williams argues that higher minimum wages ignore substitution effects and real-world responses. He cites Krugman on low wage labor and notes a 2007 GMU economist petition supporting modest raises, while his own faculty did not sign.
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