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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 2015
Page
6
A Cedar Rapids group of local youths calls itself the Youth Think Tank and meets 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Oakhill Jackson Community Church to discuss preventing violence and connecting peers with resources. Organizers aim to build a Youth Empowerment Conference in February and involve adults in supporting youth ideas.
Letter writers urge opposition to Obama administration tax increases on oil and natural gas producers, arguing higher taxes harm Iowa industry and families. They praise Ames as a top college town, urge voter engagement, and champion Bernie Sanders and Tom Fiegen as reformers. Gail Coleman Cedar Rapids.
Lenore Skenazy highlights a row of problematic toys as the holiday season begins. The column mocks Arm-Os Barbie knockoffs and mentions Elmo with a body camera, Trumby the ginger-haired figure, and Ouija Bored among other items.
Records show $321,900 in no-bid contracts awarded to Matt Strawn’s consulting firm by the University of Iowa. Strawn’s company subcontracted GOP-linked firms and the university used a noncompetitive process for a spring 2013 online and grassroots advocacy project valued at 24,900 dollars. The project included statewide polling funding, with parts subcontracted to Wholecrowd led by Jim Anderson. Officials defend secrecy as a unique service while critics call it a sweetheart deal amid GOP ties.
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