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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1996
Page
5
A Cedar Rapids reader argues the judicial system inadequately handles alcoholism and stresses consequences over leniency. He credits multiple roles from officers to probation staff and questions public intoxication policy, urging coordinated efforts to affect recovery.
A call for active civic participation over plutocratic influence. The message urges voters to inform themselves, debate rationally, and defend the public interest against moneyed interests. It warns of attack ads and lobbyists while affirming the electorate’s collective power and responsibility.
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns addressing public business. Submissions must include writer full name signature full street address and daytime phone number. Anonymous letters are not published and edits may occur. Send to Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or via fax email or Gazette Net with full name address and phone.
A reader vents anger at Bill Clinton over budget battles and federal staffing. He suggests privatizing many jobs, abolishing the IRS, and even booting Clinton from office in 1996, proposing Steve Forbes or Phil Gramm for president.
Maxine Miller from Cedar Rapids laments the neglect of veterans at a Veterans Hospital and in nursing homes while sports figures commit crimes and escape scrutiny in Washington, D C. She stresses veterans are the true heroes who fought and died for all.
Allen Huenefeld of Cedar Rapids argues that Iowa DHS and Child Support Recovery favor mothers and gender bias hurts fathers. He asserts no agency helps fathers with child issues and custody often favors mothers, with many fathers blocked from visitation and facing garnishment and legal costs.
In Iowa City Norval Tucker argues a broader efficiency measure: feeding people per investment versus profits. He contrasts labor hiring with machine investment, replying to a Jan. 6 article on new ag technology. He notes a Fed merger to eliminate 12,000 jobs as an efficiency move.
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