Bluestem urged to back up word with host community benefits
The editorial argues Bluestem Solid Waste Agency should offer tangible host community benefits as it pursues landfill expansion near Marion. It cites examples from across the country and suggests negotiating with landowners and Marion for fair compensation and potential infrastructure adjustments to mitigate neighbor concerns.
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Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Marion
Bluestem Board
Bluestem
Hennessey
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Cedar Rapids petition drive flags gambling and library levy
Voters are urged to sign petitions in Cedar Rapids to put casino riverboat gambling and a library book levy renewal on ballots. The library levy funds about 180000 annually for books, with past approvals rising from 56 to 75 percent across years. The notice encourages signing regardless of voter registration and stresses the petition as a vote on issues and candidates.
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Five Seasons
Cedar Rapidians
Cedar Rapids
Voices on Education and Faith in Politics Invoke Change
A citizen letter argues education suffers from weak core curricula and advocates tighter time for core classes while urging support for Bryan Potts for at large school board seat. It also criticizes Bush's faith based policies and calls for sober, nonsectarian decision making on Iraq and national leadership.
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Bryan Potts
Iowa
Bush
Iraq
Harvey Milk School eyes shift to public status
Newsday columnist Sheryl McCarthy reflects on Harvey Milk School for gay and lesbian youths, its possible transition to a public high school, and the backlash from opponents while highlighting the needs of students who faced harassment in traditional schools. The piece recalls the school’s origins with Hetrick-Martin Institute and advocates broader acceptance of diverse student bodies.
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Sheryl McCarthy
Harvey Milk
Oval Office
Department of Education
New York
Michael Bloomberg
Old South
Manhattan
Hetrick-Martin Institute
Maria
Queens High School
Finnegan
Jehovah’s Witness
Donna
David Buckle
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Buckle
Board of Education
Terrorism Market idea shows limits of market based intelligence
The piece critiques the Pentagon risk market for terrorism forecasts as flawed and cautions that markets misprice unknowable events. It notes the persistent gaps in U.S. knowledge of the Muslim world, citing David Colton on few area specialists and the need for language and cultural expertise.
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Pentagon
U.S
Israel
Defense
Paul Wolfowitz
al- Qaida
al-Qaida
David Colton
Mideast
Colton
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