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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 2000
Page
6
Voters approve a $14 million Veterans Memorial Stadium with a $4.8 million levy, $3.2 million state grant, and $4 million team commitment. Private donations total about $2 million, enabling a fan friendly ballpark and long term community pride.
Editorial argues budget surpluses could reach 2.2 trillion over ten years excluding Social Security and that bipartisan spending will reduce potential debt. It supports military pay raises, senior drug aid, and farm aid, but warns surpluses must be used to reduce the national debt despite optimistic projections.
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words. Include your name street address and daytime phone number. Only your name and hometown will be printed. Send to The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or via fax 3985846 or email gazedit fyiowa.com.
The piece compares Al Gore to Hubert Humphrey facing a late stand on Vietnam and independence from President Clinton. It accuses Gore of career first motives and equivocal stances on abortion gun control and fundraising while predicting difficulty in dissociating from Clinton.
In a guest column Tom Snyder promotes net metering to interconnect wind power with utilities. Iowa court action questions federal preemption of an Iowa Utilities Board rule. Supreme Court decision pending. IUB waivers allowed Eldora New Providence wind turbine interconnection. disputes on revenue recovery noted. The agency backs cost effective renewable projects for Iowans.
A new American Cancer Society initiative, the Navigator, assigns a dedicated information and support contact for patients from diagnosis onward. Navigators assess needs like financial aid and emotional support, connect to local resources, and follow up to ensure needs are met, improving quality of life. Call 1-800-ACS-2345 for details.
A Cedar Rapids resident blasts the federally funded Housing Rehabilitation Program for missed deadlines, improper inspections, contract deviations, and delayed decisions after a hearing. The critic cites uninspected payments, forecasting invoicing, and nails poking through linoleum, urging readers to reconsider participation.
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