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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 2001
Page
4
The Gazette outlines a Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area trend of uncontested school board seats in the September 11 election. It questions why candidates are scarce, notes the unpaid nature of service, and warns that low candidate and voter participation could threaten public oversight of school governance.
The piece argues the U S health system is imperfect with 44 million uninsured and cites Britain’s NHS as flawed. It notes West Sussex surgeons may consider sending patients to Germany for care, while officials deny this and pledge to improve domestic service. It also compares waited times to a 12 month VA wait in Iowa City.
Rep. Charles Norwood discussed tactics with President Bush while Rep. Greg Ganske reversed course and voted for the patient rights bill after earlier opposition. Voters may recall Ganske and Rep. Jim Leach also voting for the watered down version, while Rep. Leonard Boswell supported the original stance.
Reader questions the legality and ethics of sting operations using underage participants to entice clerks into selling alcohol or tobacco. The note argues such tactics amount to deception and entrapment, cites the Iowa Constitution, and asks who grants immunity from prosecution to participating teens.
Bernita Rozinek Ely urges scrutiny as Martin Marietta seeks conditional use for a sandpit on low density residential land. County staff favor approval despite prior rejection over traffic and visual impact. Proposals cite up to 300 truck trips daily and road impacts on Old River Road amid neighborhood opposition.
A reader supports Vicki Hughes on making history engaging. He and his wife launched history-usa com to aid learning with books videos puzzles and games plus eight historical periods and a this day in history page. They attend Iowa reenactments to boost interest.
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words and requires the writer's name, street address and daytime phone number. Only the name and hometown will be printed. One letter per writer per 30 days. Address Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Fax 319 398 5846. Email gazedit fyiowa com. Include full name address and daytime phone. online names alone are not enough.
Rep Randy Duke Cunningham of California urges a constitutional amendment to protect the U S flag from physical desecration. The piece notes summer political lore and recalls previous failed efforts in 1989 1990 1995 1997 as the calendar sizzles with seasonal news.
Patt Morrison argues the flag desecration amendment is a political tactic that may attract supporters but fails as a law. She contrasts Duke Cunningham and Colin Powell on the issue, notes Supreme Court precedent, and mocks the propaganda tone of national campaigns while highlighting dangers of partisan use.
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