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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 2007
Page
1
Federal authorities indict four principal players on fraud and conspiracy charges in a central Iowa salary scandal seeking to recover about $1.8 million of public funds. A fifth defendant pleaded guilty after a plea deal as U S attorney Matthew Whitaker notes a 27 count indictment.
A federal grand jury in central town indicted several officials for their roles in the excessive pay scheme at the Central Town Employment and Training Consortium. Whitaker called the allegations serious at a Tuesday news conference noting the impact on vulnerable citizens.
The Gazette notes Johnson County and area police wrote 62,000 plus tickets last year in Cedar Rapids Iowa City Marion Coralville Hiawatha University Heights and the University. Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek calls traffic enforcement the main complaint. Gazette staff writer Christoph Trappe appears on KCRG TV9 at 11 a.m.
Cedar Rapids officials announced the Science Station has no longer to face closure after raising 1.8 million dollars to retire debt and buy the building it now rents. Dan Thies, president, credited hundreds of supporters for stepping up to secure the center's future.
The report lists major contributions totaling 1.69 million dollars from AEGON USA 580000 U S Bank 300000 Hall-Perring Foundation 510000 Rockwell Collins 100000 and Cedar Rapids Station board of directors 200000 to purchase a building. Donors include AEGON USA and U S Bank among others.
A new Cedar Rapids Science Center Inc board will oversee donations and real estate for the Science Station IMAX Dome Theatre, retiring 1.3 million debt, purchasing the building, and funding operating costs plus a 300000 to 500000 cash reserve. The station will hire an executive director development director and educator as fundraising continues.
Linn County Compensation Board proposed an 11.2 percent raise for the county attorney and 7 percent for the county’s supervisors and elected officers. The attorney would rise from 121,440 to 135,000 on July 1 if approved, with the board voting 6-1 for the county attorney and 5-1 for others. Recommendations go to the Linn Board of Supervisors.
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