Balance in Cedar Rapids Skipper Battle Rages Over Highway 100
Linda Schmidt of Cedar Rapids notes the Cedar Rapids area faces a conflict as Highway 100 expansion threatens the skipper butterfly. The author argues for human-centric stewardship while acknowledging species adaptation and the need to relocate eighteen families along the route.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State
Linda Schmidt
Iowa State University
Mount Mercy College
Indentured Staffing Critique Of Nurse Reinvestment Act
A reader attacks the Nurse Reinvestment Act citing labor and gender concerns. They argue the plan creates indentured workers, worsens conditions, and offends working women while endorsing reforms to improve labor conditions instead.
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Don Chensvold
Sen
Tom Harkin
Chensvold
Chenswold
Harkin
The Gazette Letters Policy and submission details
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns on public matters but notes not all can be printed. Submissions must include the writer’s full name signature full street address and daytime phone number. No anonymous letters accepted. 300 word limit per writer per 30 days. Facilitated via mail box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 fax and email provided.
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Obi Wan humor in classifieds and sports jargon quirks
Readers joke about a misread ad English Tutor that meant Tudor style housing. The piece also notes jargon like second behind Martin in stock car racing and a caption mix up with peddle and pedal in a tractor pull photo.
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Kasth
Martin
Independence
Jerry
Call to fix pay gap for private child welfare workers
Cedar Rapids readers urged lawmakers to raise salaries for residential youth workers in private non profit agencies to match state funded centers. The June 21 column pushes Action from four agencies and others to curb turnover and retain skilled staff serving abused and neglected children.
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Cedar Rapids
Kathy Eno
Alternative Services
Four Oaks
Foundation 2
Tanager Place
Revisionist hindsight on Hiroshima fuels debate
Reader critiques Prof. Dresner in a guest column for applying present standards to 1945 decisions to end World War II. The letter also discusses a History News Network mock trial and the reaction of seven jurors who warned against revisionism and moral judgments framed by contemporaneous views.
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Jonathan Dresner
Harry S. Truman
Dresner
History News Network
Hiroshima
Philippines
Bataan
Insurers Under Fire From All Sides In Health Debate
A critique of the insurance industry highlights public anger toward auto and health insurers, noting Aetna's second quarter loss and predicting rising premiums. The piece argues for a universal single payer and warns of doctor rage as physicians resist current, costly rules.
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Robert Kenenybody
America
New Jersey
New York
Aetna
Bush
Congress
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