Keep your promise chase the vision RiverRun funding debate in Linn County
Editorial urges Linn County leaders to honor a promise behind the RiverRun plan while weighing Vision Iowa funds. It notes past grants and the need for a simple short term financing plan, suggesting a one year sales tax and clear projects like the marketplace and life in the neighborhood. It stresses voter-friendly funding and urges sticking to community needs.
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Gazette letter submission instructions from Cedar Rapids
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words. Include your name, street address and daytime phone number. only your name and hometown will be published. Send to The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406 or via fax 319 398 5846 or email editorial gazettecommunications com with full contact details.
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Gender gap shifts with lifestyle and region in new study
Peter A. Brown notes a joint study by Public Opinion Strategies and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner argues gender voting differences align with urban rural and suburban lifestyles. Rural white women show more conservative, pro GDP, pro military views while urban women trend Democratic. suburban shifts lie between.
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Jeb Bush
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Podunk
Philadelphia
al From
Bruce Reed
Democratic Leadership Council
Pro-Life Party
Inaugural Ball Plans Draw Iowans’ Budget Critique
Readers condemn the inaugural ball as costly amid Iowa budget woes. Critics urge scaling back spending to protect state jobs and Medicaid while highlighting a design intensive gown by Iowa State University staff and Christie Vilsack’s front page gown tale.
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Tom Vilsack
Triple Crown development faces Planning Commission rejection
The Planning Commission voted 4 to 1 against the Robson family Triple Crown project citing density and lack of an proper access road onto Highway 151. Critics say the council ignores factual objections aimed at protecting future and current residents.
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David Zahn
Gazette Letters Policy On Readers’ Opinions
The Gazette states it does not vouch for accuracy or judge opinions in readers’ letters. Contradictions or corrections from other readers may be published in the same forum.
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City leaders deserve a good salary in Cedar Rapids
A reader argues city leaders should earn salaries comparable to professionals, defending the mayor and commissioners as capable, noting their people skills and research. The letter separates salary debates from smoking policy and urges patrons to choose smoke free businesses or exercise personal health choices.
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Pate
Cedar Rapids
Beholden to business and a state administrator salary
A reader argues that $50,000 of Mike Blouin’s $175,000 salary as state economic development director is paid by a foundation funded by business interests. The writer calls for accountability and questions influence by campaign contributions and lobbying.
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