Rent escrow plan stirs Cedar Rapids housing code debate
Cedar Rapids backs away from rent escrow as part of a new housing code while a landlord threatens to sue the city if such a provision is adopted. The housing committee chair says the drift toward occupancy certification may replace escrow, with inspections and a revoked certificate limiting rental use for noncompliant landlords.
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Eugene A. Knepper
Tomahawk Trail SE
Bergen
Knepper
Citizens’ Group
Scott Olson
Olson
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Citizen’s Housing Code Review Committee
Gazette
Terry Steinbach
Iowa City
Steinbach
Guilty plea in forgery case at Linn County
A former Cornell College student from Chicago pleaded guilty in Linn District Court to theft in the third degree involving more than $100 but not $500. David A. Lewis 20 faced forgery counts tied to six college checks. Restitution was made and sentencing set for October 30 at 1 30 p.m.
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Cornell College
David A. Lewis
Chicago
Lewis
Linn
Susan Weller
City considers bonds for Shattuck molybdenum plant plan
The S W Shattuck Chemical Co of Denver seeks about 10 million in low interest bonds from Cedar Rapids to finance a molybdenum roasting plant at 1225 Burlington St SW. The package includes 5 million pollution control bonds and 5 million industrial development revenue bonds. The council will discuss next Tuesday.
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Denver
Cedar Rapids
Opera
Tion
Burlington St
Shattuck
Dick Kvach
City Planning Department
Kvach
Cedar Rapids Man Is 28th Arrest In Drug Bust Case
Cedar Rapids police arrested Lloyd Hasson aged 20 of 243 Ripon Lane SW on a warrant charging delivery of a controlled substance and accommodation. Hasson is the 28th person arrested in Linn County in a five county drug bust begun Aug 18 after an undercover officer surfaced. Most charges relate to delivery of LSD hashish prescription drugs and marijuana. Hasson held in Linn County Jail on 2500 dollar bond after arrest near Johnson Avenue and Edgewood Road NW about 10 p.m. Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Hasson
Ripon Lane
Hasson
Linn
Hassan
Linn County
Johnson Avenue
Edgewood Road
Officials warn Taiwan seeks bomb by reprocessing spent fuel
U.S. officials warn that Taiwan is developing capacity to build an atomic weapon through a program to reprocess spent nuclear reactor fuel.
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Taiwan
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