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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 2014
Page
5
The Gazette questions whether Cedar Rapids tax incentives are publicly transparent as Robin Kash, candidate for City Council, challenges the practice of not naming project developers or investors. The ethics board admonished Kash for insufficient facts amid a 6 2 council vote on a Bowling Street warehouse project.
A reader recounts December acts of kindness from strangers during a snowy season. Carolers at the driveway brought homemade bread and a gift card from the Random Kindness Elves. Other helpers shoveled snow and offered aid, all without naming the volunteers.
Arlene E Carson hosts a service on Saturday at Sacred Heart Chapel Cedar Rapids with Sisters and Brothers Collaborating Against Trafficking and Mount Mercy University students to raise awareness of human trafficking estimated at 27 million globally and $32 billion industry. The piece also discusses the Iowa Juvenile Home Foundation and True Colors Activity Program noting staff dedication and calls for reform despite systemic deficits and high spending on infrastructure.
Kathleen Parker surveys the 2014 political terrain noting Republicans target seven Senate seats, with Capito Tillis and Davies as examples. The piece highlights tea party tension with the GOP purity plank, Democratic vulnerabilities, and party strategizing for primary and general elections.
A Midwest weather piece details a deep freeze labeled polar vortex with winds and record lows framing the cold. Observers mock epic descriptors while noting Cedar Rapids wind chill minus 52 on January 15 2009 and a quick march toward spring by 72 days to the equinox.
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