Voters urged to stay engaged after conventions
Editorial urges Americans not to abandon the political process as Clinton and Dole seek November victory. It notes the San Diego GOP convention showed outward openness and discipline, contrasts with third party activity, and stresses voters must listen to candidates and participate. It laments public indifference while urging responsible, open-minded choices.
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Bill Clinton
Bob Dole
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Chicago
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Ross Perot
Richard Lamm
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Ted Koppel
Take your pet to work drives cultural divide
A business newsletter notes firms adding pet care as an employee benefit with rules such as three accidents and you're out. California firms allow pets in offices, while Iowa sensibilities remain wary. The piece recalls a bygone editor's stance that pets are not people, highlighting divergent attitudes in farming states and California as a rural-urban contrast.
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California
Iowa
Gazette City
End national conventions as we know them
Glenda Holste argues that 24.8 million dollars in public financing for national political conventions buys little public value. She says conventions are propaganda shows driven by donors and media manipulation, wasting funds and failing to educate voters, and urges ending the national convention model.
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Chicago
Bob Dole
Congress
States of Art
Michael Deaver
al Franken
ITT
Nielsen Media Research
Conventions Still Useful Despite TV Overload
The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial argues conventions remain valuable for informing voters despite media overkill. It criticizes networks for dumbing down coverage and notes the GOP used convention nights for priming voters with substantive speechlets rather than spectacle.
Campaign speeches play role in fall campaigns
The piece notes Republicans’ views on recent C-Span coverage under Newt and compares convention messages to the coalition of good government groups pushing for fall campaign aims. It argues conventions remain a TV driven, useful starting point for political campaigns despite less overt vote tension.
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City Should Not Own Skywalks Says Letters to the Gazett
Citizens question city ownership of skywalks after a council decision to pay 50 percent of improvement and maintenance for privately owned skyways. Arguments cite a $125,000 grant, $340,582 renovation costs, and shifts from private to public funding via parking revenues and transit levies. Concerns focus on tax dollars, access, and policy.
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Third Avenue
Town Centre
Armstrong Building
Bill Hoekstra
Federal ruling on Christian Science care misrepresented
A Minnesota federal judge ruled certain Medicare and Medicaid provisions unconstitutional for singling out Christian Science by name. The decision affects 23 Christian Science nursing facilities, not Christian Science practitioners. Payments total about $7.5 million yearly, with the injunction pending appeal. Church and DOJ say laws align with constitutional requirements. church spokesman Walter Jones comments in Iowa.
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Richard Kyle
Minnesota
Christian Science Nursing
United States
Christian Science
Kyle
Rita Swan
Iowa
Swan
Christian Science Church
United States Department of Justice
Walter D. Jones
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Christian Science Churches
Corn cartel rumors spark questions on sweet corn pricing
A reader notes widespread signs for sweet corn priced at 2.50 a dozen from various Iowa stands between Iowa City and Mount Vernon. They ask if price fixing or cartel activity could be behind the uniform pricing.
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Iowa
Mount Vernon
Iowa City
Gazette invites letters with full name and address
The Cedar Rapids Gazette welcomes letters and guest columns addressing public business. Submissions must include writer’s full name, signature, full street address, and daytime phone number. Addresses are not published and anonymous letters are not run. Limit about 300 words per letter, one per writer every 30 days.
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