Cedar Rapids Tax Pledge Questioned Over Stadium Levy
Cedar Rapids tax supporters demand the 30 cent per thousand levy end as promised after the Veterans Memorial Stadium levy expires June 30 2005. They accuse officials of shifting funds and urge lower taxes restoring trust and integrity. Sarah Else and Bill Quinby led the levy campaign and later helped fund Kernels stadium efforts.
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Citizens For the Stadium
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Commission
Sarah Else
Bill Quinby
Kernels
Reputing POW Flag at Cedar Rapids Post Office
A Cedar Rapids reader calls for reinstalling the POW flag formerly flown at the downtown post office across from the former house he grew up in. He argues the flag honors veterans and urges the city to replace it, noting the post office site is now a parking lot.
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Cedar Rapids
John Bean
Right wing wants to kill Social Security not save it
A letter writer claiming Republican ties argues the Bush Social Security plan aims to raise costs and divert funds to private accounts. The piece cites Stephen Moore calling Social Security the welfare state’s soft underbelly and accuses "compassionate conservatives" of harming beneficiaries to weaken the welfare state.
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Stephen Moore
Free Enterprise Fund
Club For Growth
Leaders must face consequences of political decisions
Chuck Warner of Marion argues that leaders including George W. Bush should experience the costs of their actions. He criticizes the Iraq war rationale, Social Security funding, and political pay protections, urging reforms and direct accountability for lawmakers.
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United States
Chuck Warner
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U.S. budget shift harms domestic needs amid defense rise
The piece argues the Bush budget targets 154 programs in education health care public health and environment while Congress appears ready to approve higher spending on weapons. It questions who gains from a globally propped security stance and notes the military industrial complex outweighs rivals.
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Bush
U.S
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