Cedar Rapids moves on flood buyouts and donations rise
City leaders push buyouts of flood damaged properties likely to begin by early summer with over 1300 homes at stake funded by a 1 percent local option sales tax if voters approve March 3. Generosity grows as United Way pledges reach 10.42 million and ADM donates 500000 to the library rebuilding effort after the June flood.
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United Way
East
Iowa
General Mills
Hall-Perrine Foundation
Aegon USA
Rockwell Collins
Archer Daniels Midland
Layoffs Hit Yellowbook Cedar Rapids 200 Workers
National recession hits Eastern Iowa with Yellowbook planning to lay off 20 percent of local staff, about 200 people, after 100 layoffs in November. Local government posts wage hikes for public employees totaling 3 to 3.75 percent over three years, increasing county expenses by 511000. Immigration-law concerns arise as a family loses jobs and visas, forcing return to Mexico.
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Iowa
Yellowbook
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Supervisors
Leonardo Torcuato
Paul Engle
Ana
Amana Maytag
Mexico
Drivers licenses fat tax proposal and road safety plea
A letter argues for a fat tax on driver licenses to fund national health care, proposing yearly renewals and $10 per overweight pound with scales at the DMV. The author links obesity to health costs and urges weight reduction through driving less and walking more, targeting parents for children’s health.
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Jeffrey Taylor Marion
Cedar Rapids Debates Library's Future After Flood
Community leaders weigh options for downtown Cedar Rapids main library damaged by floods. Proposals include building anew on a new site or restoring the old structure, with emphasis on serving residents and preserving city culture.
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Cedar Rapids
Readers weigh in on presidents abortion and local memory
Readers discuss the greatest U.S. president in a Gazette Online poll and offer opinions on abortion ethics and a Cedar Rapids local figure Arnie Kluber who shaped downtown redevelopment plans in the 1980s. The letter from Osher contrasts wolves and dogs in evolution.
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Kluber
Fourth Street
Arnie
Stimulus Debate and Economic Rescue Efforts
Don Cell, emeritus economics professor at Cornell College, outlines how a $787 billion stimulus over 2.5 years aims to revive a sinking economy. He contrasts debt types, argues for spending on infrastructure and human and intellectual capital, and urges tax cuts to boost consumer demand while critiquing Iraq war debt and Bush tax breaks.
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Barack Obama
Congress
Mark Zandi
John McCain
R-Ariz
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Senate
Don Cell
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
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