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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1999
Page
8
Jerry Elsen serves as Editor of Editorial Pages and Mark Bowden chairs the Editorial Board while serving as Managing Editor.
Editorial lauds the 1776 document as a nation shaping force affirming life liberty and the pursuit of happiness while noting religious resonance and ongoing debates. It quotes John Adams urging pomp and parade nationwide and celebrates America as a resilient, evolving system despite flaws.
David Bollier argues that a rising smart growth movement blends environmentalists faith groups and conservatives to push development that pays its long term costs. It cites subsidies for car use, highway programs and zoning as sprawl drivers and calls for environmentally responsible, fiscally sane, socially fair development.
John K Carlisle argues against the Clinton Gore Livability Agenda a $10 billion anti sprawl plan he says will curb suburban life increase congestion and drive Americans toward urban living citing Portland Ore as a warning and urging preservation of suburban choice and auto use.
David M. Elderkin argues against formal legal sanction for jury nullification and warns of risks and abuses. He notes historical precedents from England and the United States, including Prohibition era acquittals and Ku Klux Klan cases. He defends the presumption of innocence and calls for retaining the law.
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