Community notes on leaf burning ban and shared trash pickup
Linn County officials plan talks with Cedar Rapids to contract leaf pickup using the city’s vacuum fleet after a buffer zone burn ban. A kidney donor match arose from a Facebook post. transplants succeeded. North Linn High School FFA raised funds to offer free gas in exchange for good deeds at Guppy’s on the Go in Marion, with over 100 participants.
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Lu Barron
Linn County Supervisors
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Guppy’s
Marion
Leadership Shifts at Cedar Rapids Foundations and Airport
Dan Baldwin resigns as CEO and president of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation leaving a stronger organization. Dan Mann steps down as director of The Eastern Iowa Airport to join Columbia Metropolitan Airport after driving terminal upgrades runway work and expanded nonstop destinations. HACAP notes nearly twice as many families seek adoption assistance amid recession, calling 319 393 7811 for help.
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Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
Dan Mann
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Hawkeye Area
HACAP
Letter discussions span media bias and policy reform
Readers debate Fox News balance and mainstream media bias while proposing emergency parole reform to cut prison costs. They critique Sinclair Broadcasting tactics, Cedar Rapids policing of Sinclair properties, and call for public safety accountability amid environmental concerns and a Farmstead Foods fire.
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Charles Trobaugh
Cedar Rapids
Mediacom
Sinclair Broadcasting
Iowa City
Wealth and Climate Debate Touches Capitalism at Copenhagen
Commentator argues that wealth from capitalism drives environmental progress and critiques anti capitalism voices at the Copenhagen summit. He cites Evo Morales Mugabe Chavez and others to claim free markets better protect the environment than statist regimes.
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North Korea
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Zimbabwe
Vote out Washington politicians and restore American values
Marty Sixt of Iowa City urges voters to reject current federal leaders in the November 2010 elections. He argues for tax cuts, smaller government, and ethical representation, citing his engineering background and calls for patriotic, business-friendly governance.
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Iowa City
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