Freedom Communities seek to cut Iowa government waste
The Gazette editors endorse Public Strategies Group’s plan to let cities and counties share services to cut costs and ease state rule and tax burdens. Cedar Rapids and Cedar County scenarios illustrate pooling police and sheriff workloads, with potential broader cooperation amid budget pressure.
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Freedom Communities
Freedom Fries
Iraq
Iowa
Public Strategies Group
Minnesota
Tom Vilsack
Cedar County
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Paul Pate
Linn County
Marion
Christopher Rants
Sioux City
Iraq progress and criticisms in Cedar Rapids letters
A Cedar Rapids reader cites Iraq gains including security, courts, power, education, hospitals, and irrigation, contrasting with local critiques of Destination SouthSide and NRA views. The letter questions gun laws and war outcomes while urging taxpayer caution and broader city benefits.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Uday and
Qusai
Paul Pate
Cedar Rapids
SouthSide
NRA
Ed Dolan
Bush
Christians Must Reclaim God From Fundamentalists
A letter argues Christians should reclaim God from fundamentalists who dominate political and religious discourse. The writer asserts religious conflicts rise from coercive, culturally driven fundamentalism and calls for tolerant believers to oppose politicized faith and expand acceptance of diverse beliefs.
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Republican Party
Dean Breaks With Clinton Model To Reshape Party
Ronald Brownstein analyzes how Al Gore’s endorsement of Howard Dean signals a shift away from Bill Clinton’s Clintonism. Dean favors base mobilization over swing voters and contrasts tone and policy with Clinton while Gore moves the Democratic establishment toward Dean’s reformist path.
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Dean
Clinton
Ronald Brownstein
Los Angeles Times
Bill Clinton
Democratic Leadership Council
Cleveland
Gore
DLC
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Paul Tsongas
Michael S. Dukakis
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
al Gore
Howard Dean
Democratic Party
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Kim Hefley
Peg Schmitz
Gazette Communications
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Chuck Peters
Ken Slaughter
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