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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 2008
Page
3
The Gazette urges local government power to regulate smoking rather than a state wide ban. It notes broad existing restrictions and calls for local standards with few exemptions, arguing state wide rules would invite amendments and loopholes. University of Iowa bans smoking campus wide starting July 2009.
A reader criticizes a proposed one time $600 individual and $1200 couple rebate as a Band-Aid for recession costs. They note federal debt, deficits, wartime spending, and vast needs like bridges, dams, and food aid, urging permanent nutrition funding and Farm Bill support while calling for action on education.
The C R City Council asks the golf task force to research selling land by Gardner Golf Course as a funding option for Twin Pines course renovation. The council indicated support for examining whether the land sale could finance necessary improvements.
In Iowa a 58.3 to 41.7 percent split on a vote asks if county supervisors may reduce recommended raises without touching salaries of other officials. A daily online vote at GazetteOnline.com accompanies reader letters discussing educators and national policy critiques.
The piece argues race and gender still shape voter choices between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. It notes Obama attracts African Americans and some whites while Clinton draws more women, with critiques of sexism and racism affecting Democratic strategy and perceptions of electability. It reflects on John McCain and Republican dynamics, and questions whether the nation is ready to elect a woman or a black man in 2008.
Readers are instructed to include their name address and daytime phone when sending letters to The Gazette. Each writer may submit one letter every 30 days. No anonymous submissions. Postal address Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Fax and email details provided.
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