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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 2012
Page
1
The 2013 federal budget proposes 3.8 trillion in spending and 4 trillion in deficit reduction over ten years. Domestic discretionary spending falls from 450 billion in 2012 to 410 billion in 2013, affecting programs like NIH research and housing aid while tax increases target the wealthy and closing corporate breaks.
Cedar Rapids school board hears Superintendent Benson propose closing Monroe and Polk elementary schools while Harrison and Madison remain safe. Madison PTA president calls closure bittersweet as parents rally to defend schools ahead of March 12 vote.
Republicans condemn the plan as a campaign document and a abdication of leadership while Democrats praise its balance and focus on jobs, education, and rebuilding the middle class. House leaders attack the spending and tax proposals as harmful to families and small businesses.
Cedar Rapids aims to keep 12.3 million in Corps engineering and design work moving, with city and Corps agreeing the city will front 3.075 million or 25 percent of the work. Congress may add funding later, while disaster and non disaster CDBG funds face potential cuts under the Obama plan.
Cedar Bartis reports the city will buy four acres on Edgewood Road and Crestwood Drive NW for a west side Edgewood fire station. Construction begins next spring with completion targeted for April. Westoate Communities owns the site. plan to purchase about 85 acres was rejected by Westoate after city inquiry. Cost around 40000 dollars.
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