City study clash over municipal utility deal
MidAmerican opposes replacing the city’s current pact claiming a Cedar Rapids study overstates savings and ignores rate stability promises through 2010. Officials say negotiations are optional and may risk consumer costs amid volatile energy markets.
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Iowa City Jazz Festival gets council help with shortfall
The Iowa City City Council agreed to aid the Jazz Festival with about $1,000 from a contingency fund and allow borrowing against future appropriations. Festival director Steve Grismore sought help to cover over $9,000 not recovered from the July 2 4 event blamed on bad weather and the absence of an expected state grant.
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Elkport flood survivors plan hillside home on future site
Larry Smith 30 and fiancée Baldwin, both locals, hope to move into a new pre built home on higher ground this fall after floods May 22 wiped out their former houses in Elkport. The couple received a 2.8 percent SBA loan to cover costs.
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Sex for pay arrest in Cedar Rapids
Three men were arrested after soliciting sex from an undercover officer near 14th Street and Second Avenue SE. The incidents show five protests for prostitution in Cedar Rapids this year. Walker and Cruise allegedly arranged a meeting after meeting online. Police waited at Walker's home Friday night and arrested both after Walker called for payment. Marion police had no prior 2001 prostitution arrests on record.
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Harkin Criticizes HUD Rules Over Subsidized Housing
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin claims new HUD eligibility limits do not curb abuses in federally subsidized housing. The changes bar students claimed as dependents on others and require state residency. independent students must meet age or status criteria. Critics, including Jim Cain, favor Harkin's alternative approach counting parental income except for older or dependent students.
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