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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1997
Page
4
Joe Hladky, President and Publisher. Ken Slaughter, Vice President and Treasurer. Dale Larson, Vice President and General Manager. Mark Bowden, Managing Editor.
Iowa counties try to collect daily inmate fees to cut taxpayer costs. Linn County Sheriff Don Zeller says about 11 thousand dollars has been recovered, but delinquents owe 593 thousand six hundred sixty five dollars. Critics question why inmates should pay for the privilege of confinement.
The article notes a month milder than last year but still cold, with Iowa near normal overall. It recalls a brutal 1996 deep freeze in Elkader and Cedar Rapids, cites State Climatologist Harry Hillaker, and highlights Cedar Rapids WinterFest plans and upcoming signs of spring.
A reader in Mount Vernon criticizes Social Security and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa for Medicare and supplemental premiums. He argues premiums are misaligned and compares them to a robbery analogy, urging reform.
A reader denounces Speaker Newt Gingrich for alleged double standards and self above the law. The letter recalls Gingrich’s 1989 Wright ouster, his 1995 speakership and echoes Truman and a schoolhouse proverb about pride and exposure.
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words and requires name street address and daytime phone number. Only name and hometown will appear with the letter. Submit to Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or by FAX or email.
Local readers defend private gun ownership as essential to liberty and defense while critics call for restrictions. The exchange cites Cedar Rapids gun shows, police presence at events, and proposals by the Prevention of Gun Violence group.
A reader argues that reducing corporate welfare and broad tax cuts aid job creation, warns against targeted tax incentives to specific firms, and urges a general government policy to ease state burdens on business while highlighting the role of consumer costs and market forces. Lynn Schulte of Mount Vernon is noted as a former state representative.
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